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BY LINDA CLARKE

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A Mid Canterbury arable farmer is backing calls for Environment Canterbury to take a harder line with irrigators illegally taking water.

David Clark said the majority of farmers stuck to their seasonal limits and had their water-takes monitored by compulsory water meters. But a small group of farmers did not, despite the effect it had on underground aquifers or rivers.

He said it was time Environment Canterbury (ECan) started monitoring water consents “without fear or favour” and concentrate on major breaches rather than minor technicalities.

He has spent about $70,000 fitting meters and ensuring his farming operation at Valetta is compliant; the crops

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“How is it equitable if another farmer who has used up his allocation continues to pump regardless?”

The unfair monitoring and enforcement also gave him little faith ECan could monitor more complex rules around nutrient discharge that farmers now had to meet.

Fish and Game and the Green Party both say water crimes are going unpunished in Canterbury.

The Green says new Ministry of Environment data shows ECan was not bothering to monitor over 80 per cent of the resource consents it was meant to.

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“With so many environmentally risky activities going unmonitored, the illegal taking of water in Canterbury could well be worse than what is currently reported.”

Forest & Bird says information it has sourced details the massive scale of water-crime in Canterbury.

It has previously been reported that ECan has not fined or prosecuted in any of the 376 instances that irrigators were found to be in serious breach of their water consent conditions, during the 2013-14 irrigation season.

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■ ROAD SAFETY

Motorists urged to drive to the conditions

Snowmaking and grooming teams were working their magic on the mountain early yesterday morning when the sun came up.

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■ MT HUTT SKIFIELD

Lots for skiers to smile about Mt Hutt Skifield enjoyed its second weekend of the 2016 season with snowgroomers making sure skiers had plenty to smile about.

Ski area event co-ordinator Bindy Egden said management was happy with numbers for early in the season.

“We’ve had a little rain and some warm temperatures but our trails are still running really well. We

were able to do some snowmaking and our amazing grooming team have been ensuring there’s been great cord on the trails for people to enjoy.”

Visitors this week include the New Zealand alpine ski team, which is training on the mountain.

The skifield’s snowmaking system got up and running for a few hours early yesterday morning to

freshen up the snow on the upper mountain trails.

Lower mountain trails were a little firm to begin with and skiers were being advised to stick to the groomed runs to avoid the unmarked hazards lurking just below the snow surface in off trail areas.

Mt Hutt’s holiday programme will run all school holidays, starting June 27, with ability-based lessons

and from beginners to off-piste or terrain park skiing.

The mild temperatures on the skifield are expected to hang around for the early part of the week with a southerly change bringing cooler weather towards the weekend.

Today is the shortest day of the year with the winter solstice occurring at 10.34am.

Police are urging Mid Canterbury motorists to drive to the conditions to ensure everyone on the road can get to their destination safely.

Wet and icy roads, and snow, need to be taken into consideration when driving during winter, said Canterbury highway patrol manager Senior Sergeant Philip Dean.

“In recent weeks some of our rural roads have started to freeze and while grit is one way of minimising the risk, the best way of reducing the risk is for drivers to modify their driving style and speed.

Motorists need to take into account the fact that the friction that keeps cars on the road is reduced considerably in icy and wet conditions.”

When driving in winter conditions Police advise motorists to allow extra time for their journey, plan the route they are taking, take regular breaks, slow down and never drive impaired.

“Canterbury Police will be visible on the road across the region as we work to prevent road trauma by slowing people down and addressing bad driving behaviour,” Mr Dean said.

Welcome upgrade for Mount Hutt College art department

By RuBy HaRfield

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Mount Hutt College’s art department is in for a long-awaited makeover.

Acting principal Kris Canham said the renovation of the art block will be starting in the next

few weeks and is due to be completed in September or October.

“It’s quite exciting, it will be nice to have it refurbished.

“It will be quite busy and the classrooms will be out of action.”

Within the next few weeks

the art classes will be relocating to a temporary classroom in what was previously the college squash courts.

The IT classes will also relocate to the B Block while the upgrade takes place, she said.

The school is also undergoing

v an upgrade to its netball courts and expects to have a high-quality astro turf playing surface by the end of July, she said.

“The school and community will be able to enjoy netball, tennis and hockey in all weather.”

The squares of astro turf are

being made in Australia and should be shipped to New Zealand shortly, she said.

The project has been made possible through grants from the New Zealand Community Trust, the Mount Hutt College PTA and school funding.

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■ NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK

Making time for volunteers Thousands around the country, including Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew, will be showing their appreciation of the country’s volunteers this week.

With this year’s National Volunteer Week theme being Make Time, Mrs Goodhew has rolled up her sleeves and will be volunteering for a number of groups including the Ashburton Toy Library, Hospice Mid Canterbury, Meals on Wheels and the Salvation Army throughout the week.

“As Minister and an MP I really understand the value volunteers add to our communities, but I have also been a volunteer in various roles for most of my life.

“I can’t think of a better way to celebrate this week in our local communities than by rolling up my sleeves and pitching in.”

Selwyn MP Amy Adams has also acknowledged the hard work that volunteers do in her electorate.

“It’s outstanding that so many locals give their time, skills and resources to help improve the health of our community.

“As Selwyn’s local MP I am immensely grateful for the contribution that our volunteers make by freely donating their time and energy to support a range of nonprofit institutions including youth organisations, social services,

sports clubs and charities”.

Many people in Mid Canterbury give up their time to volunteer in all sorts of disciplines including emergency services, at schools and for community groups.

This includes Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade officer Jeff Marshall who rushed out of work yesterday morning to attend a fire.

Mr Marshall said there have not been many call-outs lately but because all the brigade are either employed or self-employed when it is busy it does disrupt their work.

“Some days it can be quite busy and it does take a fair bit out of the day.

“We’re lucky that we’re able to do it and lucky that our employers allow us to do it.”

Even though volunteering takes a lot of time, it is worth it to make a difference in the community, he said.

“There’s an element of pleasure when you can have the opportunity to help in a bad situation.”

St John will also be marking the occasion with events and celebrations around the country. This year St John Day lands within volunteer week on Jun 24.

National Volunteer Week runs from June 19-25 and is co-ordinated by Volunteering New Zealand.

Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade officer John Webster hangs up his protective uniform following a call-out to a fire yesterday.

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Water criminals ‘going unpunished’ From P1 The new data reveals the vast quantities of water being uplifted illegally by Canterbury irrigators, the hundreds of instances where irrigators were caught without functioning water meters, and that ECan failed to take any credible enforcement action in the face of this environmental crimewave.

Forest & Bird’s legal counsel Peter Anderson said some of the water breaches were serious environmental crimes punishable by fines and prison sentences under the Resource Management Act.

“Yet ECan seems unwilling to do much more than issue abatement notices which it then fails to enforce.”

“Elsewhere in New Zealand abatement notices are taken very seriously. However, in Canterbury irrigators seem to be able to ignore them with impunity.”

In other instances of offending, dozens of irrigators were caught without functioning water meters.

Mr Clark said the majority of farmers farmed within the constraints of their water allocation.

“But there is a small group of farmers who either have not fit-

ted water meters or have meters but disregard their seasonal limit and pump what they want when they want without conscience or consequence.”

He said Government rules around freshwater takes had been widely consulted and agreed to by Federated Farmers and other groups, who had devoted much time to setting rules.

Farmers who carefully managed their allocations could sometimes not access water because neighbouring farmers were abstracting illegally to the point it affected other well levels in the area, he said.

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A serious repeat offender was noted by ECan as “continuously overusing” water “throughout the season and for the last three seasons”. This person received an abatement notice.

An irrigator was found to have illegally uplifted 31 million litres of water from the Manuka Creek over 42 separate days. Forty of those days were during low flow restrictions, when rivers were al-

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ready at their most parched. This person received an abatement notice.

As a result of a public complaint about Wairepo Creek running dry, a site inspection was made and the irrigator was noted as having multiple serious non-compliances issues including exceeding water flow, and using water for the wrong purposes. This person received an abatement notice.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COURT

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Croll-Davis held in custody A young man who mocked police on social media after evading arrest last week made an appearance in the Ashburton District Court yesterday.

An arrest warrant was issued for Tyler Daniel Croll-Davis after he failed to show up at court on June 7.

At police request the Guardian posted a photo of Croll-Davis on

its Facebook page after he evaded arrest on June 9. The post generated a volley of comments, including some from Croll-Davis, requesting the Guardian to find a better photo of him.

However, his freedom was to be short lived. Police used the online information to track him down and arrested him later that evening. The 21-year-old father

of two was remanded in custody pending yesterday’s appearance on charges of assault, breaching supervision and prison release conditions, wilful damage, resisting police officers and disqualified driving.

A new charge of possessing a weapon was also laid, relating to a knife Croll-Davis had with him when he was arrested.

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He was convicted and remanded in custody for sentencing on all matters on July 4.

His lawyer Roz Burnside said a suitable address was available should the court consider a home detention sentence.

Judge Joanna Maze ordered a presentence report to include appendices for electronically monitored sentencing options.

Cold weather sparks winter uniform debate

Burning tree stumps Ashburton firefighters responded to two call-outs yesterday. The first was at 9.30am to Lake Hood, where tree stumps were burning. The second was to Chertsey, where the Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade was busy putting out a tractor fire.

Crash victim named The man who died following a crash between a car and motorcycle near Matamata on Sunday has been named. Ivan Philip Stanbridge, 60, from Tauranga, is believed to have crossed the centre line into the path of an oncoming car, police say.

Emergency services rushed to the scene on Old Te Aroha Rd around 4pm. The Serious Crash Unit is investigating.

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By RuBy HaRfield

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With winter settling in over the past few weeks there have been concerns that Mid Canterbury students are not warm enough in their uniforms.

Parents and concerned citizens have taken to Facebook to lament the fact that they see children walking to school on chilly mornings in only shorts or skirts and a t-shirt.

One resident said she sees students in shorts and skirts on her drive to work every morning.

“Am I the only one thinking that they should be allowed to wear track pants and tops during the winter season?”

However, Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association president and Wakanui School principal Hilary Boyce said most of the students are wearing summery clothes by choice.

“All schools in Ashburton have a uniform and I’m sure that they all have aspects within that uniform that allow choice, such as long pants or shorts.”

Schools usually ask students to wear their summer uniform during terms one and four and their winter uniform during terms two and three, but students at most schools are able to wear whichever uniform is appropriate for the weather each day, she said.

“They can choose on a day-today basis. All schools will have uniforms that are warm enough.”

Many students who are wear-

A man was taken to Christchurch Hospital by the Westpac rescue helicopter on Saturday night after a car hit a pole on Rakaia Terrace Road about 7.45pm. The man sustained moderate injuries and was treated by St John paramedics on board the helicopter before being admitted to the hospital’s emergency department.

Body identified The body found on the edge of the Waikato River on Sunday was that of 77-year-old Hamilton man William Rex Sims. Police found and removed the body near fallen trees on the part of the river which backs on to Jesmond Park in Claudelands. Mr Sims was reported missing last week. Police said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding Mr Sims’ death and his next of kin had been advised.

- NZME Wakanui School students can choose whether or not to wear their summer or winter uniform depending on the weather.

PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 200616-TM-0214 ing lighter clothing do so because they want to, and are not as bothered by the cold.

“I know that boys particularly like wearing shorts and shortsleeved tops. They don’t seem to give the cold much thought.”

All schools in the district also have really well heated classrooms so while students may look like they are freezing on their way to school they are warm all day, Ms Boyce said.

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Convicted on assault charges The following people appeared before Judge Joanna Maze in the Ashburton District Court yesterday.

Johnny Lee Tau, 21, of Highbank, was convicted on charges of assault and intentional damage.

He was sentenced to six months supervision and ordered to make emotional harm reparations of $350 within 28 days.

The court was told Tau and the complainant, who had been friends for several years, had been drinking alcohol on the night of the offending.

Tau took exception to the complainant’s heightened emotional state and a misunderstanding eventuated.

The situation escalated and culminated in the assault.

Defence lawyer Michelle Barrell said her client was remorseful and ashamed of what had occurred.

He had apologised and paid for repairs on the damaged property.

Andrew Douglas Cameron, of Oxford, admitted a charge of possessing an offensive weapon.

The court was told that Cameron fetched a knife with a 40 centimetre blade before entering a Brucefield Avenue address seeking retribution for a miss-

ing cellphone. Once in the house Cameron entered a bedroom brandishing the weapon and threatening harm on whoever had stolen his cellphone. He was convicted and remanded on bail for sentencing on August 1.

Police agreed to withdraw a charge of trespass laid against Simon David McKenzie, 35, of Christchurch in return for his signing a bond to keep the peace.

Under the terms of the bond he must pay $200 if he breaches it.

Darrian John Corbett, of Ashburton, admitted charges of dangerous driving, failing to stop for police and driving without a licence. The court was told Corbett panicked when police attempted to pull him over on Otipua Road in Timaru.

He attempted to evade the officers by driving at speeds above the 50km/h limit, driving through stop signs before he was finally stopped.

Joshua Terrance John Chappell, 23, of Netherby, admitted charges of wilful damage but denied charges of trespass and assault with intent to injure.

He was remanded for a case review hearing on August 1.

Alistair Henry Page, 55, of Hororata, became angry and attacked a family member during a swap meet in Tinwald in May, and as a result admitted an assault charge in court yesterday.

He was convicted and remanded for sentencing in the Christchurch District Court on August 30.

The court was told Page lunged at the complainant and punched him in the head before grabbing him around the throat.

Another person intervened but Page refused to relinquish his grip and all three men fell to the ground. During the fracas, Page was heard threatening to kill the complainant. The matter was referred to restorative justice.

from driving for six months, fined $500 and ordered to pay court costs of $130 on a charge of driving at a dangerous speed.

Mitchell was travelling at 170km an hour when he overtook a police patrol car on passing lanes near Templeton in December.

His lawyer told the court Mitchell had recently purchased the car and did not realise how fast he was travelling.

Hayden Johnston, 20, of Rakaia, has a “somewhat cavalier attitude” toward his community work sentence, and as a result appeared on a breach charge yesterday.

While he had 141 hours outstanding, probation office Kevin McMahon said Johnston’s reporting was starting to improve. He was remanded at large until August 29 under order to complete 41 hours of the community work sentence.

Angela Marie Robertson, of Ashburton, admitted a charge of driving while disqualified.

She was disqualified for a further six months, fined $200 and ordered not to hold an interest in a motor vehicle for 12 months.

Wayne Charles Mitchell, 42, of Christchurch was disqualified

Jaye Andrew Hawker-Middleton, was convicted and remanded in custody on two charges of assaulting a woman, one of threatening to kill and one of burglary.

He will be sentenced in the Timaru District Court on July 22.

John Gerald Richardson, of Lauriston, fell asleep behind the wheel and ran off the road, hitting a lamp post, after drinking following a rugby game on May 22.

He was later found to have been driving with a blood alcohol level of 117 micrograms per 100 millili-

tres of blood, when the legal limit is below 80 micrograms.

Richardson was disqualified from driving for six months, fined $750, ordered to pay court costs of $130 and analyst fees of $109.

He was convicted and discharged on a careless use charge.

Brandon Lee Farr-Wilson, 22, of Ashburton, appeared for sentencing on charges relating to receiving stolen property.

Farr-Wilson claimed a back injury prevented him from working, thereby ruling out a community work sentence, the court was told. He was sentenced to two months community detention with a 6pm to 6am curfew, and ordered to pay reparations of $230.

Royce Cole-Taylor Morgan, 17, of Allenton, broke into the same business twice in a short time.

However, he copped a lucky break yesterday when the business manager agreed to him performing 75 hours voluntary work at the premises, saying there was a lot of gorse to be removed.

“It sounds perfect doesn’t it,” Judge Maze said before handing down the sentence and ordering Morgan to undertake counselling as directed.

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Charged with assault From P5 Brayden Mark Whiting-Roff, 19, of Hampstead, admitted charges of assaulting a woman and breaching a protection order.

He was convicted, sentenced to six months supervision and ordered to make emotional harm reparations of $400 within 28 days.

■ FISH AND GAME

Chance to restore fishery Thousands of brown trout will be released in the lower reaches of the Rakaia River to help restore the critically damaged fishery.

North Canterbury Fish and Game approved the release recently, saying the area was once a prolific fishery for the lowland brown trout and the sea-run brown trout.

The gradual demise in trout populations is thought to be the result of environmental degradation of their habitat and the dewatering of lowland streams as a result of intensive farming.

Combined with low annual rainfalls over the past two years, and with little natural ability to flush lowland streams, many brown trout populations are now stressed by critically low stream levels with escalating pollution issues.

Increased pressure to provide healthy and sustainable fisheries is now dependent on a few streams that are perceived as suitable, in comparison to the once abundant historic habitats.

The recent winter fisheries closures throughout the North Canterbury region, was implemented as a measure to protect trout

Local resident Johnny Richards, (right) and Fish and Game Field Officer Tony Hawker check out one of the sites where 2500 brown trout will be released in the lower reaches of the Rakaia in the coming weeks.

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and salmon breeding stocks.

As a proactive aspect to this decision, North Canterbury Fish and Game are implementing a lowland and sea-run brown trout enhancement programme.

Chairman Trevor Isitt says Fish and Game have leapt at the

chance to rebuild the fishery, with the support from Rakaia residents.

Staff investigated prospective sites in the lower reaches of the Rakaia and identified two spring creeks that offered the potential of a fishery restoration pro-

gramme. “These sites may also be key indicators of potential for further enhancement programmes in other catchments in our region,” Mr Isitt said.

Bully Creek on the south side of the Rakaia, and Cold Stream/ Boat Creek on the north are both thought to offer positive prospects for the initial programme.

Fish and Game will release around 2500 approximately 400gm brown trout in the coming weeks.

The intention of the releases will be to encourage the trout to inhabit the release sites for a few months before they venture downstream to the tidal areas.

Fish and Game will monitor the releases not only to measure survivability, but also to learn more about the habits of lowland sea-run brown trout populations in east coast fisheries.

The stocks proposed for the initial releases would be of plateable size by anglers within the first few months of release.

Anglers who catch marked fish will be encouraged to photograph, record tag details, and release them, at least during the first year of the programme.

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Ryan James Scarth, 24, of Netherby, was remanded in custody on three charges of receiving stolen property and one of using a forged bank note. Judge Maze said the charge relating to the forged bank note was serious and unusual and as a result was not prepared to sentence Scarth “on the hoof”.

The receiving charges related to vehicle batteries.

Scarth has been in custodial remand for three weeks and defence lawyer Michelle Barrell asked the court to consider a bail application, however police prosecutor Sergeant Mike Wingfield pointed to the 15 convictions Scarth had accrued since the start of last year.

“He was on active charges when the latest offending occurred,” he said. Scarth was returned to custody for sentencing on July 4.

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■ UNITED KINGDOM

Splits over looming vote British Prime Minister David Cameron warned of the dangers of embracing “leave” campaigner Nigel Farage’s vision of Britain ahead of the country’s referendum on its European Union membership.

The UK Independence Party leader wants to take Britain “backwards” and divide rather than unite, Cameron said, as both sides in the referendum debate made a final push before the Thursday vote.

He made the argument in an article in the Sunday Telegraph, as the two sides resumed campaigning after a three-day halt following the Thursday slaying of Labour Party lawmaker Jo Cox. Former London Mayor Boris Johnson, a prominent “leave” campaigner from Cameron’s Conservative Party, also turned to the influential Sunday newspapers to press his case.

Johnson told the Sun on Sunday newspaper that a British exit, or Brexit, offers voters a “once in a lifetime” chance to change British life for the better. He said it would make a statement that would last through the ages.

He later held a rally in central London with other “leave” figures, telling the crowd that exiting the EU would allow Britain to control immigration.

There was also an “Anglo-

Calvin’s break-up song Calvin Harris is reportedly planning a break-up song about his split from Taylor Swift. The Scottish DJ is apparently working on a song concerning his abrupt break-up from the Blank Space hitmaker, and is considering drafting in Kanye West and Rihanna for the recording sessions.

A source said: “Kanye is up for doing something with Calvin and Rihanna and now Calvin’s no longer with Taylor, anything is possible.” The insider told The Sun on Sunday newspaper: “Calvin feels that talking publicly is not the way to go, but expressing things in music is the better option.

A young couple with faces painted in European, (left) and British colours, pose with a sign “Our Love For Great Britain” during a Kiss Marathon event at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, on Sunday.

PHOTO AP European kiss-in” near Parliament Square as Britons and Europeans attempted to show love between Britain and Europe by kissing.

Similar events were held in several other European capitals.

Some have criticised the tone of the Farage branch of the “leave” campaign for a poster unveiled hours before the shooting that used a photo of trudging migrants crossing Europe on foot that carried the capital-letter warning

BREAKING POINT. Treasury Chief George Osborne denounced the poster as “disgusting and vile” and called for a more civil debate in the aftermath of Cox’s death.

He accused the “leave” side of “making baseless assertions that millions of people are going to come into the country in the next couple of years from Turkey, saying that dead bodies are going to wash up on the beaches of Kent.”

Osborne compared the Far-

age poster to the Nazi propaganda of the 1930s.

Farage also returned to the public eye Sunday after a brief hiatus since the killing of Cox. He said on ITV that the “leave” campaign had probably lost some momentum because of the tragedy, which he blamed on “one person with serious mental issues.”

“I don’t know what’s going to happen over the course of the next three or four days,” he said as the campaign hangs in the balance.

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Star Trek actor dies

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Anton Yelchin, a rising actor best known for playing Chekov in the new Star Trek films, was killed by his own car as it rolled backwards down his driveway early Sunday, police and his publicist have confirmed.

The car pinned Yelchin, 27, against a brick mailbox pillar and a security fence at his home in Studio City, according to Los Angeles police officer Jenny Hosier.

He had gotten out of the vehicle momentarily, but police did not say why he was behind it when it started rolling.

Yelchin was on his way to meet friends for a rehearsal, Hosier said. When he didn’t show up, the group came to his home and found him dead.

Police are still investigating the sudden death, but sources told TMZ that there were not thought to be any suspicious circumstances.

Yelchin’s publicist confirmed the sad news, saying in a statement: “Anton Yelchin was killed in a fatal traffic collision early this morning. His family requests you respect their privacy at this time.”

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A brush fire that broke out Sunday near downtown Los Angeles threatened a densely populated, hilly neighbourhood along a freeway as sizzling temperatures elevated fire danger across the West.

Crews knocked down the blaze in the Silver Lake neighborhood after it damaged two homes, destroyed three shed-like structures, scorched yards and sent trees up in flames.

Neighbors scrambled with garden hoses and buckets, while water-dropping helicopters and scores of firefighters chased embers and doused steep hillsides to keep the flames from spreading.

The blaze only charred 8 acres, but it put urban residents on alert to the hot, dry conditions that have helped wildfires spread rapidly across more remote places from the California coast to New Mexico.

A fire that has burned 12 square miles west of Santa Barbara stayed in check, but firefighters braced for the return of afternoon and even-

A firefighter knocks down flames as they approach a ranch near the Las Flores Canyon area west of California.

PHOTO AP ing gusts that fanned the flames earlier in the week, threatening hundreds of homes and leading to evacuations of popular coastal campgrounds. The fire was just under halfway contained.

In New Mexico, a 28-square-mile fire that erupted last week and destroyed 24 homes in the Manzano Mountains south of Albuquerque was largely uncontained.

But higher humidity

overnight allowed crews to strengthen lines around the fire and keep a lookout for hot spots where flames could jump the line.

In eastern Arizona, a fire that has burned 19 square miles southwest of Show Low advanced south, but containment increased to 40 percent.

The Los Angeles fire erupted near a freeway, with flames soaring up tall trees and sending heavy smoke across the road.

- AP

It’s a girl!

Eddie Redmayne and his wife Hannah Bagshawe have had a baby girl. The Oscar-winning actor’s wife reportedly gave birth to their baby girl, Iris May Redmayne, on Wednesday. A spokeswoman told The Sun newspaper: “Yes, I can confirm it’s true.” The Theory of Everything star and his wife revealed in January that they were preparing for the birth of their first child, with Eddie admitting they were steadily building up a collection of birthing and parenting guidebooks. He said: “We’ve got our first book, which is looking at us, and we are staring guiltily as we should be learning how to be parents, but we haven’t opened them yet.”

Box office gold The forgetful blue fish of Finding Dory is box office gold. The Pixar sequel far surpassed its already ocean-sized expectations to take in $US136.2 million ($NZ191.9m) in North American theatres, making it the highest-grossing animated debut of all time, not adjusting for inflation, according to comScore estimates. The film, which doesn’t officially open in New Zealand until Thursday, has already earned more than $180,000 at the local box office thanks to advance preview screenings. Finding Dory, which comes 13 years after Finding Nemo, is also the second-largest June opening of all time, with Jurassic World at No.1.

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OUR VIEW

Water, water, water Linda Clarke

T

en years ago the Ashburton District Council’s long-term community plan flagged water management as a key issue for the future.

The district then, as now, was highly dependent on irrigation to promote economic wellbeing through the increasing production it enables.

The “potential” problems in both water quality and water availability have arrived.

Extraction back then had put strain on both river and groundwater supplies with some parts of the district classified as red zones by Environment Canterbury, meaning groundwater was over-allocated.

Nothing much has changed in 10 years, it would appear in the minds of some people, while others want water criminals to feel the full force of their hatred on social media.

As always, there are people on the extremes while the vast majority of us are in the middle looking for a sensible way forward.

Farmers, Fish and Game, and the Greens have all accused Environment Canterbury of failing to take a harder line with those taking water outside the conditions of their consent.

How can it be fair when a farmer on one side of the road manages his property according to his allocation but the farmer on the other pumps as much as he wants, when he wants?

Maybe farmers or any wateruser caught in breach of their consents could be forced to relinquish some of it for the sake of the environment.

Or maybe name and shame them in a public forum, much like what a judge in Northland asked the local paper there to do in an effort to curb drink driving.

I finish not on a note about water, but about the tears shed

by Golden State fans when their beloved Warriors were beaten

by LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 7 of the NBA playoffs yesterday.

It was the Cavs’ first title win and a fitting finale to a contest Kiwis have taken to thanks to the massive impact of our own Steven, Adams that is.

YOUR VIEW Lot 9 What’s really going on behind council doors?

When we exposed this backdoor deal, it was so secret and protected by “commercial sensitivity”, we couldn’t get any details at all.

Then we gathered momentum and support and out they came with a pair of Kiwi (ppppft) buyers thinking we were all xenophobic and were worried who the buyer was instead of the taking of our water.

How wrong they were!

The media got on board and our community began to stir, so they promised lots of jobs to try and distract us from the taking of 40 billion litres.

How’d that work for ya Angus? (It didn’t).

We held a public meeting, and continued to raise awareness and yelled our opposition from the rooftops, so they came out with a flash new

CRUMB

plan to move the rail siding at no cost to the ratepayer.

Whoop de doo we cried.

Some may be sucked in by the offer, but we are not!

Now we have had even more exposure and gained more support, I can’t help but wonder what they will come up with next to try and mask the fact that they are coming here for one reason and one reason only ... to take our water.

Is our council ‘coaching’ the buyers of Lot 9 to garner community support?

I’d say yes to that. Why else would all the ‘sweeteners’ be hauled out of the cupboard?

Dirty backdoor deal. That’s all it is, and all it’s ever going to be!

Pull your head in Ashburton District Council. You may have been devoid of transparency beforehand, but we see right through you now!

Jennifer Branje, founder, Bung the Bore Ashburton

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CONTACTS News tips Call 03 307-7958 After hours news tips sue.n@theguardian.co.nz Fieldays, a smorgasbord of innovation and invention and a delight for most farmers.

Compatability the best innovation of all L

ast week I got the opportunity to visit the national Fieldays at Mystery Creek.

As you might have guessed I’m quite into on-farm technology, so it was good to see some of the new and innovative ideas that are coming our way.

The payout of course needs to improve quite considerably before I can think about making any of it a reality.

Of particular interest to me was cowshed technology, and I got to have a good look at such things as a robotic arm for teatspraying and condition scoring cameras.

However, looking at the equipment I did end up in some concerning conversations regarding the ability for farmers to pick and choose which bits of technology to use.

In short, think of the future cowshed like your home Wi-fi network. Some homes now have multiple connected devices.

Imagine though you were only able to buy devices that were the same brand. Often you would be forced into buying devices that were inferior, or overpriced simply because you were locked into a particular brand.

Andrew Hoggard FROM THE FARM

Instead, thankfully due to common standards, we purchase whatever devices we like based on price or quality.

But unfortunately that doesn’t seem to be the case with a lot of farming tech. Particularly in the cowshed where generally we are locked into brands, and I believe that stifles innovation and competition.

This is significantly relevant right now with the proposal to split the farm technology component of LIC into a separate company which could have outside investment.

There are a number of questions that LIC shareholders should be asking about this split, to make themselves well informed before making a decision.

I probably have different questions than most, and they focus

around what this might mean for innovation in cowshed and other on farm technology.

There is talk that LIC automation may not need outside investment. The reality is if you want a technology company that can compete with the likes of global heavyweights Delaval and GEA, in coming up with new innovations, you need outside investment.

Unless the plan is to be several generations behind, and just do knock-offs. So the outside capital from an innovation standpoint could be good idea.

Still, we then have the situation where outside investors are in a position where they have virtually a monopolistic competition type of position.

This means other players can enter the marketplace, but due to several factors we have a dominant player, and that player is able to exert influence.

However, imagine the situation where the LIC Co-op, is removed from LIC automation, and now develops interfaces.

As a result, any herd management system, can load data into the database and thus generate

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breeding worth statistics that are important to many farmers.

This, quite frankly in my opinion, would greatly improve competition and innovation.

Likewise if LIC automation, were to ensure that their hardware was compatible with all herd management software, and their software could accept info from other hardware.

Ideally this would be the space I would like to see the industry in. Where farmers can select components and new technology for their cowsheds based on what worked price or quality wise for them, not on what brand it was.

Bluntly speaking, over the years, LIC have had an attitude that you’re either with us or you aren’t. Personally there are some things of theirs I would be keen to use.

Still, I wasn’t interested in using everything of theirs so that left me with the only option of using nothing.

That’s an attitude I think they need to change going forward.

Andrew Hoggard is Federated Farmers Dairy Industry Group chairperson

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In brief

■ ASAHI

Impairment write-off

BY JONATHAN UNDERHILL The Better Drinks Co, which includes New Zealand assets bought by Japanese brewer Asahi Group during an acquisition spree in 2011, has taken a $42.3 million impairment to write off all of its goodwill, resulting in an annual loss.

Better Drinks includes Charlie’s Group, which Asahi acquired in 2011 for 44 cents a share, valuing the listed juice maker at $129 million.

The price amounted to a 57 per cent premium to Charlie’s stock before the deal was announced that year.

The New Zealand company, whose brands include Charlie’s, Phoenix, Juicy Lucy Ti Tonics, Real Iced Tea and Stash Tea, recorded sales of $31.3 million in calendar 2015, down 0.5 per cent from 2014, its financial statements show.

Gross profit fell 11 per cent to $12.8 million but its operating result included the goodwill

write-off, resulting in a net loss of $43 million from a 2014 profit of $134,000.

Notes to the accounts say the impairment test include assumptions about earnings growth, synergy and cost-saving initiatives and represented “management’s assessment of future trends in the industry”.

The fair value of goodwill was determined on a ‘fair value less costs of disposal basis’ which showed the carrying amount of the group exceeded its recoverable amount.

While buying Charlie’s in 2011, Asahi also agreed to buy Independent Liquor Group for $1.5 billion from shareholders, including buyout firms Pacific Equity Partners, Unitas Capital and the widow of company founder Michael Erceg.

In a busy year for acquisitions, it also gained regulatory approval to buy the juice and mineral water business of Australia’s P&N Beverages for about $US200 million and agreed to acquire Ma-

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S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross 7050 7002 6954 6906

Chinese money to fund infrastructure?

6858 6810

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Buy price

27/5

Company CODE

At close of trading on Monday, June 20, 2016

20/5

S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross constituents

laysia’s PepsiCo bottler Permanis Sdn for $US274 million.

Within months of acquiring Independent Liquor, Asahi has filed papers in the Federal Court of Australia in Melbourne over the $1.5 billion price tag, claiming Independent Liquor’s earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation were

“significantly” inflated during the due diligence and sale process, and that they were provided with “false and misleading financial information” during that time.

It received a $209 million settlement, although that was more than offset by $255 million of impairment charges.

Independent achieved a profit of $200,000 in calendar 2015 as sales rose 3.8 per cent to $393 million, according to its accounts released last week.

That followed losses of $52.6 million in 2014, $41.6 million in 2013 and $117.9 million in 2012.

“In spite of the impairment loss, TBDC remains in good shape to meet the current and future challenges of the New Zealand beverage market,” an Asahi Beverages spokeswoman said.

“TBDC has the full support of its parent company, Asahi Holdings (Australia) Pty Ltd.” - NZME

p S&P/NZX 50 Gross

6,869.54 +22.47 +0.33%

p S&P/NZX 20 index

4,912.93

+6.47

+0.13%

p S&P/NZX All Gross

7,412.1

+20.88

+0.28%

p Rises 49 q Falls 50

WORLD MARKETS

p S&P/ASX 200 index

5,256.8

+94.1

+1.82%

At close of trading on Jun 20, 2016

q Dow Jones Indust.

17,675.2

–57.9

–0.33%

At close of trading on Jun 17, 2016

p FTSE 100 index

6,021.1

+70.61

+1.19%

At close of trading on Jun 17, 2016

p Nikkei 225 index

15,965.3 +365.6 +2.34% At close of trading on Jun 20, 2016

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

q Gold

London – $US/ounce

q Silver

London – $US/ounce

1,290.70 –20.05 17.37

–0.34

–1.53% –1.92%

q Copper London – $US/tonne

4,521.50

–2.5

–0.06%

NZ DOLLAR

Source: BNZ

Country

As at 4pm June 20, 2016

TT buy

TT sell

Australia 0.9711 0.9389 Canada 0.9311 0.897 China 4.9827 4.3749 Euro 0.6405 0.613 Fiji 1.5272 1.4086 Great Britain 0.4958 0.4786 Japan 76.07 72.89 Samoa 1.8915 1.6561 South Africa 10.8821 10.4923 Thailand 25.45 24.27 United States 0.726 0.7003

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BY AIMEE SHAW The Prime Minister has raised the prospect of Chinese companies funding and building infrastructure in a bid to speed Auckland development.

He says an urban development authority is an option as is allowing companies – including from China – to directly fund and build some of the city’s infrastructure.

“If Auckland is going to grow at a consistently faster rate than it historically has, it needs to build the infrastructure to match that more ambitious growth rate,” Key said at a lunch hosted by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

“It can’t have the lead times that it’s historically had.

“If you look around the world, urban development authorities have been used quite successfully in Australia and [elsewhere] to support faster infrastructure in a more contained way.

“We’ve got to do a bit more creative thinking”.

Key said Auckland Council’s ability to fund infrastructure – including the City Rail Link which he predicts will “almost certainly cost Prime Minister John Key more than they thought” – was constrained by its balance sheet.

Asked if Chinese construction firms could build “horizontal infrastructure” – largely roads, rail and pipelines – he sakd local bodies had turned down that option in the past.

The potential for Chinese companies to be involved in building horizontal infrastructure was raised by China Construction NZ managing director Timothy Yang.

Yang said he emigrated to New Zealand in 2001 and, after a period working in China, had returned to Auckland to find slow progress compared with Pudong, which in just 20 years had transformed from paddocks to a commercial area linked by five bridges and 11 tunnels to old Shanghai.

“Is there any need for Chinese construction companies to help New Zealand with building infrastructure and developments?” he asked.

- NZME

Action against Wynyard Two fund managers are seeking support for a class action by shareholders of software company Wynyard Group to recover losses since the share price has plunged following a disappointing annual result and a heavily discounted rights issue to raise cash. The campaign is being driven by Logic Funds principal Greg Marshall, who successfully waged a campaign that led to a $60 million settlement for Credit Sails investors, and Australian-based Millinium Capital managing director Tom Wallace.

Neither man is a current Wynyard shareholder and their plan is to receive part of a 20 per cent fixed percentage fee from any successful court order or settlement if the class action proceeds.

- NZME

Demerger approved APN News & Media has received Overseas Investment Office approval for its plan to split out its NZME unit ahead of a potential merger with rival Fairfax Media’s New Zealand operations. The Sydney-based company yesterday said the exemption to the Overseas Investment Act relating to the proposed demerger was granted, though it was still subject to other regulatory approvals and exemptions. Trading in APN shares on the NZX was halted pending an announcement, in what was already a period of deferred settlement to let a share consolidation be processed.

- NZME

Pace of growth slows The pace of growth in New Zealand’s services sector slowed in May, although a steady stream of inbound migration continues to stoke demand. The BNZ-BusinessNZ performance of services index fell 0.9 of an index point to a seasonally adjusted 56.9 last month, with all five sub-indices holding above a reading of 50, which separates contraction from expansion.

“Today’s performance of services index for May suggests robust growth has continued into the heart of the second quarter,” BNZ economist Doug Steel said. - NZME

Skydive expands assets ASX-listed Skydive the Beach Group, which operates Skydive NZone in Queenstown, will expand its footprint in New Zealand with the $10.4 million purchase of Skydive Wanaka. The Woolongong-based company raised $A15 million in a placement to sophisticated and institutional investors to fund the deal, buying the Wanaka operation, a new aircraft, and three luxury coaches to ferry customers between Queenstown and Wanaka, it said in a statement.

- NZME

Mine trains slow down Creating the world’s largest moving robots to transport iron ore across the vast Australian Outback is proving more complex and time-consuming than expected for Rio Tinto Group, fuelling doubts the technology can deliver promised returns as major rivals defer similar investments.

Rio, which gets more profit from iron ore than anything else, is already two years behind schedule with a $518 million effort to deploy automated trains on its 1700 kilometres of track.

- NZME

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Farm gate price watch …

for the latest prices, visit www.interest.co.nz/rural current price range Saleyard prices … u LAMB ($/head) weighted average Store 83 - 86 Prime 107 - 108 u HEIFER (c/kg) 250-350 kgs Lwt Store 222 - 274 u STEER (c/kg) 481-580 Lwt Prime 291 - 310 last week

This season’s milk production appears to be back 1.7 per cent, but with an expected 4 per cent less cows, a fall of at least double that is forecast for next year.

MARKET REPORT Dairy Another settled week, but the lack of rain is still haunting the region as all are waiting for the winter moisture recharge, to allow good growth in the spring.

Water issues are being highlighted by the press with accusations many irrigators are breaching their volume constraints and some have yet to install water meters.

Cow wintering is progressing well under these dry ground conditions. Present volumes of feed look adequate to reach targeted body condition scores.

This season’s milk production appears to be back 1.7 per cent, but with an expected 4 per cent less cows, a fall of at least double that is forecast for next year.

Last week’s global dairy trade auction result was stable, but included another 4.5 per cent fall for main product whole milk powder and reinforced the weak standing of the global dairy market.

A2 Milk Australia have upgraded their profit forecasts and announced plans to increase returns. They report waiting lists from farmers wanting to supply and some NZ farmers will be wondering if they let this opportunity slip through their fingers.

Reports from Fieldays week were surprisingly upbeat on the mood of the rural economy, with previous years’ dairy spending replaced by the other more buoyant sectors.

Lincoln University achieves big corporate funding support for its Ashley Dene farm systems study, which will include a project involving the dairy, livestock and arable sectors.

Lamb Another small drop in this week’s schedules as export prices fall $6/head behind the similar stage last year.

This year’s lamb crop is predicted to be at an all-time low, with drought, facial eczema and disappointing returns decimating the nations flock numbers.

This week’s Brexit vote will be watched by all lamb producers as analysts suggest negative trade outcomes for New Zealand, if Britain leaves the European Union.

Silver Fern Farms announced plans to upgrade their cool store facilities at Pareora after closing its leasing arrangements in Christchurch.

Scanned in-lamb breeding ewes have been making $100-$130/head at the saleyards up north, while store lambs in Canterbury lifted into the $80s last week.

Wool The South Island wool auction saw only 62 per cent sell. With a limited offering, poor demand and a strong currency saw the market run out of puff at the end of the season.

Mid micron, coarse crossbred, and lambs wools, are all at yearly lows and well behind values at a similar stage last year.

Good news however, with the announcement of a $21 million 7-year project to develop further uses for crossbred wool, starting with using the product as a source of keratin, and developing new technical textiles.

Beef Stable beef schedules again this week, as Oceania kills have declined and reducing volumes into the US has enabled demand to be maintained.

Some warning signs in overseas markets for beef producers, as in the US good grass growth and the fastest herd expansion since the ’70s has analysts predicting beef production to be up 4 per cent this year.

In Ireland beef prices are predicted to crash in their autumn.

Deer Venison schedules were stable this week on low volumes, and deer skins which are at historically low prices, are at last starting to move again Fertiliser prices are still falling, with Super down $18/tonne and Urea $20, as the co-ops have promised to release the rebate earlier to help cashflow, and encourage reinvestment into the soils for the coming season.

4 wks ago

Processor prices … u LAMB ($) including 1kg woolly pelt 15.5 kg YM SI 79.06 74.93 17.5 kg YX SI 81.19 84.53 19.0 kg YX SI 96.92 91.85 21.0 kg YX SI 106.55 100.95 Local trade (c/kg) SI 510 490 (16-22kg) u MUTTON ($) including 0.5kg pelt 21.0 kg MX1 SI 49.57 48.16 u BEEF (c/kg) P2 steer SI 510 498 (270-295kg) M Cow SI 375 352 (170-195kg) M2 Bull SI 473 458 (296-320kg) Local trade P2 SI 530 530 (180-280kg) u VENISON ($/hd) gross AP Hind 50kg SI 373 362 AP Stag 60kg SI 454 441 AP Stag 80kg SI 573 556 Auction prices … u SI WOOL indicator prices (c/kg, clean) Mid mic (23.1-31.5) 864 Fine Xbrd (31.6-35.0) 566 582 Coarse Xbred >35 mic 550 579 Lambs 580 622

3 mths ago

Fonterra milk price Fonterra dividend Fonterra share price

3,783 2,515 2,975 3,764

197

331

260

52 week high low 68.47 77.23 83.93 92.20 470

44.95

54.82

60.07

44.32

497

495

575

487

342

347

410

330

442

462

515

435

530

520

600

500

362 441 556

312 381 476

431 523 666

312 381 476

596 574 650

1,031 653 554 733

4,020 2,539 3,014 3,728

Source: WSI 1,061 864 696 559 619 550 769 580

Source: Midlands Grain 390 390 340 365 365 275 350 350 250

95.97 4,178 2,928 3,267 4,928

Source: PF Olsen 117.20 93.00 4,826 3,312 4,290 5,055

3,690 2,291 2,614 3,654

2016/17 f'cast $4.25 2016/17 f'cast $ NZX FGG $5.94 $5.47

* before retentions

0.6807 0.6015

264

95.08 106.40 115.30 127.20 620

2015/16 f'cast $3.90 2015/16 f'cast $0.40

u EXCHANGE RATE (NZ$1.00=) US dollar 0.7053 Euro 0.6256

41 83

74.93 83.94 91.22 100.25 510

International market prices … u LOGS indicator prices, $/tonne Forest index Jun-16 117.20 117.14 116.38 3,865 2,624 3,031 3,972

1 year ago

92 125

68.47 77.23 83.93 92.20 480

Local market prices … u GRAINS ($/tonne, delivered Canterbury) free price Wheat, milling,12.5%p 340 340 340 Wheat, feed 275 280 300 Barley, feed 250 260 280

u DAIRY (NZ$/tonne) Butter Skimmilk powder Wholemilk powder Cheese - cheddar

52 week high low

0.6770 0.6038

0.6978 0.6199

0.7121 0.6289

Comprehensive data is available from the supplier www.interest.co.nz/rural

0.6262 0.5575

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■ DOG TRIALLING

Honoured for outstandi

By Megan Sutherland At 70 years of age Omarama local and dog trialling legend Ginger Anderson can add another notch to his belt, after winning his fourth national dog trial event in Omarama and being made a life member of the New Zealand Dog Trials Association.

The Tux National New Zealand Dog Trials took place in Omarama on May 30 to June 4 which hosted more than 200 competitors from around the country for the short head and yard event, which Mr Anderson took out.

Mr Anderson won the short head and yard event with his dog Don, with a score of 185.75, winning by three quarters of a point, just knocking out runner-

up Lloyd Smith. He said it was a wonderful achievement to win in his own arena.

The 2016 nationals saw around 500 dogs qualify which Mr Anderson said was heaps.

The national dog trials are held by the North Otago Centre in Omarama once every 10 years.

Mr Anderson who has grown up in Omarama said the town evolved as a dog trialling host arena because it is a big merino area and it has a wonderful venue.

It’s close to town which makes it a great event for the community.

“You wouldn’t get a better venue in New Zealand.”

Mr Anderson began dog trialling 51 years ago, at age 19, when he first qualified after winning both the North Otago Centre and

Ginger Anderson with dog Don (second from left) lined up ready for action.

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South Island championships.

Since then he has won four national titles and only ever missed one event since that first championship final in 1965.

Mr Anderson said breeding is key when it comes to dog trialling.

Don, and all of Mr Anderson’s dogs are direct descendants of his grandfather John Anderson’s dogs, who was the original head shepherd of Benmore Station when he came out from Scotland, which was eventually broken off into smaller holdings in 1916.

Some champions are born but most have to be trained to become a champion.

“Champions don’t just grow on trees.”

He said it takes up a lot of time training a dog properly but it pays off.

“As long as they know the basic commands to go left, to go right and when to stop you can’t go wrong, you should be in for a good run.”

Dogs make the wheels turn, so without the dogs the sheep can’t be yarded.”

Mr Anderson who was honoured with life membership to the New Zealand Dog Trials Association at the national trials in Omarama said “apart from it meaning that I’m growing old” it showed his service and contribution to the sport.

He has competed in the New Zealand dog trial team eight times which go head-to-head against the Australian team every year, who he said are equally as good.

“You should never underestimate an Aussie.”

Dog trialling is seemingly in the Anderson blood, John Anderson

Ginger Anderson with dog Don yarding the merino sheep in his helped form the New Zealand Dog Trials Association in 1936, and Ginger’s father Ian has won a national title.

Dog trialling in New Zealand is big and there are more top dogs within the dog trial arena, “it’s as simple as that”.

Mr Anderson said luck too can

play an important part in qualifying.

If you have a good run then you are assured of being in the final, but with a bit of luck plus if the sheep you draw behave then you can’t go wrong.

He said merino sheep are very touch and go, anything such as

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a small breeze in the afternoon can upset them and then they wouldn’t behave which he said maybe he has an advantage in that respect as he is working with merinos every day.

The Anderson family property, Ben Omar Station was originally apart of the Benmore Station be-

fore it was broken off and was taken up by John Anderson in 1923 who bought the neighbouring property Riverina which are now run together by Johnny Anderson.

Ben Omar, the 8000 hectare property runs around 14,000 stock units of both merino sheep and cattle.

Focusing on cheaply produced food can prove costly A Lincoln expert is warning of the cost of focusing on producing food cheaply.

A report into European farming policy Does the CAP still fit?, co-authored by Lincoln University professor of farm management Alison Bailey, says there is overwhelming evidence at local, national and global levels that food systems need to change.

The paper was for the Food Research Collaboration on the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) which provides support to Europe’s farmers.

She says, although the CAP is subsidy based, the report contains messages for the New Zealand farming community.

“Agricultural policy across the globe has always tried to do a number of things under the umbrella of supporting the farming community in commodity production.

“A model of one policy objective one policy tool becomes a complex mix of multiple policy objectives achieved through the implementation of additional policy tools,” Professor Bailey says.

“This never thoroughly addresses the original, nor additional, objectives.”

The report says that for a number of reasons – environmental, public health, economic and social – the model of food based on producing ever more food, ever more ‘cheaply’, has had serious negative impacts.

This includes the environmental costs of intensive farm-

Alison Bailey ing and biodiversity loss, while overall food production is a major cause of climate change.

This is true for both Europe and New Zealand, Professor Bailey says.

The report calls for the CAP to move away from focusing on farming to become a Common Food Policy.

“We should not continue to eat diets which add to climate change, pile on costly burdens of disease, and maintain a fantasy that food systems can continue to be fossil-fuel based in an era of rapid climate change.”

CAP was still too focused on farming when it needs to reconnect with public health, ecosystems and feeding people well, Professor Bailey says.

The United Kingdom, like all European Union (EU) member states, needs to review its entire food system, regardless of the outcome of the upcoming referendum on EU membership, the report says.

Professor Bailey says New Zealand could well do the same.

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From diaries to digital travel stories

By Kathleen Stringer Depending on your point of view, one of my cousins is either very lucky or missing out.

Married early, he is about to wave goodbye to his last child.

He and his wife will now be empty nesters before they reach 50.

Readers with good memories may recall that last gypsy day I explained how his son had moved from Otago to here, in Ashburton.

Regular drives home, phone calls and texts means that though some distance away, the family are still in close contact.

Next month, his only daughter moves off to do her big OE. She will be living in London for a year.

A young adult, she is already fully equipped with Skype, Facebook, Instagram, etc, so we can track her progress on a daily basis.

If she runs out of money her parents can help her out with internet banking and if it gets all too much she can book online and fly home the next day.

When I first went overseas I had to call home through a complex system of international operators. (Older people will know that even ringing the next town was a process of ringing your local operator who put you “through now” to the person you wanted to talk to.)

The way I told people of my adventures was through letters or postcards.

While it was a very slow process, it meant I still have a treasured collection of documents that I can thumb through and reminiscence over.

Travel tales Ashburton Museum’s Archive has a small collection of diaries, letters and postcards from local residents that tell of their travels.

Many show that for most people the world was a much smaller place.

Holidays in the North Island were about as intrepid as most got to be.

There are also postcards in the Archive from those who served overseas. While they speak of their adventures, they also state that there is truly no place like home.

People’s diaries tell more about the weather and what jobs they got finished, how they were feeling and what significant events occurred each day.

Most families have little bundles of letters and other communications.

Many are connected to a specific event such as a birth, death or wedding.

They may not say a great deal, but they are an important link to an earlier time.

Regardless of the content, they tell us of familial ties, – often family members are referred to by pet names – the educational level of the writers and even turns of phrase used in the day.

Also of interest to today’s correspondents is the method used to communicate. How many can recall telegrams delivered by boys on bicycles to tell of tragedy, changed plans or, in my day, congratulations when you got married.

Postcards were purchased to deliver a quick, short note rather than as a souvenir of a place visited.

Letters were regularly used to keep in touch throughout the country and further afield.

Forgot my shirt Most of the postcards we hold at Ashburton Museum are because of the images of Ashburton that they have on the front.

Perhaps surprising, we have very few that have messages on them.

Most that do, are best wishes at Christmas or messages that we would today use a phone or text for.

A postcard written by an unknown man is a great example of this. Now in the Ashburton Museum collection, it is addressed to Mrs W H Manhire, Post Office Store, Hornby. It reads: “I arrived safe and sound.

George Horne and his wife went by the express so I had company.

I forgot to put a shirt in my bag.

“Anyhow I have a pretty long flannel on, so that will have to do instead. Amy sends her love and so do I”.

From the imprint we also learn that this postcard “may be used for communication in New Zealand and the British Empire”.

And that it was printed in England, then retailed by Mr J Burgess, Bookseller of Ashburton.

The postcard has a picture of two swans at the Ashburton Domain, with the legend, “Where Peace and Calm Contentment Dwell, Domain, Ashburton” across the front.

But it’s the reverse that illustrates how similar this means of communication is to the brevity and chattiness of a modern day text message – just somewhat slower in the delivery.

Chocolate box histories Although the communications we are awaiting from our globetrotting young lady will be in colour, interactive (we can like or comment on her Facebook posts), and most importantly for her worrying father, instant – she will have no collection of postcards and letters to reminiscence over when she is older.

With communication being so digital and immediate today, I wonder what Archives like ours will be able to preserve from today’s generation.

It makes those tatty letters we have tucked away in our drawers and chocolate boxes at home even more special, as they will provide examples of how people ‘in the olden days’ communicated.

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RESULTS ■ Cycling Mid Canty Social Wheelers June 18, Fords Road, 25 riders 16km Handicap Race. 1st and Fastest Bailey O’Donnell 22m 41s. 2 Rob Hooper 23m 14s.

3rd Brad Hudson 2f/t. 22m 45s. 4th Myles O’Donnell 3f/t. 22m 46s. 5th Paul Macfie 25m 46s. 6th Doug Coley 25m 46s. 7th Nathan Tew 4f/t. 22m 47s. 8th Ross Templeton 23m 17s. 9th Bruce McClelland 25m 48s. 10th Ronnie Campbell 28m 42s. 11th Kristine Marriott 23m 23s. 12th Don Sutton 27m 43s.

■ Golf Ashburton County Ladies Vets June 17 Bryant Trophy (Stableford) held at Ashburton: 1st Judith Webb 37 Stbl on C/B from Helen Hawksby on 37: Janice Dunlop 36 on C/B from Colleen Linney 36: Heather Robertson 35: Joan Undy 34.

Nearest the Pins: No. 8 Judy Webb: 2nd Shot No 14 Maddie Smith. Twos Judy Webb: Colleen Linney: Heather Robertson Nine Hole Winner: Jan Guilford Net 36

Ashburton Golf Club May 18 Second round winners in the President’s Trophy match play were: Noel Sutton, Paul May, Don Houghton and Tufuga Sa. Winners in the Plate competition were: Paddy Bradford, Paul Greer, Brendon Davidson and George Brown. Top score in the Stableford competition was 44pts by Jamie Stone (84=20=64nett).

Other good scores: Peter MacAulay, Tong King and Andrew Tindall 39; Ivan Blain, Tony Bennett and Ron Carlson 38; Ian Rive 37.

Nearest The Pins: Braided Rivers: Kevin Smith; Rothbury Insurance: Brendon Davidson, Netherby Meats: Jamie Stone, South Island Seeds: Tony Bennett, Charming Thai (longest putt) Lindsay Stoddart.

Twos: Gaby Jansen, Peter MacAulay, Ivan Blain, Don Houghton, Kevin Smith, Tony Bennett and Ray Lambert.

Birdie Jackpot: # 18, Nett Eagles: #16 Nine Hole Results: Stewart Dunlop and Brian Tutty; 18pts, Sam Prince 16; Chleone Emery, Hughie Murchie and Bev Chinn 15.

Methven Golf Club June 15 Ladies Division: 2nd Gwen Cook Bev Isherwood 103-21-72, Heather Middleton 101-29-72, Angela Mowbray 89-14-75, Jenny Senior 89-13-76 Cinema Paradiso Best Nett, Heather Middleton 72 on C/B. Nearest Pins: Silver #6 Arabica Sara Gallagher, Bronze A #17 Methven Supervalue Nola Hydes, Bronze B 2nd Shot #4 Methven Foursquare Heather Middleton Open #13 Methven Travel Robyn Hood Saturday #6 Methven Pharmacy Bev Isherwood. 2’s & Nett Eagles Bev Isherwood x 2, Robyn Maw, Nola Hydes June 18, Men’s Division 3rd Round Mt Harding and 3rd Round Green Jacket, Stableford round.

Senior: Tony Worsfold 36 By Lot; Intermediate: Paddy Halmore 39; Junior A: Phil Lalor 42; Junior B: Alan Lock 41.

Other Good Scores: 37 Frank Sandys, Pete Wood. 36 Phil Johnson, Piers Rolton, Craig Middleton, Alan Smith, Graham Gunn. 35 Michael Kemp, Ben Rutter, Rod Carson.

Two’s: Ben Rutter x2, Frank Sandys x2, Alister Maxwell, Craig Middleton, Tony Worsfold.

Dubliner Best Nett: Phil Lalor 65. Methven Foursquare Second Best Nett: Alan Lock 66.

Methven Travel Best Gross: Gary Schott 74. Closest to Pin: Aqua Japanese Restaurant No 4: Simon Wareing; Hunters Wine No 6: Tony Worsfold; Ski Time No 13: Graham Gunn; Green Parrot No 17: Phil Johnson; Cinema Paradiso 2nd shot No 14: Rod Carson.

Next Week June 25: Stroke Round, 4th Round Callaghan Trophy.

Tinwald Golf Club June 18 Stroke - RSA Trophy qualifying Grade winners in the stroke round played on Saturday were Senior -12; Isaac McDonald 65, Owen Miller 66, Brent Smith 70, Brock Peddie 71. Intermediate 13-18; Cameron Miller 70 c/b Bruce Collins 70, Richie Watson 71, Brian Rouse 71 b/l. Junior 19-plus; Alec Millar 68, Graham Hortin 69, Nick Wilson 70, Kerry Whiting 74 b/l.

Women: Linda McClea 73,c/b Joyce VanderHeide 73. Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liq-

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■ Hunting Mid Canterbury Hunting Competition Heaviest Boar: 1st Craig Stubbs, weight 82.4, 2nd Nigel Tiffen 76.4, 3rd Johny Cross 68.9. Heaviest Stag: 1st Arthur Ackland 133.2, 2nd Cameron Blazey 113.9, 3rd Robbie Harper 111.9 Heaviest Tahr: 1st Arthur Ackland 65.00, 2nd Butch Wilson 64.8, 3rd Graham Rotch 63.8. Heaviest Nanny Tahr: 1st Mark Wright 30.9, 2nd Butch Wilson 26.9, 3rd Caleb Matthews 23.1.

Heaviest Chamois: 1st Kevin Williams 22.4, 2nd Brandon Quigley 21.5, 3rd Milne Gosling 17.2. Heaviest Fallow: 1st Justin Campbell 60.9, 2nd Marcus Humm 59.4, 3rd Rodger Harris 56.8 NZDA Tuck: 1st Johny Cross 22 7/8, 2nd Brett Lewis 19 3/8. NZDA Red Stag: 1st Cameron Blazey 213, 2nd Edward Wright 210,3rd Greg Maw 207 NZDA Tahr: 1st Matt Gare 41, 2nd Arthur Ackland 40, 3rd Butch Wilson 39 1/2. NZDA Chamois: 1st Brandon Quigley 25 6/8, 2nd Kevin Williams 24 2/8, 3rd Minle Gosling 21 1/2.

NZDA Fallow: 1st Glenn Raston 213 3/8, 2nd Justin Campbell 195 1/8, 3rd Annie HuntCain 186. Average Boar Weight 47.9: 1st Matt Reverley 48.2, 2nd Matt Neal 48.5, 3rd J Mullen 46.6 Heaviest Wallaby: 1st Laurie Cain 18.1, 2nd Brendan Simpson 18.1, 3rd Donald Ede 17.1 Ladies Section: Heaviest Tahr: 1st Olivia Gare 35.5. Heaviest Fallow: 1st Annie Hunt-Cain 47.6. Heaviest Wallaby: 1st Dana Drummond 16.3 Junior Section 12-15 years Heaviest Board (Girl): Aaliyah Lewis 20.

Heaviest Tahr: Matt Gare 50.5. Heaviest Wallaby: Shaun Olorenshaw 15.4.

■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby June 18 Senior Division 1 – Luisetti Seeds Watters Cup Competition – Round 1 Max Gilbert Trophy - Devon Tavern Hampstead 18 v Darryl Phillips Motor Company Celtic 40, PWL Methven 4 v Stuart Tarbotton Contractors Southern 70, Senior B – Centennial Mug Competition – Round 3: Allenton Grieve Construction 21 v Rakaia Railway Tavern 32, Celtic Kellys 13 v Mt Somers 12, Hampstead KFC 36 v Collegiate 24, Methven R&R Haulage 5 v Southern Tinwald Tavern 70, UC Championship: Ashburton College 29 v Rangiora High School 26, Combined Competition – Colts Section One: Celtic 31 v Lincoln Red 26, Section Two: Rakaia/Methven 12 v West Melton 41, Combined Competition - Under 18 Section One: Prebbleton-West Melton 46 v Celtic 24, Section Two: Methven 12 v Ashley Oxford 11, Ellesmere/Mcru Competition - Under 16 Celtic/Allenton 55 v Lincoln-West Melton 0, Methven 70 v Southern 15, Prebbleton 39 v Hampstead 33, MCRU/ACL Competition – Under 14.5 Allenton/Tinwald 60 v Methven 26, Hampstead 29 v Celtic/Rakaia 49, MCRU/ACL – Under 13 Competition Allenton/Tinwald JKF Homes 40 v Rakaia/ Collegiate Combined 34, Celtic Lysaght Glass 27 v Southern All Farm Engineering 45, Hampstead Lifestyle Motorhomes 54 v Methven Snowfed Builders 12, MCRU/ACL – Under 11.5 Competition Allenton 40 v Methven 24, Collegiate/ Hampstead Ross Leadley Building 65 v Southern Hyde Bros Spraying 33, Tinwald Moore Mechanical 54 v Celtic Ashburton Online 36.

■ Squash Celtic Squash Club Results from last week’s round of the Celtic Squash Club’s winter league competition: Chris O’Reilly lost to Nick Marshall 0-3, Ben Kruger lost to Billy Nolan 2-3, Mike Jackson lost to Ron Carlson 0-3, Rebecca Abernethy lost to Jess Dargue 1-3, Ryan Jackson lost to John Surridge 1-3, Kyla Murphy beat Susan Dargue 3-2.

Mick Hooper beat Craig Campbell 3-1, Ian Dolden lost to Jimmy Hunn 2-3, Lucas

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Pete Blacklow beat Gary Casey 3-0, Lawrence McCormick lost to Ben Kruger 1-3, Jordan Hooper beat Rebecca Abernethy 3-0, Andy Morrison lost to Steve Devereux 2-3, Ian Dolden lost to Nathan Forbes 1-3, Mike Jackson lost to Scott van den Bemd 2-3, Rob Beale beat Jock O’Connor 3-2, Mick Hooper lost to Jon Bond 2-3.

DRAWS ■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club June 25 The semi finals of the Presidents Trophy and Plate match play will be played and a Stroke round for those not in the match play. The draw for the matches is: No 1 Tee: 12.00 N Sutton v P May; D Houghton v T Sa 12.07 P Bradford v P Greer; B Davidson v G Brown.

Starting Times: Morning 8.30am, Afternoon report to the Pro Shop at 11.30 for a 12.00 start.

■ Netball Mid Canterbury Netball ANZ FutureFerns (Yr1-2) – All Monday’s Term 2 – 4-5pm June 21: Promotion Relegation Games Duty Manager: Aimee Rickard ACL: 6.30: United A V Hampstead U18 (Winner - Team A, Loser - Team B), Kev Opele and Stacey Hopwood (TBC); 7.30: Hampstead B V Celtic Green (Winner - Team C, Loser Team D), Brooke Williams and Eartha Scott Vetent: 6.30: Methven Shearmac V Hampstead Hotties (Winner - Team E, Loser - Team F), Jaimee Carrodus and Zoe Diedricks; 7.30: Allenton C V Methven R&R, (Winner - Team G, Loser Team H), Tori Kelland and Heath Lyttle June 22 Social Competition: Duty Manager - Fiona Keir. Club Duty: Set Up - Southern Align Farms; Pack Down - Rakaia B 6.30pm Standby Umpire: Sian Hurley 7.30pm Standby Umpire: Kimberley Dynes ACL: 6.30: Methven LH Farms V Hampstead Hotel Ashburton Social Gold, Heath Lyttle and Shannon Vidler; 7.30: Rakaia B V Southern Wastebusters, Heath Lyttle and Aimee Gommans Vetent: 6.30: Southern Align Farms V Methven Professionals, Renee McLeod and Anna Neal (Southern); 7.30: Celtic Dragons V Hampstead Hotel Ashburton Social A, Sarah Colquhoun and Kellie Wilson Carrfields: 6.30: United KFC Colonels Chicks V Southern Clucas Farms, Kimberley Dynes (Rakaia) and Leith Walker (Allenton); 7.30: Methven SPS V Mt Somers Social, Nelle Thomas and Emma Stark (Southern) Ashburton Trust: 6.30: Tinwald South V Rakaia C, Daniel Binsted and Sarah White (Methven); 7.30: Celtic White V Hampstead Hotel Ashburton Social Blue, Daniel Binsted and Connie Davidson (Celtic) Bye - United KFC Zingers June 23 ACL Premier Netball: Duty Manager - Laura George. Club Duty: Set Up: Southern Livestock Exchange; Pack Down: Rakaia A ACL: 6.30: Prem 1: Hampstead Hotel Ashburton A V Southern Livestock Exchange, Stacey Hopwood and Aimee Elliott; 7.30: Prem 1: Methven Wareings A V Celtic Auric Energy A, Stacey Hopwood and Aimee Elliott Vetent: 6.30: Prem 1: Ashburton College A V Team A, Kev Opele and Vicki McArthur; 7.30: Prem 2: Allenton A V Rakaia A, Jan Lee and Irene Anderson Carrfields: 6.30: Prem 2: Team B V Ashburton College B, Wendy Hopwood and Eartha Scott; 7.30: Prem 2: Celtic B V Team C, Kev Opele and Sophie Beveridge Ashburton Trust: Warm Up June 24 Spraymarks FutureFerns: Duty Team to Help Set Up: St Josephs Celtic Orange; Duty Team to Help Pack Up: Rakaia Blue Junior Co-ordinators - Claire Corbett ACL: 3.45: Borough Pulse v Hampstead School D; 4.30: Methven White v Allenton Mystics; 5.15: Waka Blues v Rakaia Blue Vetent: 3.45: Allenton Sars v Hampstead School E; 4.30: Southern Mayfield Transport v Allenton Ferns; 5.15: Hampstead School G v Southern Hinds Seed Cleaning Carrfields: 3.45: St Josephs Celtic Orange v Borough Steel; 4.30: Rakaia Red v Tinwald School C; 5.15: Methven Black v Longbeach Shooters Carrfields

Ashburton Trust: 3.45: Hamptsead School F v Borough Swifts; 4.30: Longbeach Stars v St Josephs Celitc Silver; 5.15: Netherby Nippers v St Josephs Celtic Pink June 25 The Stables Junior Netball Competition: Duty Manager - Michelle Adams and Anna Jemmet (Longbeach). Club Duty - Longbeach.

Umpire Duty - Brooke Williams, Charlotte Blundell and Zoe Diedricks ACL: 8.45: Borough A V Hampstead Blue, Cathleen Anderson and Ellie Lawn; 9.35: Hampstead C V Rakaia A, Tamaki Nishioka and Victoria Binnie; 10.25: Wakanui Merlin Magic V Hampstead School A, Monique Johnson and Michelle Jones; 11.15: St Josephs Celtic Gold V Hampstead A, Lara Alves and Courtney Elliott; 12.05: Hampstead B V Allenton A, Mia Pearson and Sophie Adams; 12.55: Longbeach A V Methven Trucking, Lauren Pluck and Jemma Donnelly Vetent: 8.45: St Josephs Celtic Red V Hampstead Gold, Samantha Hood and Sophie Watson; 9.35: Mt Somers 1 V Borough B, Aleesha Haselmoore-Smith and Amber Kennedy; 10.25: Methven Carrfields V Allenton D, Sara Harris and Jasmine Strawbridge; 11.15: Methven Tricroft V Allenton B, Katie Danielson and Hayley Tallentire; 12.05: Southern Taylor Groundspreading V St Joesphs Celtic Blue, Grace Bleach and Julie Mushonga; 12.55: Allenton C V Southern Hayden Mackenzie, Willow Diedricks and Poppy Kilworth Carrfields: 8.45: Netherby Magic V Longbeach B, Ines Forster and Jasmine Strurm; 9.35: Methven Bayleys V St Josephs Celtic Green, Jorja Johston and Abbey Williams; 10.25: Rakaia B V Tinwald A, Olivia Lill and Sophie Innes; 11.15: Borough C V Waka Waves, Anabel Dolan and Taylah Burrowes; 12.05: Methven Pharmacy V Allenton Eagles, Millicent Sullivan and Eilish Pierce; 12.55: Fairton ACS V Southern Hyde Brothers, Victoria Pupuke and Jessica Baron Ashburton Trust: 8.45: Allenton Firebirds V Borough Y5 Tactix, Coaches; 9.35: Methven Hammer Hardware V Borough Y5 Magic, Coaches; 10.25: Netherby Diamonds V Hampstead Sch C, Coaches; 11.15: Southern Harrison Spraying V Mt Somers 2, Coaches; 12.05: Waka Shots V Rakaia C, Coaches; 12.55: Longbeach C V St Josephs Celtic Purple, Coaches. Bye: Hampstead School B June 25 New World Senior Netball Competition: Duty Manager: Karla Newlands. Umpire Manager: Jemma Rotch. Club Duty: Set Up: Ashburton College Y10A; Pack Down: Southern Mayfield Service Centre Standby Umpire: 2.00: Standby: Casey McIntosh; 3.00: Hannah Kirwan; 4.00: Mollie Gibson ACL: 2.00: Ashburton College Y10A V Team D, Ella Hurley (Ash Col) and Tori Watson (Hamp); 3.00: Methven Euro V Ashburton College Y9A, Zoe Diedricks and Rachel McGregor (Celtic) Vetent: 2.00: Ashburton College U18 V Allenton B, Jaimee Carrodus and Caroline Polson; 3.00: Celtic C V Ashburton College Y10B, Mikayla Griffin and Olivia Gibson (Ash Col); 4.00: Team F V Team G,Hannah McDougall and Vicki Pluck Carrfields: 2.00: Ashburton College U15 V Hampstead Blue, Lynne Hands and *Hannah Kirwan (Ash Col); 3.00: Ashburton College Y9B V Methven Crossroads, Lynne Hands and *Mollie Gibson (Ash Col);4.00: Southern Mayfield Service Centre V Team H, Heidi Cuttle and Mallory Oram (Methven) Ashburton Trust: Warm Up Bye: Team E

■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby June 21 Ashburton College Girls XV v Burnside High School, Ash Coll, 10.45am; H Grant. Ashburton College Under 15 Boys v Burnside High School, Ash Coll, 12.30pm; G Casey June 25 Senior Division 1 – Luisetti Seeds Watters Cup Competition – Round 2: Darryl Phillips Motor Company Celtic v PWL Methven, Celtic 1, 2.45pm; K Opele, C Kelland, H Grant, Railway Tavern Rakaia v Devon Tavern Hampstead, Rakaia 1, 2.45pm; C O’Malley, G Shaw, P Hunt. Bye: Stuart Tarbotton Contractors Southern Senior B – Centennial Mug Competition – Round 4: Allenton Grieve Construction v Celtic Kellys, Allenton 1, 1.30pm: J Bond, Collegiate v Methven R&R Haulage, Collegiate 1, 1pm; D McKibbon, Mt Somers v Southern Tinwald Tavern, Mt Somers, 2.30pm; P Hill, Rakaia Railway Tavern v Hampstead KFC, Rakaia 1, 1pm; P Hunt UC Championship Bye: Ashburton College Combined Competition – Colts

Section One: Celtic v Darfield, Celtic 1, 1pm; C Kelland, Lincoln Red v Prebbleton, Lincoln 1, TBC. Bye: Springston Section Two: West Melton v Waihora, West Melton 1, 1pm; M Talbot, Lincoln Black v Kirwee BDI, Lincoln 2, 1pm; K Bambry. Bye: Rakaia/Methven Combined Competition - Under 18 Section One: Celtic v Waihora, Celtic 2, 1.45pm; J O’Connor, Prebbleton-West Melton v Pegasus Bay. West Melton 3, 1pm; A Webber. Bye: Lincoln Section Two: Ashley-Oxford v Malvern, Oxford Oval, 2.45pm; TBC, Rolleston v Methven, Rolleston 1, 1pm; C Wootton Ellesmere/MCRU Competition - Under 16 Hampstead v DILS, Hampstead 1, 1.45pm; S Bennett Lincoln/West Melton v Rolleston, Lincoln 3, 12.30pm; C Banks, Malvern v Methven, Darfield 2, 12.30pm; K Hore, Southern v Prebbleton, Mayfield 1, 2.15pm; K Pottinger, Waihora v Celtic/Allenton, Tai Tapu 2, 12.30pm; R Amyes MCRU Competition – Under 14.5 Hampstead v Allenton/Tinwald, Hampstead 1, 12.30pm; G Brown, Celtic/Rakaia v Methven, Rakaia 2, 1.15pm; G Shaw MCRU/ACL – Under 13 Competition Associate/Club Referees Required Celtic Lysaght Glass v Allenton/Tinwald JKF Homes, Celtic 2, 12.30pm; B Frame Rakaia/Collegiate Combined v Hampstead Lifestyle Homes, Rakaia 3, 1.15pm; G Barr, Southern All Farm Engineering v Methven Snowfed Builders, Mayfield 1, 1pm; M Cuttle MCRU/ACL – Under 11.5 Competition Associate/Club Referees Required Celtic Ashburton Online v Collegiate/ Hampstead Ross Leadley Building, Celtic 3, 1.30pm; H Grant, Southern Hyde Bros Spraying v Methven, Methven1, 1.15pm; Club Tinwald Moore Mechanical v Allenton, Tinwald 1, 1.15pm; Club MCRU/ACL – Non-Competition – Under 10 Associate/Club Referees Required: Celtic Blacklows G v Methven W, Celtic 4, 1.30pm, Collegiate HnB Services v Coll/Tin Ashburton Painters & Decorators, Collegiate 2, 1.30pm, Rakaia Purata Farms v Hampstead Subway, Rakaia 4, 1.30pm, Southern Progressive Livestock v Allenton, Mayfield 4, 2pm. Bye: Methven B MCRU/ACL Non-Competition – Under 9 Associate/Club Referees Required: Celtic McCrea Painters & Decorators G v Allenton, Celtic 4, 12.30pm, Collegiate Johnson Gluyas v Methven White, Collegiate 2, 12.30pm, Rakaia Purata Farms v Celtic McCrea Painters & Decorators W, Rakaia 4, 12.30pm Bye: Southern ADM MCRU ACL Non-Competition – Under 8 Associate/Club Referees Required: Celtic Summerfield Builders G v Methven, Celtic JAB1, 12.30pm, Collegiate Naylor Love Ltd v Tinwald Mainland Coachworks, Collegiate 3, 1.45pm, Rakaia Purata Farms v Allenton, Rakaia 3, 12.15pm, Southern Agspread v Hampstead Metalcorp, Mayfield 4, 1pm Bye: Celtic Summerfield Builders W MCRU/ACL Non-Competition – Under 7 Associate/Club Referees Required: Celtic The Finishing Company v Methven W, Celtic JAB2, 12.45pm, Collegiate Cates Grain & Seed v Tinwald Canvas & Upholstery, Collegiate 3, 1pm, Methven B v Methven R, Methven 5, 1.15pm, Rakaia Purata Farms v Hampstead Spark, Rakaia 2, 12.30pm, Southern Canterbury Feed Assessments v Southern Coleman Ag, Mayfield 2, 1.45pm.

Bye: Allenton MCRU/ACL Non-Competition – Under 6 Associate/Club Referees Required Celtic Anderson Joinery W v Celtic Anderson Joinery G, Celtic JAB2, 12pm, Collegiate Redpaths v Allenton, Collegiate 3, 12.15pm, Collegiate Camross Electrical v Methven R, Collegiate 1, 12.15pm, Collegiate Cranfield Glass v Celtic Summerfield Builders, Collegiate 1, 12.15pm, Mt Somers v Southern Hayden McKenzie Contracting, Mt Somers, 1.30pm, Rakaia Purata Farms v Hampstead Netherby 4 Square, Rakaia 2, 12.30pm, Southern 4 Seasons Tree Care v Methven W, Mayfield 2, 1pm, Southern Riverlea v Methven B, Mayfield 2, 1pm, Tinwald Columbus Coffee v Tinwald O, Tinwald 3, 1.15pm June 26 Methven U12 v Goondiwindi (Australia) Methven 1, 2.30pm; D Gray?

June 28 Southern U11.5 v Goondiwindi (Australia), Hinds 1, 5.30pm; P Hill June 29 Aoraki Schoolgirls Competition TBA June 30 UC Championship: Christchurch BHS v Ashburton College, CBHS, 2.30pm

Hockey draw, Town v Country teams P20

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In brief Premier status on the line It’s promotion and relegation day and United will be out to maintain their premier netball grade status when they lock horns with Hampstead under-18 at the EA Networks Centre Stadium this evening. After a challenging period in the premier grade, United must do something tonight that they’ve failed to do in the second round – win. Meanwhile, Hampstead will be out to join their senior counterparts in the district’s elite netball division following a string of impressive results in the Premier B grade. This evening’s Premier Grade promotion fixture: United A v Hampstead under-18, 6.30pm, ACL Court.

Ko finishes fourth Lydia Ko’s finished in a share of fourth at the latest LPGA tour event in Michigan. The world number one rounded out her tournament with a three-under 68 to finish 14 under overall. South Korea’s Sei Young Kim won the tournament in a playoff.

- NZME Paul Bradford battles for possession during Mid Canterbury United Masters’ comeback win over Halswell at the Ashburton Domain on Saturday.

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■ FOOTBALL

United win fiery exchange

By James Ford

James.F@TheGuardian.co.nz

Mid Canterbury United Masters came from behind to down Halswell 3-2 in a heated encounter at the Ashburton Domain on Saturday.

Halswell were 2-0 up after

half an hour but Matt Galbraith offered United a lifeline with a calmly taken finish one-on-one with the goalkeeper.

The second half was as competitive as the first with physical challenges flying in from both sides before Conal Harkin bur-

ied his effort from the edge of the 18-yard-box to level proceedings at 2-2.

Mid Canterbury continued to dominate in midfield and were rewarded for their never-say-die attitude with five minutes to play when Galbraith’s curling effort

left the goalkeeper helpless as the ball nestled into the top right hand corner of the net.

The win kept Mid Canterbury in third place on the masters division two ladder, but closed the gap to just one point behind second placed Waimak Villa.

Coastal Spirit on the horizon for MC United

By James Ford

James.F@TheGuardian.co.nz

Mid Canterbury United recorded one of their most important wins of the season when they downed fellow division two title contenders Halswell 3-1 on Saturday.

Having lost just once this season, Halswell would have been confident of claiming their seventh win of the campaign when United travelled north, but Martin Fitzgerald’s side were determined to return to form following their loss to FC Twenty

Thunder Panthers a week prior.

United played with plenty of urgency from the outset and were rewarded early on as Greg Feutz struck in the fifth minute with a well-placed finish.

Mid Canterbury continued to enjoy the lion’s share of possession and doubled the deficit on the two minute mark.

After a composed passage of play, Feutz was brought down in the 18-yard-box and awarded a penalty, which he duly dispatched to complete his brace

and put the visitors 2-0 ahead.

Halswell looked to find a way back into the tie but Mid Canterbury’s backline stood firm with Matias Debussy producing a fine defensive display in his midfield role.

With time ebbing away in the first half, Adam George added Mid Canterbury’s third for a commanding 3-0 lead at the interval.

Halswell came out firing in the second half and quickly opened their account with a neatly taken finish inside the six-yard-box.

The early goal put Mid Canterbury under plenty of pressure for sustained periods before rattling both the post and crossbar.

But Mid Canterbury defended well and continued to create with Sam Hall narrowly missing from close range.

United held out for a valuable three points which puts them in second place on the ladder, just two points adrift of Coastal Spirit, who they will face in a top-ofthe-table thriller at the Ashburton Domain this weekend.

■ RUGBY

Wallaby pride goes on the line - Slipper By adrian Warren Avoiding a series whitewash is all the motivation the Wallabies need going into the third rugby union Test against a resurgent England.

Wins in Brisbane and Melbourne have wrapped up the

three-match series for England ahead of Saturday’s final Test in Sydney.

Former Wallabies coach Eddie Jones clearly wants to go for the jugular of his old side, publicly expressing his desire for a clean sweep.

The series win will lift England

above Australia into second spot on the world rankings and Jones has set his sights on overhauling longstanding No.1 and current world champions New Zealand.

Wallabies prop James Slipper said the Australians were still reeling from the Melbourne loss, ensuring they won’t lack motiva-

tion at Allianz Stadium.

“They’ve come here to do well which they have and what better way to do it than a whitewash for them,” Slipper said.

“For us, obviously our goal is not to let that happen and we’re going out there this weekend to make sure it doesn’t.”

- AAP

Nonu in head clash This weekend’s French Top 14 final will feature the two richest clubs in the country doing battle in Paris but All Blacks centre Ma’a Nonu might not be there after suffering a horrendous head-on collision in the semi-finals. RacingMetro are into the decider after an epic, extra time, 34-33 win against Clermont. Fittingly, it was Dan Carter, who kicked the 99th minute, winning conversion of Juan Imhoff’s try.

- NZME

‘No’ to Lions job England head coach Eddie Jones has again stated he has no interest in coaching the British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand next year. Jones has turned around England following their World Cup pool play exit, winning the Six Nations along with securing a series win over Australia on Saturday. The Lions tour New Zealand in 2017 for the first time since the 2005 clean sweep and a coach has set to be named following the latest international fixtures. Jones however says he wants to concentrate on England instead of taking the Lions job.

- NZME

See-saw battle in V8s Supercars veteran Craig Lowndes reckons the battle for this year’s title will continue to see-saw after Holden wrested back the lead off rivals Ford in Darwin. Red Bull Racing superstar Jamie Whincup left the Top End with a 30-point buffer on Lowndes after finishing second and eighth in the weekend’s two races at Hidden Valley Raceway. Lowndes entered the round in fourth but shot up two spots with an 11th and third. - AAP

Anderson darts champ Scotland’s Gary Anderson continued his great World Series form with victory in the Darts Masters at west Auckland – then declared it was like playing at home. In a repeat result from this year’s world championships final in London, Anderson defeated England’s Adrian Lewis, having already won the opening World Series tournament in Dubai last month.

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In brief

■ ROWING

Stellar day for NZ rowers

By DaviD Leggat New Zealand had a cracking day on the water of Lake Malta in Poznan, Poland yesterday.

The squad, which included Ashburton’s Emma Dyke in the victorious eights, nailed medals in all 10 Olympic-class finals at the last full hitout before the Rio Olympics in August.

There were five gold medals, three silvers and two bronzes for New Zealand in the third World Cup regatta and plenty of signs that the country are tracking well for a rich haul in Rio. There were gold medals for the men’s pair Eric Murray and Hamish Bond – unbeaten since coming together in 2009 – the lightweight men’s four, men’s double Robbie Manson and Chris Harris, defending Olympic single sculling champion Mahe Drysdale and the women’s eight.

Drysdale had a battle royal with Croatian European champion Damir Martin, who had pipped Drysdale in their semifinal 24 hours earlier.

Drysdale only got his nose in front inside the last 250m, winning in 6min 37.810s, with Martin one and a half seconds back, and Britain’s Alan Campbell third.

The tall New Zealander has beaten two of his toughest rivals, Czech Republic oarsman Ondrej Synek and now Martin in the last

Peter Ferguson trained his first winner on his home track at Cambridge Raceway last week.

The 48-year-old Cambridge horseman has conditioned more than 50 standardbred winners but he saluted the judge for the first time as a greyhound trainer. “I’ve always liked the dogs. I’ve had shares in greyhounds for about 15 years and had a Railway winner with Bradancas. There are other horsemen who have ventured into the other code as well. Todd Mitchell, Barry Purdon and Gavin Smith had, or have thoroughbred licences,” Ferguson said.

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Riccarton-bound

The New Zealand women’s eight heading for victory in Poznan. While on the dais collecting their gold medals, the commentators were effusive in their praise, singling out Ashburton’s Emma Dyke. two cup regattas in what might prove a significant psychological booster.

The lightweight four followed their win in Lucerene at the end of last month with another fine demonstration.

James Lassche, Matt Dunham – in for the injured Peter Taylor – Alistair Bond and James Hunter were in front at halfway and won in 5:48.340, almost 3s up on Denmark.

Hamish Bond and Eric Murray - Unbeaten since 2009.

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Gone to the dogs

Manson and Harris had a terrific duel with the British double before winning by just .630s.

“It was good to come in first place. We have not had our best racing these last few days.

“There is still a lot to work on,” Manson said.

For Murray and Bond it was business as usual. ‘’We are going well, we are in good shape and we know how fast we can go,” Bond said last night.

The women’s eight were in a three-boat race but impressed in seeing off Britain and the Netherlands, winning in 6:06.270, almost 2s ahead of Britain.

Women’s pair Rebecca Scown and Genevieve Behrent had a quality duel with Britain’s Olympic champions Heather Stanning and Helen Glover in winning silver.

Scown and Behrent finished one and a half seconds back but will be encouraged by the performance.

Silver medals also went the way of the women’s double Eve Macfarlane and Zoe Stevenson, and single sculler Emma Twigg.

Macfarlane and Stevenson, world champions last year, have had a tough time of it, were sixth in the previous cup regatta in Lucerne and sixth in their heat in Poznan.

But they found their form after a sluggish start in the final to roar through the field in the middle stages.

Twigg was well beaten by rival Kim Brennan of Australia, who blitzed the field. Brennan, twotime world champion, clocked 7:15.980, more than 3s ahead of 2014 world champion Twigg.

There was a bronze for the lightweight women’s double of Sophie Mackenzie and Julia Edward in a keenly-contested race, crossing behind the Netherlands and Denmark.

The Dutch pair of Ilse Paulis and Maaike Head set a world best time of 6:47.690 while the New Zealanders clocked 6:50.650.

That is shaping as a cracking battle for the dais in Rio. The men’s eight rounded off an incredible day for New Zealand with bronze, albeit some way behind powerhouses Germany and Britain.

- NZME

Justlikeyasister has made a significant contribution to her southern travelling fund. The five-year-old bagged the thick end of a $30,000 stake on Saturday when she successfully made the jump from Rating 75 company to the open grade with a home track victory in the IPL Plywood Handicap. “She’s nominated for the Winter Cup at Riccarton and the mile will definitely be her go,” trainer Gary Vile said. “She’s got a lot of ability and just needs the wet tracks to suit.”

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Opie up and running Opie Bosson has finally opened his winning account in Hong Kong.

In the 62nd ride of his current spell there, the champion New Zealand rider was successful aboard Horse Supremo for trainer Tony Millard in the second event on the Sha Tin card on Sunday evening.

Bosson was recently granted an extension to his Hong Kong contract from the beginning of the new season’s racing until early December.

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Fortnight ban for Studd Cambridge jumps jockey Charlie Studd has copped a two week suspension for his handling of Superturf in Saturday’s Awapuni Hurdles. He pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to take all reasonable and permissible measures to ensure his mount was given every opportunity to finish in the best possible placing.

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Southland dogs Today at Ascot Park Raceway

Southland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Ascot Park 2 36527 Definite 23.11 ................................R Adcock Raceway Meeting Date: 21 Jun 2016 NZ Meeting num- 3 86555 Another Vespa 22.63..............J T McInerney ber: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 4 42324 His Nibs nwtd .....................................J Allen 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 5 42643 Another Jamie 22.73 ..............J T McInerney 6 48785 Idol Billie nwtd L &.............................. Wales 10, 11 and 12 1 12.05pm (NZT) SOUTHLAND GREYHOUNDS WEL- 7 36858 Glory Hog 23.00.....................J T McInerney 8 52546 Cronos nwtd ......................................B Eade COME C0, 390m 1 8 Goodbye Porkpie nwtd ...................B Healey Emergencies: 9 88777 War Cloak nwtd ..............................J Guthrie 2 53428 Idol Butcher nwtd L & ......................... Wales 3 223 Sopoaga nwtd ...........................A Bradshaw 10 48888 Knocka Few Back nwtd ..................C Healey 4 3 Kelly’s My Name nwtd .....................J Goode 4 1.03pm SGRC $50 LEATHER LEADS C1, 390m 1 82323 Smoking Marley 22.90 ..............A Bradshaw 5 7868 Homebush Sloan nwtd ...........J T McInerney 2 75643 Devilskin 23.37 .......................J T McInerney 6 66587 Todd Blue Blood nwtd ............J T McInerney 3 72326 Freckle Flyer nwtd ..............................J Allen 7 7F Trendy Blake nwtd ..................J T McInerney 4 45478 Another Spin nwtd..................J T McInerney 8 74668 Rookie Racer nwtd...................... B I Conner 5 75525 Another Cruise nwtd ..............J T McInerney 9 36888 Octagon’s Ghost nwtd ....................J Guthrie 2 12.23pm SOUTHLAND & OTAGO PHOTO FINISH 6 44667 Rib Curler 22.97 .................................J Allen 7 41878 Ozark’s Watch nwtd .......................J Guthrie C0, 457m 8 77237 Lots Of Beersies 22.90 ............... B I Conner 1 1 Albie Punter nwtd J &......................D Fahey 9 88777 War Cloak nwtd ..............................J Guthrie 2 36522 Opawa Merc nwtd L & ........................ Wales 10 48888 Knocka Few Back nwtd ..................C Healey 3 53444 Spring Sam nwtd....................J T McInerney 4 74536 Mya Time nwtd ..................................B Eade 5 1.25pm MR WHIPPY SOUTHLAND C2, 390m 1 62277 Gossip Queen 22.79 ................. A Bradshaw 5 6843 Homebush Skip nwtd .............J T McInerney 2 25848 Hello Blondie 22.81 .......................R Adcock 6 57 Opawa Judy nwtd L & ........................ Wales 3 36257 Deborah Bay 22.69 ........................J Guthrie 7 x7567 Light Thaw nwtd .................................J Allen 4 81323 Opawa Tracy nwtd L & ....................... Wales 8 2F241 Helena Allen nwtd ........................C Roberts 5 48311 Scary Canary 22.76 ..........................B Eade 9 36888 Octagon’s Ghost nwtd ....................J Guthrie 3 12.43 CONGRATULATIONS PUNTAPATON C1, 390m 6 87428 Fear Marina 23.11..................J T McInerney 7 35743 Cawbourne Craig nwtd ................C Roberts 1 68782 Opawa Express 22.90 ................. B I Conner

8 36156 Homebush Riley 22.81 ...........J T McInerney 9 53x88 Thoracic nwtd.........................J T McInerney 6 1.48pm ADDED ENERGY DASH C2, 390m 1 41851 Steel The Gold nwtd.....................M Roberts 2 86252 Botany Alan 22.73..................J T McInerney 3 62841 Theseus 22.89 ..................................B Eade 4 83168 No Tinkerbell nwtd .........................J Guthrie 5 31525 Opawa Libby 22.51 L & ...................... Wales 6 46441 Thrilling Spell 23.00 .................... B I Conner 7 46851 Wrinkles 22.80 .......................J T McInerney 8 32365 Opawa Idol 22.56 L &......................... Wales 9 53x88 Thoracic nwtd.........................J T McInerney 7 2.12pm ASCOT PARK CONSORTIUM C2/3, 390m 1 37776 Wunzee 22.72 ........................J T McInerney 2 34358 Alex Rumble nwtd ..................J T McInerney 3 27776 Cawbourne Sarah nwtd ...............C Roberts 4 58374 Another Belle 22.47 ...............J T McInerney 5 528F8 Homebush Howard nwtd ........J T McInerney 6 56377 Max Stix 22.78 .............................C Roberts 7 84561 Impersonator 22.59 ...................A Bradshaw 8 67676 Opawa Crusade 22.38 L &................. Wales 9 53x88 Thoracic nwtd.........................J T McInerney 8 2.27pm INVERCARGILL STAKES C1, 457m 1 27834 Homebush Errol 26.83 ...........J T McInerney 2 53557 Lagoon Allira nwtd .......................C Roberts 3 13F Opawa Penny nwtd L & ...................... Wales 4 25828 Speedy Blueblood nwtd .........J T McInerney 5 33465 Star Apache nwtd........................ B I Conner 6 85265 Albie McLeod 26.21 ..........................B Eade

7 41431 Amino Trouble 26.78 .................A Bradshaw 8 23526 Obeyance nwtd ..................................J Allen 9 88777 War Cloak nwtd ..............................J Guthrie 9 2.48pm OTATARA STAKES C1, 457m 1 75482 Nessie Allen nwtd ........................C Roberts 2 57752 Homebush Flame nwtd ..........J T McInerney 3 52813 Odin Slayer nwtd .......................A Bradshaw 4 42776 What I Like 26.12 ...................J T McInerney 5 82341 Mischief Managed nwtd ............A Bradshaw 6 56385 Zipping Piper nwtd ...................... B I Conner 7 47644 Rhinegolde nwtd ................................J Allen 8 67826 Opawa Bucks nwtd L & ...................... Wales 9 88777 War Cloak nwtd ..............................J Guthrie 10 3.07pm SGRC $26 FIVE WIRE MUZZLE STAKES C3, 390m 1 85416 Thunder Storm 22.83 .............J T McInerney 2 67184 Tilt nwtd.........................................R Adcock 3 62288 Wally Baxter 22.87 .................J T McInerney 4 62621 Opawa Lean Meat 22.55 L & ............. Wales 5 35526 Human Instinct nwtd ..............J T McInerney 6 25753 Air Express 22.77...................J T McInerney 7 21213 Southern Affair 22.71 ..................R Hamilton 8 63647 Opawa Opal 22.84 L & ....................... Wales 11 3.25 GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C3/4, 457m 1 21654 Idol Leanne nwtd J & ......................D Fahey 2 13172 Pukeko Bolt nwtd ...........................B Healey 3 27475 Nina Baxter 26.68 ..................J T McInerney 4 81654 Abrasador 26.39 ...............................B Eade 5 34572 Super Bad nwtd ...........................M Roberts

6 27852 Dyna Quirk nwtd ..........................C Roberts 7 85211 Ace Bale nwtd ..............................C Roberts 8 18573 Black Crow nwtd .......................A Bradshaw 12 3.41pm RACING AGAIN 5TH JULY C4/5, 390m 1 63337 Puma Pants 22.14..................J T McInerney 2 13411 Southern Mist 22.70 ....................R Hamilton 3 25264 Homebush Rocky 22.70 .........J T McInerney 4 82324 Storming Norm 22.63.................. B I Conner 5 74333 Harkonen Bale 22.53 ...................C Roberts 6 13365 Magic Mike 22.40 .........................C Roberts 7 14135 Technic 22.49 ................................R Adcock 8 11212 Wheelchair Norm 22.17 .........J T McInerney 9 23812 Chicago Black 22.72 ..............J T McInerney 10 41878 Mr. Marine 22.91 ...........................R Adcock SELECTIONS Race 1: Sopoaga, Kelly’s My Name, Goodbye Porkpie, Trendy Blake Race 2: Albie Punter, Opawa Merc, Spring Sam, Opawa Judy Race 3: Definite, His Nibs, Another Jamie, Another Vespa Race 4: Smoking Marley, Lots Of Beersies, Another Spin Race 5: Hello Blondie, Gossip Queen, Scary Canary, Fear Marina Race 6: Botany Alan, Opawa Idol, Steel The Gold, Wrinkles Race 7: Wunzee, Opawa Crusade, Impersonator, Another Belle Race 8: Amino Trouble, Homebush Errol, Obeyance Race 9: Nessie Allen, Odin Slayer, Zipping Piper, Homebush Flame Race 10: Opawa Lean Meat, Wally Baxter, Opawa Opal Race 11: Ace Bale, Abrasador, Idol Leanne, Black Crow Race 12: Puma Pants, Wheelchair Norm, Storming Norm LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Cavs create history

By Janie Mccauley

Sipley escapes ban Warriors prop Toafofoa Sipley has been spared from suspension despite being charged for a chicken-wing tackle on Sydney Roosters forward Kane Evans.

Sipley, playing just his second NRL game in Sunday’s gritty 12-10 win at Mt Smart Stadium, was cited after wrenching Evans’ arm in the second-half. However the grade one dangerous contact charge attracts just 75 penalty points with an early guilty plea, meaning Sipley will be available for Saturday’s away clash with Cronulla.

- NZME

Walker in spotlight Queensland captain Cameron Smith says the Maroons have maligned NSW centre Dylan Walker in their sights ahead of Wednesday’s State of Origin II in Brisbane. Having been given just nine minutes by coach Laurie Daley in a controversial Origin debut in game one, Walker has been thrust into the starting line-up at centre after Josh Morris withdrew. Smith said Inglis would aim to keep Walker honest in the NSW centre’s first Origin at Suncorp Stadium. “I am sure when he (Inglis) gets the ball in his hands he will be asking some questions of Dylan Walker.”

- AAP

In the record books Paul Gallen admits feeling humbled and a bit embarrassed to be equalling Danny Buderus as the most-capped NSW captain when he runs out in State of Origin II tomorrow night. Heading into representative retirement after the series, Gallen will run onto Suncorp Stadium for the final time in Origin when he leads the Blues in their must-win encounter in Brisbane. Gallen said he was surprised by the warm welcome he received from the locals when the team arrived in Brisbane on Sunday evening.

- AAP

‘Amateur hour’ King James reigns: LeBron James gets up for another basket as the Cleveland Cavaliers secure their first ever NBA Championship yesterday.

PHOTO AP title this franchise and championship-starved city so coveted.

Cleveland did it after a coaching change, with Tyronn Lue taking over in January for the fired David Blatt.

“We made history tonight,” Lue said.

“Cleveland, Ohio, we’re coming back, baby!”

Kyrie Irving scored 26 points to cap his brilliant finals, including a 3-pointer over Curry with 53 seconds left.

Curry sat briefly on the bench to take in the scene after the Warriors made their last basket with 4:39 left.

Green had 32 points, 15 rebounds and nine assists, but the Warriors’ record-setting season ended without the only prize this close-knit “Strength In Numbers” crew cared about from way back in the beginning – through the record 24-0 start as Coach of the Year Steve Kerr was out, Curry’s second consecutive MVP campaign, and the 73 regular-season wins to break the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls’ mark.

They might now always be remembered as one of the best teams ever that couldn’t close it out.

The Cavs staved off elimina-

tion twice to force Game 7 back at Oracle Arena, where the Warriors went up 2-0 with a pair of lopsided wins to start this series.

This marked the first NBA game decided by five points or fewer since May 11, Golden State’s 125-121 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 5 of the second round.

Cleveland became just the fourth team to win an NBA Finals Game 7 on the road.

Curry scored 17 points on 6-for-19 shooting, while Splash Brother Klay Thompson added 14 points while making 6 of 17 shots.

- AP

Abercrombie leads Tall Blacks to big win The Tall Blacks have taken down China for the second time in a week with a 90-84 victory in Suzhou.

Led by a tour-high 27 points from Tom Abercrombie on 9/14 shooting, the Tall Blacks overcame a whistle-heavy game to come away with a fourth victory

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LeBron James cradled the shiny gold trophy and struggled to sum up what might be his sweetest championship yet, the one he is so proudly bringing home to his native northeast Ohio just as he promised to do when he returned to the Cavaliers two summers ago.

James and his relentless, never-count-them-out Cavs pulled off an improbable NBA Finals comeback, and Cleveland is title town again at long last.

Unfazed by the criticism and chatter all series, James delivered on a vow to his home state and brought the Cavs back as they became the first team to rally from a 3-1 finals deficit, beating the defending champion Golden State Warriors 93-89 yesterday to end a 52-year major sports championship drought in Cleveland.

“I’m happy to be a part of history,” James said, then added, “I’m home. I’m home. ... I’m at a loss for words.

“This is unbelievable.”

In a testy series of blowouts – and a few blowups – the winnertake-all Game 7 provided the thrilling finale with James as the finals MVP disarming two-time reigning MVP Stephen Curry and his record-setting Warriors.

James almost single-handedly carried the Cavs back into this series and finished with 27 points, 11 assists and 11 rebounds as the Cavs captured their first championship in franchise history and gave their city its first major sports winner since the Browns won the NFL title in 1964.

He also had three blocked shots and two steals, overcoming five turnovers.

“CLEVELAND! This is for you!”

James bellowed in his postgame interview before being announced as finals MVP. An emotional James fell to the floor when this one ended with a second win in six days on Golden State’s imposing home floor, surrounded by his team-mates.

Only seconds earlier, he went down in pain with 10.6 seconds left after being fouled by Draymond Green while going for a dunk, then came back out to make the second of two free throws.

After four successful seasons in Miami, James came back to the Cavs and vowed to win the

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in five games on their overseas tour.

Paul Henare’s side had earlier thrashed China on Friday night, but the host nation put in a stronger effort in the 3rd v 4th placed playoff at the Atlas Basketball Challenge.

After suffering a 80-65 defeat

at the hands of Lithuania Select in the semi-finals, the Tall Blacks were again slow to get going, falling into a 11-3 hole which extended dangerously to 21-9.

Fortunately for the visitors, a spark off the bench by Shea Ili brought the scores back to relative parity. Ili had eight first-

quarter points as he continued to thrive in the role of first guard off the bench, with the Tall Blacks trailing 25-23 at quarter-time.

Some key buckets from Abercrombie and Isaac Fotu regained the lead, and the Tall Blacks held their nerve late to claim the victory.

- NZME

Rory McIlroy called the situation “amateur hour”. Jordan Spieth said it was a “joke”. Rickie Fowler opted for “laughable”. There was no reason to disagree. In a controversial and somewhat baffling decision, the USGA informed US Open winner Dustin Johnson on the 12th hole that a would-be rules infraction from seven holes earlier would be reviewed after Johnson’s round, whereupon he could be assessed a one-shot penalty had the potential to change the result of the championship. Fortunately, it didn’t.

- Reuters

Draw with drama There were several ripped shirts and even a burst ball during France’s 0-0 draw with Switzerland yesterday at the European Championship. The scoreless result was good enough for both teams, with the host French taking first place in Group A and the Swiss moving on to the round of 16 in second place.

France twice hit the crossbar as it again squandered numerous chances, but the torn Switzerland shirts and the ball being ripped apart during a challenge will likely end up being the most memorable moments of the match at Stade Pierre Mauroy.

- Reuters

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DRAWS ■ Hockey Mid Canterbury Hockey Played at NBS Ashburton Hockey Turf June 4 Kiwi Sticks (4th Grade) Duty Club: Hampstead Semi-finals 3.45pm Turf one: 5th v 7th (T. White R. Law)Turf two: 6 v 8 4.30pm ( D. Baker H. O’Reilly) Turf one: 1st v 4th (T. White R. Law) Turf two: 2nd v 3rd (D. Baker H.O’Reilly) 5.15pm Turf one: 9th v 11th (M. Baker R. Law) Turf two: 10th v 12th(D. Law H. O’Reilly) 6.00pm Turf two: 13th v 14th (M. Baker R. Law) 1st Grade Women 6.50 pm Collegiate v Hampstead (Collg/Hamp, Methven Black 1 GW ) 8.00 pm Collegians/Hampstead v Methven Black (Collegians 1 GW, Hampstead SW) Bye: Methven White June 25 Small Sticks Hockey Duty Club: Hampstead Mini Sticks (5th Grade) (Coaches to Umpire) 9.30am turf one: Hampstead v Wakanui Warriors; turf two: Allenton Eagles v Collegians; turf three: Rakaia Blue v Tinwald Bonnington Paint; turf four: Allenton Hawks v Tinwald Latitude; 10.10am turf three: Tinwald/Mayfield v Rakaia black; turf four: Tinwald Aotea Electric v Tinwald Smith & Sons Bye: Wakanui Wasps Fun Sticks (6th Grade) 11.00am Wakanui blue v Allenton Magics; Wakanui black v Hampstead; Tinwald Black v Rakaia Blue; Tinwald Orange v Rakaia black; Allenton Aces v Collegians Senior Men at Ashburton 3.00pm Wakanui Blue v Northern Hearts (C. Watson S. Reith) Bye: Wakanui Black Senior Women at Timaru 1.00pm Hampstead v Geraldine; 2.30pm Hampstead/Collegians v TGHS June 26 Senior Men at Ashburton 12.30pm T & C Day: Wakanui Black v Wakanui Blue (C. Watson S. Reith) 1st Grade Men 5.30pm Wakanui v Allenton (Hampstead 1 GM S. Mealings) 6.40pm Tinwald v Hampstead (Allenton 1 GM A. Kelland)) June 27 2nd Grade Boys 5.30pm Allenton/Hampstead v Methven White (A. Kelland R. Law) 6.45pm Wakanui v Methven Black (A. Kelland R. Law) June 28 KWICK Sticks (3rd Grade Mixed) Finals 4.00pm Winner Game one v Winner Game two (TBA) 5.00pm Loser Game one v Loser Game two (TBA) 6.00pm Winner Game three v Winner Game four ( TBA) 7.00pm Loser Game three v Loser Game four (TBA) June 26 Town & Country Day One:10.00am Yr y & 8 B Boys; 11.15am Yr 7 & 8 A Boys; 12.30 Senior Men; 2.00pm Yr 7 & 8 Girls; 3.00pm Under 15 boys; 4.10pm Under 15 Girls July 3 Town & Country Day Two:10am Yr 3 & 4 Boys & Girls; 10.50am Yr 5 B & G B teams; 11.45am Yr 5 B & G A teams; 12.40am Yr 6/7 Girls; 1.30pm Yr 6 Boys: Full team list will be published Country wear Blue tops Club shirts/Shirts & Socks, Town: wear White tops Club Shorts/Skirt & Socks Town & Country June 26: (Year 7 – Under 15/18) July 3: (Year 3 – Year 7)

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016 June 26: Year 7 & 8 Boys (B Teams) 10.00am Town B: Reuben Taylor, Kayden Forrester, Bradley Cumberland, Mark van de Klundert, Angus Hyde, Jack Brown, Aaron Jefferson, Dominic Hay, Ryan Cox, Angus Spittal, Lachie Esler, Robert Spencer, Ben Milne (Goalie), Res: Hamish O’Reilly Country B: Henry Wallis, Tim Connolly Whyte, Braden Luxton, Zane Cameron, Sameul Corbett, Alex Riley, Josh Dunlea, Kael Monoy, Seth Hislop, Chris Angus (Goalie), Tim Boag, Res: Jack Neal, Nic Stringer Year 7 & 8 Boys (A Teams) 11.15am Town A: Blake Farr, Harry Schmack, Devon Flannery, Hunter Brook, Dante’ Vannini, Jayden Etheridge, Cole Aitkin, William Wilson, Ethan Hill, Tim Hansen, Riley Harris, Jack Jessep, Jake Jackways, Jed Amos, Arch Amos (Goalie) Country A: Todd White, Eddie Millichamp, Nic Ewart (Goalie), Ned Milne, Harry Soal, Angus Neal, Jack Miers, Adam Shears, George Wareing, James Robinson, Jacob Currie, Lockie Atkinson Year 7 & 8 Girls 2.00pm Town: Brie Rudolph, Maddie Wilson, Sierra Chambers, Danielle Stephenson, Hannah O’Reilly, Maddison Trussler-Clarke, Bree Middleton, Piper Hood, Felicity Johnstone, Caitlin Muir (Goalie), Olivia Lill, Mia Jessep, Mia Christie, Brittany Taylor, Brianna Sloper Country: Ella Arnold, Ashleigh Blackmore, Anna Gray, Henrietta Harford, Mia Roadley, Sophie Adkins, Isla Miers, Emma Begg, Catie Riorden (Goalie), Danni Tibby, Stephanie Geeson, Amy McLachan, India Morgan, Emma Johnson, Emily Moeller Under 15 Boys 3.00pm Town: Mac Burdett, Jed Cameron, Jeremy Eaton, Jacob Gray (GK), Ryan Maslin, William Wallis, George Watson, Reece Watson, Zac White, Cole Beeman, Jayden Collett, Jonty Small, Sebastian Walker, Liam Pram, Ethan Walsh, Connor Allan, Henry Chapman, Paddy Dekker Country: Joe McIntosh, Charlie McIntosh, Josh Harkness, Max Cotter, Josh Sheridan, Joel Talbot, Ben Peek, Robert McDonald, Liam Heaven, William Rudge (GK), George Butterick, Mitchell Stocker, Sam Ree, Sam Taylor, Louis Bryson-Boe Under 15/18 Girls 4.10pm Town: Zoe Aschen (Goalie), Kate O’Reilly, Tegan McIntyre, Chloe Buchanan, Bridget McArthur, Chloe Small, Holly Allred, Vikki Derik-Westaway, Emily Taylor, Kate Braidwood, Hillary Shears, Res : Hannah O’Reilly, Emma Begg, Emily Armstrong Country: Grace Quinn, Jenna Turnbull, Montana Cannan, Georgie Muir (Goalie), Emma Warmerdam, Sian Gerard, Lucy Moore, Bethany Van Leerdam, Ella Braidwood, Mia Birt, Olivia Shears, Ella Riordan, Kaitlyn Hogg, Res: Maddie Wilson July 3 Year 3 Boys Turf one:10.00am Town: Nicholas Fine, Theo Vannini, Mason Holley, Reuben Winchester, Gilbert McCully, Joshua Cannan, Fergus Hanrahan, Tom Ellis Country: Max Carr, Hamish Peck, Toby Grant, Lewis Tavendale, Jacob Robinson, Alex Urquart, Quinn Austin, Riley Trotter Year 3 Girls Turf two: 10.00am Town: Amy Williams, Lucy Pearce, Rebecca Kingsbury, Zoe Nicholls, Summer Jackson, Madilyn Harmer, Faith Davis, Kate Cochrane, Abby Cochrane Country: Isabella Carr, Hannah Kidd, Emily

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Daily Events Tuesday 9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church.

48 Allens Road.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON METHODIST GOODWILL SHOP. Sell pre loved second hand clothing.

Tinwald Methodist Church. Cnr Main Road and Jane Street.

9.30am - 1.30pm

Wednesday 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall. 48 Allen’s Road.

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time around used clothing. Cnr Havelock and Cass Streets.

9.30am - 4pm ASHBURTON MENZ SHED. Open day for all members. 182 Methven Highway (Old Allenton Nurseries

ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time around good clean used clothing. Ashburton Baptist Church.

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9.30am - 4pm ASHBURTON MENZ SHED. Open day for all members. 182 Methven Highway (Old Allenton Nurseries Packing Shed).

9.40am MID CANTERBURY MENS PROBUS CLUB.

Monthly meeting with mini and main speaker. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter.

10am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Exercises and Tai Chi for arthritis. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

12noon- 3pm JUSTICE OF THE PEACE SIGNING CENTRE.

New Community House, 44 Cass Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future, Seafield Road.

1.30pm WESTPARK WI. General meeting, 49 Alford Forest Road.

1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Club day, non-members welcome. 115 Racecourse

7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON. New players welcome, enquiries to Clark Gillies 021-146-3619. EA Network Centre Stadium.

7.30pm ASHBURTON TABLE TENNIS. Everyone welcome, M.S.A. Havelock St. 7.30pm FOREST AND BIRD. Brian Patrick on butterflies, moths and Harris Reserve. Sinclair Centre, Park St.

Packing Shed).

9.45am ASHBURTON LADIES PROBUS. Monthly meeting, Doris Linton Lounge, R.S.A. Cox Street.

10am ST PETERS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Harrison St, Allenton.

10.30am NEWCOMERS COFFEE MORNING. 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month, we would love to meet you! Reflections Cafe, 198 East Street.

10.45am

M.S.A. TAI CHI. Seated exercises suitable for people with limited mobility. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

11.45am ASHBURTON OSTOMY SOCIETY. Mid-winter lunch and meeting with guest speaker. Savage Club hall, Cnr Cox and William Street.

1pm - 3pm ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Pre-loved clothing sale, bargains and cuppa. Cnr Thomson and Jane Streets.

1pm - 4pm

ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome.

Heritage Centre, West Street.

1.30pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Euchre, $4 per session with afternoon tea, all welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, The Domain, Philip Street.

7pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Sequence dancing, Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

7pm - 9pm

MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to Line dance (7pm), beginner/ intermediate (8pm-9pm). Instructor Annette phone 307-7138a/h. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm R.S.A. POOL SECTION. Social pool nights weekly in main bar.

Cox Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Dancing, music, fitness and fun. Buffalo Hall, Cox Street.

Puzzles Tuesday, June 21, 2016

www.guardianonline.co.nz CRYPTIC ACROSS 1. Little care forming part of the social system (5,7) 8. Go beyond the mark on top of the threshold (8) 9. Which thing changes in the thaw? (4) 11. It may give one a smack of personal preference (5) 12. Part of dinner service, gold, that’s high and flat (7) 13. Or – as they might be – bow and stroke (4) 15. Make picture a part of what was ahead of the soldier (4) 19. Could be rescued, if one takes weight off (7) 20. Entertainers who might have shot around the South (5) 22. A short but testing event at school (4) 23. A dandy of a sort: did he have tube fare? (8) 24. Gratis, the mental process of rejecting church authority (4-8)

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YOUR STARS ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): It’s your natural, loving response to point out an incremental sign of progress, or appreciate someone’s creation. The support you give others has immediate payback.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Many romantic comedies rely on the story convention of two characters who can’t stand each other, except for the fact that they are actually in love.You’ll discover today, sometimes opposites really do attract.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): All you’ve absorbed has changed your purpose and being. You’re grateful for the training you’ve received and you’ll pay it forward in mentorship of others.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): In the current group dynamic, yours will be the words that everyone remembers. Luckily for everyone, you’re thoughtful – you don’t take this responsibility lightly.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You need to influence the group before your plans will move forward. One way is to match your idea with an emotion. The easiest way to do that is to turn it into a story and tell it well.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Your focus on business dealings, sorting out professional concerns and responding to the needs and moods of a group will pay off now and then pay off later too so long as you see each thing through to completion.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): After the fall, loosen up, shake it off and wind it up again. Avant-garde playwright Samuel Beckett called it: “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Sometimes you hear the lie and you let it go, not because you like being lied to but because the lie is small and you’re big enough to see how people get hung up on their defences.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You gave your heart freely and it floated like a bubble capturing all the oily reflections of colour and atmosphere and lightness; then popped. Don’t let that stop you from giving freely again. Not every love is so fragile.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Maybe don’t worry so much about if it’s a good idea or a bad idea just now. Action is the important part. When you act, you learn. It’s not the right advice for every day, but it will work mighty fine for you today.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Put your teamwork to the test to find out what the strengths of it might be. Accomplishment with the group will be more meaningful than what you accomplish alone.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Whatever you’re doing with investments and earnings, this a moment to double down. It will be the move you smile back on two years from now.

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Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

DOUGLAS, Maxine (nee Taylor) – On Saturday, June 18, 2016 at home in Tauranga surrounded by her loving whãnau. Much loved wife, mum, nan, sister and aunty.

“Love you always, forever in our hearts.”

Max will be laying at Kohupatiki Marae, Farndon Road, Clive, Napier. Service is on TUESDAY, June 21 at 11am. Messages to 11 Taipari Street Maungatapu, Tauranga 3112.

MELLISH, Murray – Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade and the Canterbury Gold Star Association are very sad to announce the passing of a much loved and respected Ex Senior Fire Fighter, Gold Star recipient and Honorary Life member.

The members of the Brigade extend their sympathy to Murray's family and acknowledge the contribution he made to the Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade as treasurer and as a respected member.

Please note all late death notices or notices sent outside ordinary office hours must be emailed to:

HARPER, Lancelot Geoffrey Golden (‘Lance’) – On June 19, 2016, passed deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz away peacefully at St Allisa to ensure publication.

Lifecare, Christchurch, aged During office hours notices 97 years. Dearly loved may also be sent to: husband of Joyce, and Dorothy (both deceased), a classifieds@theguardian.co.nz loved father and father-in-law Any queries of Geoffrey (deceased) and please contact Aylene (Gisborne), Ian and 0800 Jeannette, and Ross and Gail ASHBURTON (Nelson). Loved grandfather (0800-274-287). of Louise and Colin Simpson (Gisborne), Philippa and Chet McDowell (Havelock North), Keryn and Colin Wood (Blenheim), Emma and Roger Dowling (Tauranga), Leigh and Alan Galvin (Sydney), and Carl and Emma Harper (Auckland), and loved great- Canterbury owned, locally operated grandfather of their children.

Loved step-father of Dudley Patersons and Marion Knox, and Deidrie and the late Murray Papps Funeral Services (Wellington). Much loved and Ashburton step-grandfather of Anna, and and Nicola, Crematorium Ltd Rebecca, Amanda, and Tania, and their families. Messages may be Office and Chapel addressed to the family of the Corner East & Cox late Lance Harper c/- P.O. Box 39001, Christchurch Streets, Ashburton 8545. In lieu of flowers donations to Maia Health Foundation would be appreciated, and may be made at the service. The funeral service to celebrate Lance’s life will be held in our Chapel, 467 Westpark Wairakei Road, Burnside, Christchurch, on FRIDAY, June 24, at 2.00pm, private cremation thereafter.

Ph 307 7433

MELLISH, Murray John – On June 18, 2016 after a short conflict with cancer, died peacefully at home, in Rakaia, encircled by ‘his three girls’. Aged 75 years.

Cherished husband of Sylvia for 48 years. Treasured father to Karen and Donna, and father in law of Phil. Adored Pop (Woppy) of Ariana and Noah. Special thanks to the Ashburton District Nurses and the Palliative Care team for their wonderful care of Murray, and support of his family. Any donations can be left at the service to the Ashburton District Nurses and Palliative Care team. A service to celebrate Murray’s life will be held at the Rakaia Community Centre, Elizabeth Avenue, Rakaia TOMORROW WEDNESDAY, June 22, commencing at 1.30pm.

Followed by interment at the Rakaia Cemetery.

Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton Ph 307 7433

MELLISH, Murray – Much loved brother and brother-in-law of Wayne and Cornelia, Shirley and the late Gerard Fitzgerald, Wuffy and Hine, Wendy and Monk Fitzgerald, Mutu, Maree Mellish and Marc Bodean and loved uncle at all his nieces and nephews.

Dearly loved and respected brother, brother-in-law and uncle of Wayne, Cornelia, Marika and Jessie.

“Will be sadly missed and fondly remembered.”

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Loved always.”

Alan, Sarah, Donald and Liane.

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10:30 Inbetweeners 2 16LS League – Holden Cup (Replay) 11:30 Revolutionary 2014 Comedy. James Buckley, 5pm Rugby League – NRL Road 16VLS 2008 Drama.

Joe Thomas. 1:50 Teenage Mutant Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet.

(Highlights) 5:30 Football – Ninja Turtles MV 2014 Action.

UEFA European Championship 1:30 Predator MVL 1987 Action.

Megan Fox, Will Arnett. 3:30 A Arnold Schwarzenegger. 3:20 Paul (Highlights) 6:30 Rugby – U20 Broken Code MVLSC 2012 Crime.

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Kevin James. 4:50 Legion 16VL 2010 7pm Rugby – U20 World Championship (Highlights) 5pm A Most Wanted Man ML 2013 Action. Paul Bettany, Lucas Black.

7:30 Rugby League – NRL 6:30 Stuck On You ML 2003 Thriller. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Comedy. Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, (Highlights) 8pm Super League Rachel McAdams. 7pm The Cher, Eva Mendes. 8:30 The Taking Fulltime 8:30 NRL 360 Bell Witch Haunting 16VLSC Of Pelham 1 2 3 16VL 2009 Thriller. 9:30 Back Page 10:30 Inside 2013 Horror. Andrew Hellenthal, Supercars 11:30 NRL Fulltime Denzel Washington, John Travolta.

Cat Alter. 8:30 Get Hard 16VLS 10:15 Taken 16VS 2008 Action.

WEDNESDAY 2015 Comedy. 10:15 Fantastic Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Midnight Super League Fulltime Four MV 2015 Action. 11:55 The Famke Janssen. 11:50 Ghosts Of Midnight Man 16VLSC 2015 Thriller. Girlfriends Past MS 2009 Romantic 12:30 Rugby League – Super League (Highlights) 1am Rugby WEDNESDAY Comedy.

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6:30 Pukana 2 7pm Polyfest Kapa Haka (Highlights) 7:30 N Café Niugini Jennifer Baing explores the cuisines and food culture of Papua New Guinea. With more than 800 tribes, there are plenty of recipes to try. 8pm Native Affairs 8:30 The Ghosts We Brought Home AO 9:30 Kumu Hina AO 3 10:30 F Media Take 11pm Te Kaea 3 2 Why Am I? 11:30 Kawe Korero – Reporters 9:30pm on TV One Midnight Closedown

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Dustin finally gets one American Dustin Johnson has buried his major championship demons in dramatic fashion, claiming the US Open amid controversy for rules officials. A year after three-putting the final green from 12-feet to lose the US Open at Chambers Bay, Johnson hung tough to win his maiden major by three strokes at Oakmont despite having the threat of a penalty hanging over his head for the last seven holes. “I’ve had a lot of opportunities that I didn’t quite get it done. So this one’s definitely really sweet,” Johnson said.

Courtney Elliott placed 39th of 108 competitors in the Year-9 girls’ section at the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Cross Country Championships in Rotorua.

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Elliott sisters Courtney and Aimee represented Mount Hutt College well at the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Cross Country Championships in Rotorua over the weekend.

Courtney competed in the Year-9 girls’ section over 3km and placed 39th in a field of 108.

Aimee pitted her stamina against 131 other participants in the senior girls’ grade over a 4km course and finished 30th.

Meanwhile, Ashburton College had one student competing with Abe O’Donnell placing 25th in the junior boys’ grade.

Mount Hutt College sports coordinator Latoya Keepa credited the girls for their gutsy performances over a tough course.

“Both girls ran on a challenging course that has many hills and both did a fantastic job,” she said.

“It was a great experience for both girls – running with lots of competitors confined to limited space.”

Russians appeal ban Two Russian athletes said yesterday they have appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to overturn the IAAF’s ban on the Russian team competing in Olympic track and field.

The IAAF, track and field’s world governing body, have upheld a suspension of the Russian team imposed in November after a World Anti-Doping Agency report detailed widespread, state-sponsored doping.

Race walkers Denis Nizhegorodov and Svetlana Vasilyeva argue that a ban of the entire team is unfair punishment.

Nizhegorodov, an Olympic

silver medallist in 2004, says “competing at the Olympics is the main goal and main honour. We will get that right,” in comments on agent Andrei Mitkov’s website.

“Now they want to take away my chance to compete at the Olympics, even though I haven’t done anything to cost me a place in Rio,” Vasilyeva said.

“From bitter experience I understand that you can’t wait and hope for a good result, you have to act.”

Both athletes say they reject an IAAF measure that would allow some Russian athletes to compete under a neutral status,

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rather than the Russian flag, if they can show they are clean and have been tested regularly by a reputable testing authority outside Russia.

“I’m a citizen of Russia, a great sports power. I don’t agree with competing under the Olympic flag,” he said.

The appeal does not have the blessing of the Russian track and field federation, which says it has yet to receive the full text of the IAAF’s decision.

“No one at the federation has any connection to this,” spokeswoman Alla Glushchenko told The Associated Press in a text message.

“We’ve started work with lawyers.

“In any case, you have to receive the official IAAF ruling and we don’t have it yet.”

Russian race walking is among the events most seriously affected by doping.

Russia voluntarily withdrew its walking team from last year’s world championship over doping concerns.

The appeal by Nizhegorodov and Vasilyeva came as IAAF President Sebastian Coe defended the decision to ban Russia, saying it should not be seen as an attempt to stop clean Russians from competing. - NZME

No apology from McGuire Eddie McGuire has refused to apologise to Caroline Wilson despite admitting his comments about the journalist could have been construed as encouraging domestic violence.

McGuire, North Melbourne chairman James Brayshaw and All Australian selector Danny Frawley are at the centre of a controversy after suggesting Wilson should be the only participant in next year’s charity ice slide at the AFL’s Freeze MND charity match. McGuire said he would pledge $50,000 “if she stays under”, before going on to describe Wilson as “like a black widow” spider.

Rosberg takes Euro GP Nico Rosberg cruised to victory in the first Formula One race held in Azerbaijan and increased his championship lead over Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton to 24 points.

While the German enjoyed an uneventful drive yesterday, triple world champion Hamilton worked up a head of steam as he wrestled with his car’s settings without the team being able to help. The Briton, who had sounded increasingly petulant, fixed the problem but finished fifth.

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