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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, August 22, 2020

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CONTACTS Editor Matt Markham 03 307-7969 Journalists Jonathan Leask 03 307-7971 Huber’s Hut on Mt Hutt Skifield.

MT HUTT SKIFIELD

‘No’ to name change plea

By Susan Sandys susan.s@theguardian.co.nz

Mt Hutt bosses have no plans to entertain the prospect of changing the name of two of the skifield’s landmarks, despite their association with a former Nazi Waffen SS soldier.

Following a story earlier this week, acknowledging the passing of influential skiing identity, Willi Huber, the Ashburton Guardian was contacted by local, Tom Morawetz who conveyed his opinion that the name of both Huber’s Café and Huber’s Run on Mt Hutt should be changed as they “glorified a catastrophic turn of events”.

Morawetz has a strong association to the Holocaust with his father, Ludwig, cruelly separated from his parents and bundled onto the final kinder transport train from their home in Vienna, Austria as World War Two rapidly approached.

Morawetz said the atrocities of the Holocaust echoed down through the generations and even now he felt saddened about how his father’s family was torn apart and that as a consequence his father never saw his parents again and he was never given the opportunity to meet his paternal grandparents, who were murdered.

He stopped short of calling Huber a war criminal, but Morawetz said the names Huber’s Hut Restaurant and Huber’s Run were inappropriate and should be changed.

“It’s glorifying an absolute catastroph-

Tom Morawetz believes Mt Hutt should change the name of its restaurant and cafe. ic turn of events in mankind’s history,” he said.

So, the Guardian put the question to Mt Hutt management as to whether a name change had been considered and Mt Hutt Ski Area manager, James Mackenzie confirmed consideration had been given previously.

The ski area had also informally canvassed guests about it in the past as well.

Mackenzie said ultimately a decision had been made to keep the name, keeping in mind that the New Zealand immigration authorities had made a decision to allow Huber into the country in the 1950s.

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“He’s gone on to do some fantastic things in New Zealand, and he’s left a pretty impressive legacy with his pioneering spirit and his love for the mountains,” McKenzie said.

“We feel it’s not appropriate to judge Willi now after he’s passed away, for something which would have been more appropriately managed and worked through when he came to New Zealand.”

Huber died recently at Geraldine but is remembered around Methven and Mt Hutt for the huge contribution he made to the establishment of the ski area.

Huber was from Austria originally and volunteered for the Waffen-SS at 17, serving as a machine-gunner and gunner in Panzer tanks. Late in the war, he survived being bayonetted by a Soviet soldier, and was turned over to the American occupation force and served 16 months in a military prison.

Following the war he shifted to New Zealand and married wife Edna here, and in 2017 told TVNZ he had no knowledge of Waffen-SS or German force war crimes or the Holocaust while serving, but upon finding out later thought it was “wrong”.

His experience as a mountaineer was very much appreciated by Methven Lions Club members as they sought to establish Mt Hutt as a skifield.

Huber lived in a purpose-built cabin on the mountain in 1972 and his daily readings established that it would be suitable for the ski area to go ahead.

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Vaping crackdown, but store on way

By Jonathan Leask jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

Just as Smokefree Mid Canterbury was celebrating the new vaping laws, a new specialty vape store has been announced for Ashburton.

Smokefree Mid Canterbury’s Carly McDowell is happy to see the new vaping laws that are set to be introduced, but was disappointed that a new specialty vape store is planning to open in Ashburton.

The country’s largest retailer of e-cigarettes, Shosha, is preparing to open a new store on East Street in September as part of a nationwide expansion programme.

It will be the second vape store in Ashburton with Cloud Nine already operating in Allenton.

The Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Bill passed the final hurdle in Parliament earlier this month and introduces a range of regulations that will be phased in over the next two years.

From November, prohibitions will be in place on vaping in the workplace, advertising and sponsorships related to vaping products, and the sale of vaping products and toy products to those under 18 years of age.

The bill also limits generic retailers such as dairies, service stations and supermarkets to selling only tobacco, mint and menthol flavoured vaping products, but specialist vape retailers will be able to sell any flavours from their shops and websites.

McDowell was pleased to see the legislation set stronger parameters around vaping and that age restrictions can now be policed.

“Anything that discourages young people from taking up vaping we are happy to see,” McDowell said.

“Originally vaping was designed to support people quit smoking but unfortunately because of the way we have not had legislation around it, young people have taken it up.

“I guess it’s attractive to them, but it’s something young people shouldn’t be doing.

“The majority of young people that are vaping are kids that never would have smoked, but they have been told it’s something less harmful than smoking, and it’s been advertised to young people as something attractive to do.

McDowell said vaping is still harmful, but we do not yet know the full impacts.

“It hasn’t been around long enough for us to fully know the effects yet.”

The bill passing was a win, McDowell said, as vaping still has a place as a support mechanism for adults.

“There are people that use vaping as a support to quit smoking.

“So, for people that have been smoking

for years and to then be using vaping as a tool to quit is fantastic.

“Unfortunately, the uptake from young people has been much higher than we were actually aware of.”

She said the issue is youth were using the products with the highest nicotine levels without realising they do not need to.

McDowell said the smokefree areas in Ashburton, including the Ashburton District Council’s smokefree areas, are now also vape-free.

While Smokefree Mid Canterbury was celebrating the tougher restrictions, Nabhik Gupta, spokesperson for NZ owned Shosha, said the reassurance provided by the new vaping law will allow the company to confirm its plan to open 15 stores nationwide within the next three months, creating another 50 jobs in the retail sector.

He said the expansion is a direct result of new industry regulation which will prevent the sale of vaping products to those aged under 18 and also restrict the availability of flavoured vape products.

“The unregulated vaping industry has

led to young Kiwis, including those who have never smoked cigarettes, provided with unrestricted access to vaping products through their local convenience store.

“The new legislation brings a level of certainty for speciality stores like ours and will allow us to make the regulated supply of vaping products more accessible through a nationwide expansion plan which will see more than a dozen new stores opened before the new legislation comes into effect.

“This will be of particular benefit for those living in centres such as Ashburton which, despite the size of its population, have limited access to speciality vaping products.

“By providing more convenient access for New Zealand smokers to alternatives to combustible cigarettes we aim to help thousands more Kiwis transition away from the harmful effects of smoking,” he said.

The Guardian understands the new store will be in the new retail shops on East Street across from the Countdown complex.

Smokefree Mid Canterbury’s Carl McDowell.

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Saturday, August 22, 2020 Ashburton Guardian

You shall go to the ball, MHC

By Jonathan Leask jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

Third time is hopefully the charm as the Mount Hutt College Ball is back on, again.

The annual senior ball has been a victim of Covid-19 – twice, but it will now go ahead on September 25 at the Mt Hutt Memorial Hall.

That is, of course, contingent on the Covid-19 Alert level going back to 1.

It can’t go ahead under Level 2 as it will be attended by over 100 people, some of whom are outside the Mount Hutt College bubble.

Deputy head girl and ball committee chair Annina Birt said now, with a new date set, it was a case of fingers crossed and hoping the alert level returns to Alert Level 1.

The new date also offers a glimmer of hope to get some normality out of what has been a chaotic school year.

“The reason we are pushing for it to go ahead is it is the one thing we have had to look forward to this year.

“It will be just a night for the student to have a bit of fun and take the focus away from the stress of school.”

Birt said they were fortunate to have the support of the College staff who wanted it to go ahead as well as providing an opportunity to support local businesses.

“Everyone is now going

In brief Show and shine off You can shine it, but sorry you won’t be able to show it at the Vintage Car Club grounds on Sunday. The show and shine for Cancer planned for Sunday has been cancelled because of Covid-19 Level 2 restrictions.

Testing continues Testing at the Ashburton Community Based Testing Centre will continue tomorrow and across Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday next week. The clinic, located at the Ashburton Hospital, is open from 10am until 2pm on each of those days. Those presenting for a test must display symptoms of Covid-19.

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The ball had been cancelled three days before its original date, May 22, and then the change in alert levels cancelled the August 14 date.

Mid Canterbury tennis is on the look-out for both social or competitive players for Twilight Tennis this year. The competition begins in October and goes through to the end of the year and then for another six weeks after Christmas. Anyone interested can visit the Mid Canterbury Tennis website or call the tennis office between 9am and noon weekdays on 03 308-3020.

Plains Father’s Day The first public open day at the Plains Railway and Historical Museum is fast approaching. On Sunday, September 6, Father’s Day the establishment will open for the first time since the Covid-19 lockdown. All the usual attractions will be open to the public and fathers ride the vintage railcar for free with a fare-paying child.

Council wants your input on Baring Square East Members of the Ashburton District community are being invited to have their say on a range of proposals to help rejuvenate Baring Square East.

Plans are in place to revitalise the area in line with the new Ashburton Library and Civic Centre project which begins construction at the end of the year on the corner of Baring Square East and Havelock Street.

Baring Square East will sit opposite the new facility and support is there to see its use as a public space and to encourage more pedestrian movement between the square and the Library and Civic Centre.

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“Baring Square East is a real focal point for Ashburton,” Brown said.

“The clock tower, John Grigg statue, Boer War memorial and concrete arbors – what we informally call the whalebones, all celebrate parts of our heritage. In recent times, it’s also been used for events.

“With an important community facility going up next door, we want to make sure that the square is appropriately integrated into the development in a way that celebrates our past with some contemporary elements.”

It has been proposed to make the road on Baring Square East

a one-way, 30km/h street with pedestrian friendly access and short-term parking for visitors.

It has also been proposed to create a civic-plaza to link the square and the Ashburton Library and Civic Centre entrance; replace the existing mix of different paving with basalt paving; raise the water feature stepping slabs to be the same level as the surrounding paving; upgrade the existing timber seats; and simplify the planting around the square.

Consultation on the proposals closes at 5pm on Wednesday, September 16 and residents wishing to learn more and provide feedback are encouraged to visit ashburtondc.govt.nz/haveyoursay

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, August 22, 2020

Nigel and Wendy Ranson have thrown Covid-19 alarm bells aside and are diving head-first into their new business.

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Passion delivers soul food

By Jonathan Leask jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

“Damn Covid, I don’t care, I’m doing it.”

During a global pandemic and economic turmoil, Wendy and Nigel Ranson launched a new mobile eatery in Ashburton – Nigendy’s Street Food.

“I’ve been thinking about this for the last 10 years,” Wendy said.

“I just want people to enjoy my food and make people happy.”

A chef for 23 years, Wendy is passionate about food, something you can hear in her voice when she talks about her menu and describing the look on a customer’s face when she serves them.

“It’s been a long passion of mine.

“I’ve been a chef for over 23 years and basically I got sick of working for everybody else and wanted to work for myself, because I love my ideas.

“Working for everybody else, it’s your stuff but under someone else’s name.”

Nigendy’s is their name and they offer soul food with a Memphis influence.

“I love Memphis food. They are very homely people and the food just tastes so good.”

Covid-19 is the cause of Wendy finally chasing her culinary dream.

Wendy works at Lushingtons, but the business, like many others, she said had been hit hard by the impacts of Covid-19 and her hours were reduced.

“I just thought now is the time.”

Wendy and Nigel decided to just go for it, securing a food trailer and working their way through the arduous process to get to opening day.

“It feels like it just happened, but we have had a long journey with a few hurdles.”

With all the paperwork filed and the food truck rewired, Nigendy’s Street Food launched on August 14.

“I was a bowl of nerves.

“We had a couple of customers there waiting when we opened up which was exciting.”

Wendy admitted there had been a few nervous moments hoping they were not to be their only customers on opening day, but they soon had a steady flow of customers.

“It was amazing.

“We were blown away from the support from our family and friends, but also the random customers who had somehow heard about us.

“I was overwhelmed on the first night with the reviews.

“That made my heart just sing.”

It was the response any new

business owner is hoping for on opening day and the patronage has continued during their soft opening, operating on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at Baring Square.

“We wanted to give ourselves time to get to know what we are doing before we completely left our other jobs.”

Wendy is set to finish up at Lushingtons and Nigel at Mid Canterbury Scrap Metals so that as of September 1, they will operate Nigendy’s on Tuesday through to Saturday.

“[Nigel] has never been in hospitality before and is enjoying learning everything.”

The name, a simple blend of the couple’s names, first came about from Wendy’s cousin.

“She makes roses out of bottle tops and made us a big rose, but she said, ‘it was too difficult to put Nigel and Wendy, so I just put Nigendy’.”

It stuck.

The story of how Nigendy came to be is one of two Ashburton 14-year-olds that dated and then reconnected three years ago.

In 1997, Wendy left Ashburton for the UK. “I used to milk cows.

“Then, one day in Wales, I walked into a hotel wanting a job, and they put me in the kitchen.

After two days she had impressed the head chef enough to be offered the opportunity to become a chef.

“Who turns that down? So I was all in and did my degree through the hotel and have been going ever since.”

She came back 19 years ago to start a family and, following a divorce five years ago, eventually reconnected with Nigel in 2017.

They went to a mutual friend’s party in Hinds and have been together since – recently celebrating their second wedding anniversary.

Their next milestone has been launching a business together.

“It’s just a lifestyle.

“We probably won’t ever make millions, but at least we are together, working together and building a good lifestyle,” Wendy said.

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LOCAL CLUBS

Getting off the beaten track The purpose of the Mid Canterbury Four Wheel Drive Club is pretty simple.

It’s a group of people who own, have or want to own a fourwheel-drive vehicle and want to have some fun. They want to go places off the beaten track, see a bit of uncharted territory on our own doorstep and, most importantly, help the local community where they can.

On the last Thursday of the month, you’ll find the group at their clubrooms in the Tinwald Domain, next to the swimming pool. It’s a group of local enthusiasts coming together to catchup, reminisce and undertake the important task of planning their next adventure.

Yes, there are formalities – a monthly meeting, and bills that need to be paid, but it’s all part of the package of being a member.

And so, at 7.30pm, once a month – in they roll.

The young and the old, the single and the attached, males and females. Stretched across the couches that fill the clubrooms, donated from members over the years, they throw a couple of gold coins into the bowl, grab a fizzy and sit down to discuss the important matters.

It’s a fun environment with plenty of friendly banter, especially between those who drive Nissans and those who drive Toyotas. There is no shortage of

The Ashburton Guardian wants to profile some of the hard-working clubs out their in our community. The ones who might not necessarily always get the coverage they so richly deserve. It’s a chance for a club’s tale to be told. This week, it’s the Mid Canterbury Four Wheel Drive Club.

This is what the Mid Canterbury Four Wheel Drive Club is all about – getting out into our abundant wilderness areas.

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laughs to be had.

With the official business out of the way, reports completed, plans for the next trip decided

and special recognitions noted, it’s coins into the teapot again as light-hearted fines are handed out for unfortunate events or

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misdemeanours that have been noted while the club is together.

There are no limitations to being a part of the group either.

It doesn’t matter if you have access to a shiny or a rugged four-wheel-drive – there are trips for everyone. And, due to the kindness of private landowners, there are trips undertaken that can’t be travelled under normal circumstances.

With a vast depth of knowledge, which is always willingly shared there’s plenty to learn too.

It’s a great way to spend a day out too, pack a picnic lunch and your camera, chuck the kids in the back seat or even bring a mate for the day and get out and see some of the countryside while fostering new friendships with like-minded people.

It’s a great way to spend time brushing up on driving skills, doing some training or, ultimately, just having a bit of fun.

You’ll find them on Facebook, or at the Mid Canterbury Four

by Four Park on Cochranes Road in Ashburton. Don’t be afraid to get in touch if you’d like more information or have an interest in becoming involved.

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, August 22, 2020

LIFE-CHANGING

Turning lemons into lemonade

By Lisa Fenwick

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When life hands you lemons, Groutpro’s Brett Muir definitely believes you can make top-shelf lemonade.

A life-coach training course in February left Muir knowing he wanted change – that he wanted more, and he wanted to help others who wanted more.

So he dived in head-first and after months of planning and organising and a whole lot of faith, he launched Point of Change Forum.

It’s a one-day reset of learning, hope and inspiration, surrounded by like-minded people, real people, who only have one thing on their minds – to help, to inspire, to empower and lead people into the change they want in their lives.

On August 1, the inaugural Point of Change Forum was held at La Vida Centre in Christchurch and the Guardian’s Cushla Harborne went along to find out what it was all about.

The day involved two keynote speakers, four workshops and four interviews. You heard real stories, real courage and Canterbury tales you could relate to.

Harborne was particularly interested in one of the workshops and gaining a specific, change-related, learning.

“But the value I left with had very little to do with the workshop that started it all and everything to do with a recurring theme of successfully navigating, then flourishing, in times of challenge and change,” she said.

She said she came out with a new, non-judgemental way of

David Humphries was a guest speak at the Point of Change Forum, talking about his life changing, kidney and pancreas transplant. communicating her emotions.

“I learned the freedom that comes from following your own wellbeing and needs, rather than external expectations.

“And I gained the tools to discover and define a purpose and surety for myself within my life.”

Commenting about the day, Muir said the feedback was really positive.

“People came away from the Point of Change Forum re-en-

ergised and with practical tools and fresh intent to embrace and navigate change in their lives,” he said.

“I felt like the forum was successful in creatively connecting and motivating people around the subject of change.”

And let’s face it, change can be incredibly hard and scary, but the very open and energetic Muir wants to empower people and to help them build an increased

sense of buoyancy.

And, for Cushla, that’s exactly what he did.

“I was inspired hearing several different tales of adversity and the very different approaches the speakers had taken to triumph through their individual challenges,” she said.

“This variety of approaches reflected the very different personalities of the speakers and ensured that the message was

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The speakers were friendly, very real and happy to chat at any time during the day, especially when everyone got to tuck into the truly delicious food that was provided.

There was no judgement, no marketing games – only friendly, open communication with some amazingly skilled, talented and inspirational speakers.

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A courting tale involving a Morris Minor I

t would be a fairly safe bet to say that back in the day many young people “went out” in a Morris Minor.

This thought comes to mind because a lady, who wishes to remain anonymous, shared a fascinating tale which happened quite a few years ago concerning herself and her two sisters.

There is also a new boyfriend involved.

One sister had a Morris Minor “high light” and on this particular evening she went in it to a country dance on her first date with the new boyfriend.

The dance was at either Lauriston or Lyndhurst.

The teller of the tale also had a Morris Minor but her car was a “low light” which to this day she still thinks is the more iconic and classic model.

But, leaving that debate aside, let’s get back to the story.

During an interval the sister – the one with the new boyfriend – decided she and said new boyfriend should go outside and sit in her Morris Minor.

Those who remember country dances will recall this was not at all an uncommon thing to do.

The car was a four-door model and the other two sisters, one of

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whom related this story, decided to go out and join their sister and her new boyfriend.

This, on the other hand, was probably a little less common thing to do.

Or was it?

In telling the tale our storytelling lady didn’t actually say whether their arrival in the back seat was welcomed.

We’ll leave that to the imagination of our readers.

But she did admit a fair bit of teasing went on.

That is until the two sisters in the back seat made an interesting discovery back there.

The young man – the new boyfriend – had set out to impress and had brought along a box of chocolates for his date.

The sister in the front seat certainly was impressed by this gesture but her back seat sisters were even more so, especially as they began sampling the sweets.

Our story-telling sister says their sampling was of course done to make sure the chocolates were of a suitable standard for their sister.

Bernard Egan is a well known man around these parts. Through Tales from the Back Seat he endeavours to put a light-hearted spin on tales from yesteryear.

Very thoughtful of them, wouldn’t you say.

They decided it would take more than a mere sample to determine the quality, but ultimately decided the choco-

lates were a suitable gift for their sister.

However, the sister in the front seat – the one with the new boyfriend – was not about to find out for herself because she never

got to taste the chocolates.

That’s because by the time her sisters had reached their conclusion they had consumed all the chocolates.

The sister telling this story still thinks it was a wonderful thing to have done for their sister.

On the other hand their sister – the one with the new boyfriend – may not necessarily agree.

Nor may said new boyfriend.

So is there a moral to this story?

Maybe or maybe not.

Was there an outcome?

Yes and it’s a sweet one – no pun intended.

You see the sister – the one with the new boyfriend – continued “going out”.

And today all these years later they are still married.

And isn’t this a great “tale from the backseat” and it’s hard to imagine a better car than a Morris Minor for it to have happened in.

Saturday, August 22, 2020 Ashburton Guardian

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The Alford Forest Store in 1900, Henry Knight and his wife proudly standing, and Mr. N. Olsen holding the horse.

Knights of the Merope

By Connor Lysaght

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he story of European migration to New Zealand is something we are all at least superficially familiar with.

Early European settlers left their beloved homelands behind – mainly Scotland, Ireland, and England, opting for a fresh start which awaited them in the middle of the Pacific.

Spending months at sea aboard merchant ships was an ordeal for many – death and sickness often marred such voyages, but the story of Henry Knight and his family’s journey aboard the clipper Merope in 1879 shows a more hopeful side of the nineteenth century immigrant experience.

The Merope itself was not a particularly special ship – built in 1870, she was a fairly typical merchant ship with a crew of nineteen, having been re-rigged to a barque sail configuration in 1882.

According to the Lyttelton Times, 28th July 1879, the Merope’s passage of “85 days from Gravesend and 79 from land to land – is a very good one indeed,

and shows that barque rig is suitable for the vessel.”

There were 26 in saloon, 9 in the second cabin, and 25 in steerage – including the Knight family.

Entertaining the emigrants In 1967 the last surviving daughter of Henry Knight, Mrs L. Hicks, donated a small, delicate book to the Historical Society, which is still preserved in the Ashford Community Archive at Ashburton Museum.

According to the Ashburton Guardian of July 22, 1967, “Mrs. Hicks was only four when her family set sail from England on the Merope in 1879 and she cannot remember much about the trip.

“Her father, however, to keep the passengers amused and to help pass the time, started up a bulletin which he called the Merope Independent.

“It would appear from the book containing selections from Mr Henry Knight’s writings, that the Ocean Times had been a forerunner to the Merope Independent, but had for some reason ceased publication.”

The Merope Independent, dated June 13 1979, is chock-full of anecdotes, quotes, poems, and jokes compiled by Henry, sporting an amusing cover illustration showing a grand publishing office for the paper on Steerage Road, while the offices of the former Ocean Times, sat around the corner on Saloon Street, sit dilapidated and vacant.

This illustration perhaps alludes to a playful rivalry, perhaps a light-hearted class struggle between the steerage and saloon passengers, and may also tell us that a saloon passenger was the publisher of the mysterious Ocean Times.

The Independent, among the unique mixture of crude and classy humour, presents some advice to live by: “Have the courage to thrust your legs down below the sheets in cold weather.

“Have the courage to discharge a debt while you have the money in your pocket.”

Besides the humour, there are also some sobering reminders of the deepest, truest feelings of the emigrants:

The Merope anchored at Gravesend, England. Photograph from White Wings Vol. 1., Fifty Years of Sail in New Zealand Trade, 1850 to 1900. (1924, The Brett Printing Co. Ltd., Auckland.)

Illustrated cover page of the Merope Independent, assumedly drawn by Henry. The artist has shown a great deal of imagination and patience – imagine trying to fill in the brick pattern of the office building on a rocking ship, using a dip pen.

“Which of us watching the sun’s decline at sea does not cherish the remembrance of loved ones left behind, and with them his country? Be it granite-girded Scotland, or the emerald-like Isle of Ireland, or the sweet meadows and purifying streams of England, how dear the memory, how deep and lasting the love of ‘home’.”

The Knights departed the Merope at Lyttelton, and after renting a house in Christchurch for a week they ended up moving to Alford Forest.

Henry Knight built and ran the Alford Forest Store, which opened in November 1881, for the purpose of selling “every variety of goods, of guaranteed quality, at strictly moderate prices”.

Knight’s wife and children ran the store while he taught at Alford Forest.

The original store building was pulled down and replaced in 1933.

The Fate of the Merope After eighteen voyages to New Zealand, the Merope was on its way back home from Lyttelton in 1890 when it was destroyed by fire about 193 kilometres from the Azores, West of Portugal.

The fire had broken out among the cargo, and after fruitless attempts to subdue the fire the crew of 19 had to jump ship, many of them having to leap into the sea and swim to the boats.

Seven men, being the mate, cook, and five seamen were taken to Liverpool by the W. F. Babcock, an American vessel.

The Merope may have met a sudden and fiery end after a solid 20 year run, but the memory and spirit of what it was like to sail across the world on the adventure of a lifetime has been forever encapsulated in the Merope Independent – an amusing and heart-warming little piece of New Zealand history.

10 OPINION

Ashburton Guardian Saturday, August 22, 2020

OUR VIEW

Time to extend the arm of support again

By Matt Markham matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

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othing is ever going to stop the pain of what happened in Christchurch in March last year, but next week will be seen by many as a step in the right direction toward moving forward from those tragic events.

But in order to move forward, there must again be pain. The prospect of having to relive that haunting day when a gunman went on the rampage and killed 51 Muslims will be tough and take a huge amount of strength to get through.

The victims will stand together and tell their stories, talk about how that act of callousness has deeply impacted upon their lives and the emotions will run high. Our own community, in many different ways, will be involved and there will be those who are here, among us, who will have unimaginable emotions by what unfolds in the Christchurch High Court.

In the aftermath of those horrific attacks last year, this community came together as one.

We stood united, showed our compassion, understanding and empathy for what until that point had been a sometimes unnoticed part of our society.

There was great pride in the way we acted then and that same compassion, understanding and empathy will be required again throughout next week as our Muslim friends face one of the most harrowing times since the event.

But we can help, we can make a difference. Remind yourself yet again that we are all in this together, this district is one which can pride itself on being a welcoming and safe environment.

And we can achieve that by extending an arm of support, once more.

Push the anger of the actual situation to one side for a moment, we’re allowed to feel upset about what happened, but there’s a corner of our society that we will never be able to quite understand just how tough it all is for.

It’s a big step in the process, a huge opportunity to perhaps gain a little closure and further the healing process and a huge opportunity to remind ourselves once again that at the end of the day, we are all one and together we can handle anything that life throws at us.

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OPINION 11

A National void

ndrew Falloon has left a void in Mid Canterbury politics. Now whether it is appropriate to mention him so soon after his downfall is immaterial given the short timeframe until the election.

While National has selected a person to fill the physical void (and as I said last time, a Mongolian yak herder with no English could win it for National), what is missing is the presence Andrew brought to Mid Canterbury and its issues.

Andrew attended many local events. He also brought in some higher-ranking MPs to force the spotlight on the area.

Now you may think that I’m supporting him or that it is tasteless to credit him, given why he no longer holds his position.

So – no, I don’t support at all what he did. Those actions impacted a number of lives

By Peter Livingstone Out of school

and I extend my sympathies to all affected, for the hurt they have suffered.

What I am doing is acknowledging that, as a district, we did have an MP who attended many different types of events, got involved with the issues and used their position to try and get a better deal for the people and economy of this district.

That is the void that has been created. National needs to bring Megan Hands into this town as soon as possible and she needs to demonstrate that she understands local issues beyond agriculture and resource management.

At the last election Jo Luxton brought Labour back into the game by securing over 4000 more votes than her

predecessor Steven Gibson.

Since then she has consistently worked at being a presence for Labour far more in this town than Steven ever did.

If Megan was to go up against Jo in a debate on local issues, it would be a 30 second bout with a KO in Jo’s favour.

It still won’t win the seat for Jo, because this electorate has only had one elected Labour MP ever! That was Horrace Herring in 1935.

National has an issue on its hands right now and their Gerry Brownlee conspiracy theories and Judith Collins’ “we will be tougher than Labour” speeches only go so far.

Local voters should feel ripped off, that at a time when we should be seeing our current MPs pushing hard to win those undecided votes, we have an embarrassing sordid stench in the air and a list MP who will return on the number

of votes cast for her party, not because she ended up being the more trustworthy of the two.

Okay – so what of the other choices? Did you know that of all of the candidates, only Jo Luxton is here from last time?

The rest are new to having a crack at the seat. Great!

We are told that districts like ours are the engine room of the economy and vital to the rest of the country.

Does it feel like you are being treated as vital to the success of New Zealand?

Only Labour has kept their MP here. National would have, so it’s not their fault, but all the others are either new parties or simply a body with a name facing you on the ballot paper.

It gives the appearance of choice, when in reality their lack of presence and history in this area means they are doomed before they start. This

is what makes the absence of Andrew so hard to take for the district’s voters.

Had we both Jo and Andrew in the mix, we could really make the choice by looking at their actions over the past three years. We would know who to vote for by judging how they have advocated for this district. Now it’s just down to Jo and the river regulator.

So, whether it was appropriate to bring Andrew Falloon back into the discussion is a moot point.

The void that is left makes our electoral big day out feel like a trip to the Allenton shops – dull and lifeless.

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

Aspirational water goals come with hefty price tag

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ural and urban New Zealanders have a shared goal for improved water quality.

We have the direction of travel; the question is whether the new Action for Healthy Waterways regulations are the right path.

Covid-19 is our present focus, with our attention consumed by 1pm announcements, alert levels and the source of new Covid-19 cases. A backdrop theme is our economic recovery: how much pain we will feel, and how long we will feel it for.

Naturally, we assume Government’s attention is focused on policy that will get us through Covid-19 and allow a quick recovery. Not a time to pass policy that would undermine the economic recovery by dramatically increasing rates, stifling development, and hamstringing the economy, right?

Yet that is exactly what the Government in what was to be its final sitting week, prior to the decision to push out the election date. And there was barely a whimper from mainstream media.

The new freshwater regulations look good from the outside, but once you dig into the detail it becomes apparent we’re looking at impractical and very expensive regulations, for rural and urban

By Bernadette Hunt From the Farm

folk alike. It’s improved water quality with a hefty price tag.

I have not heard a single person, rural or urban, argue that improving water quality is not a worthwhile goal. The issue is with the proposed methods, and the short timeframes. What has to date been sold as a rural problem is no longer only a rural problem.

These methods have regional, district and city councils quaking.

Down in my neck of the woods, Gore District Council will be one of the first affected with its resource consent renewal for treated wastewater discharge into the Mataura river, due in a couple of years. Just to complete the development required to remove nitrates from that treated wastewater is an estimated $50 to $60 million project. It is questionable whether a treated urban wastewater discharge to water will ever get a consent renewal under the new national regulations.

Requiring a discharge of treated wastewater to land would mean the costs to ratepayers would rapidly skyrocket.

Gore District Council also has urban stormwater to deal with, including a $180 million project

to deal with stormwater mixing with wastewater. Those costs would have to be met by the district’s 4620 urban ratepayers – a burden of around $50,000 per ratepayer for the two projects combined. Many of these are the same ratepayers who own our small businesses and employ locals – moteliers, café owners, retailers, tradies . . . They’re already struggling right now with the economic repercussions of Covid.

Gore District Council is not alone – problems like this are common throughout New Zealand’s water infrastructure.

Environment Southland submitted strongly against the proposed regulations. It has already spent millions on the Southland Water and Land Plan to date, developing regulations that are right for Southland. Now, thanks to Action for Healthy Waterways, Environment Southland needs to start that process all over again.

It is like putting the first coat of paint on a house, and then bulldozing the house before the final coat because it doesn’t look good enough yet.

Many more millions of dollars will disappear into redoing planning processes and consultants.

Imagine if we could put that money into actual on-the-ground

improvements instead!

The vast majority of New Zealanders will never read the detailed regulations, but there are two key elements that we should all be aware of.

The first is a ‘Compulsory Value’ for Ecosystem Health, which every regional council must deliver on. This requires freshwater ecosystems that are “suitable to sustain the indigenous aquatic life expected in the absence of human disturbance or alteration”.

That’s scary stuff whether you’re rural or urban, particularly as it is a compulsory bottom line.

Despite the best intentions of this policy, the only way we could come close to delivering on this aspiration is by depopulating Southland. Even then, human impacts would remain including flood banks, introduced species, land reclamation and more.

The second major shift comes through the new hierarchy for the management of freshwater. To paraphrase, the stated objective of the National Policy Statement prioritises: 1– the health of the freshwater and its ecosystems, 2 – the health needs of people (drinking water), and finally 3 – the social, economic and cultural wellbeing of people and communities.

Obviously, the environment

and human drinking water are important. But in practice it is a seismic shift from current system.

It means that the health of the water and its ecosystems are given greater weighting, irrespective of any potential economic and social benefits or costs.

This is all about values. We all want beautiful waterways, and we want our children and grandchildren to have them too. There are plenty of ways to improve the impact of our lives on our environment and they don’t all require the slash and burn of our economy to achieve improvements. The Government has consistently told us that there will be time to work towards the aspirations. But these aspirational hurdles are now regulations that regional councils are required to give effect to, with many of the specific rules applying now.

Once councils have implemented their plans, we’ll be forced to achieve water quality standards over short timeframes and regardless of cost, and we will all be paying the bill.

How will our communities survive? Perhaps life in future New Zealand is only for the wealthy.

Bernadette Hunt is vice-president of the Southland Federated Farmers.

12 SCHOOLS

Ashburton Guardian Saturday, August 22, 2020

CAREW PEEL FOREST

A winner with Fuel for Schools

Carew Peel Forest School has received $1000 worth of equipment through the Southfuels Rewards Programme. Principal Sharon Ketter said it was a real bonus for the school as a number of items were to replace things that had been stolen in a burglary of the school last year. They received a new parachute, tee-ball set and various other sporting equipment. Ketter thanked Southfuels and the local community for participating in the programme. For every 100 litres of bulk fuel a farmer buys, Southfuels donates 50 cents to the school of that farmer’s choice. Once that school reaches its $1000 target, there are over 40 technology and sports packages it can put the money towards. SouthFuels’ Fuel for Schools programme has been helping farmers help rural schools for the past eleven years – $1000 at a time – and has now given out over $1 million dollars to 350 schools across New Zealand in rural communities.

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Getting on their bikes Year 7 student Zoe Nicholls organised an On Ya Bike session at Ashburton Intermediate this week. Principal Brent Gray said Zoe had approached him with the idea to run the session for a gold coin donation after she learned that the Mid Canterbury Mountain Bike Club was unable to hold its annual 6-hour mountain bike race this year due to Covid-19. The session saw around 60 students take their bikes to McLean Park to take part in some agility riding, jumps, speed work and other skills that will help them with riding the many tracks around Ashburton and the wider district.

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MAYFIELD

Speech winners determined Mayfield School held its speech finals this week with members of the Mayfield Lions attending as judges. The results were: Y7/8: 1 Georgia Greenslade (Why I should replace Trump as President), 2 Quin Austin (Old people and technology), 3 Hannah Kidd (Ghosts). Y5/6: 1 Mandy Mead (Why 2020 has been the worst year ever), 2 Nessiah Soriano (Technology), 3 Louise Greenslade (Why hockey is the best sport). Y4: 1 Daniel Mead (Why Marvel is better than DC), 2 Charlie Greenslade (Why John Deere tractors are better than Case), 3 Logan Wheeler (Why cats are better than dogs).

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Saturday, August 22, 2020 Ashburton Guardian

WEEKEND FOCUS 13

This year’s Cancer Society appeal, Daffodil Day, is on August 28. Read about Marion Bartlett’s positive journey, pages 14-15

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There are not many people who, when told they had a 20 per cent chance of surviving cancer, would celebrate.

But Marion Bartlett did. She not only celebrated, she dug deep, went through months of chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant and eight months later, she’s still smiling.

Today she has an even greater reason to celebrate – her survival chance has risen to 60 per cent and she tells reporter Sue Newman there’s a heck of a lot in life to look forward to, there are good years to come.

Marion shares her story ahead of this year’s Cancer Society appeal, Daffodil Day, on August 28.

Ashburton Guardian Saturday, August 22, 2020

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hen you’re 48 and juggling home, family demands and work, there are plenty of reasons to be feeling a little tired, a little run-down.

That’s how Marion Bartlett felt towards the end of last year. Add her age into the mix and she put the feeling that her body didn’t feel quite right down to approaching menopause.

“Like most women do, I just pushed through, still thought it was menopause. It never crossed my mind it could be anything else. I was fit, eating well and thought I was pretty healthy,” she said.

The tiredness and general malaise persisted and finally, fed up with feeling not quite right, she headed to her doctor for a check.

Nothing seemed amiss.

She then asked for a blood test to determine where she was on the menopause journey. That decision was to change her life; it also may have saved her life.

“I had the blood test on Thursday and on Saturday I got a phone call. They said I had leukaemia, but they didn’t know which kind so I needed to have another test, a bone marrow biopsy.”

October 29: Marion headed to Christchurch and the bone marrow unit. Nothing could have prepared her for what was to follow, she said.

“They did the test, found that I had acute myeloid leukaemia and they wanted me to start chemotherapy that night.”

Marion was stunned. She’d walked out of her house that morning, believing she’d return home to husband Charlie and 10-year-old daughter Lexie.

Not returning home wasn’t an option and she negotiated a four-day delay to get things sorted on the home front – and to get her head around what might lie ahead.

“We also had to make up our minds whether I would go through the treatment. I was told acute ML is very fast moving so I had to do it now and I knew without that treatment I’d be gone,” she said.

As the calendar ticked over

to November, Lexie headed to the North Island to live with her grandparents while her mum underwent treatment and Marion headed back to Christchurch Hospital where she would live for the following two months.

“I was mostly in isolation because I had no immunity, that’s killed off as part of the treatment to get me ready for a bone marrow transplant.”

When her family knew she was ill, her sister Alexandra volunteered to be her donor. The match was 100 per cent and she began her own preparation, calcium infusions and protein injec-

tions.

“Siblings are the go-to first before parents and it was awesome of her to do this. We’ve always been close and I’m just so grateful.

Now I’m obliged to be well for her.

If I’d had to use an anonymous donor it would have taken time, time I didn’t have.”

While the weeks of chemotherapy were tough, the transplant and its aftermath were tougher, Marion said.

“That really kicked my butt.

With chemo you know the path it will take, but

with the transplant, how you feel is different every week.”

Her transplant took place in February and since then Marion has been on a cocktail of pills and, while she still feels tired and has side-effects such as mouth ulcers, skin irritation and general fatigue, she says every day is a day to celebrate.

“I feel wonderful now, in the scheme of things, I feel fabulous.”

Throughout the harrowing past eight months, Marion said she has remained positive, has always looked to a future.

“I never

Get to your doctor, get a blood test and push for answers. Don’t be fobbed off, persistence might just save your life

Saturday, August 22, 2020 Ashburton Guardian

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Left – Cancer survivor Marion Bartlett and 10-year-old daughter Lexie.

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thought I wouldn’t be here, but there was always a chance. I’m a really positive person and the day I was diagnosed we decided there would be no more crying, we’d just get down to business and we’re here today. I can’t believe it’s August, that it’s nearly been a year since my diagnosis.”

Over the past year, Marion said she and her family had been surrounded by the most amazing people – medical teams, family, friends and complete strangers.

The support had been overwhelming.

“And the Ashburton Cancer Society, they’re amazing, their

support has been great and it comes at the real grass roots level.

I haven’t experienced anything like this, they just quietly get on and do it. This journey and the support I’ve had has been amazing.”

One of the most humbling experiences was visiting the blood donor unit while she was in hospital.

“I bawled my eyes out to see all those donors sitting there giving blood. They saved my life. It was a humbling thing to see the people who give part of themselves for people like me.

For every drop of blood I got, I’m so grateful.”

With any

cancer there are no guarantees, and in June Marion was found to have minute traces of her disease, nothing to be concerned about, but something to keep an eye on. If it reoccurs, she can have more chemo and another stem cell transplant, but each time that occurs, her body’s defences will be a little lower.

She hasn’t yet returned to work, but that’s definitely on her radar. Right now she struggles to concentrate for long periods and knows keeping well has to be her number one priority.

She elected to take part in two nocost drug trials, but does not

know whether she’s receiving the real deal or a placebo.

With several months of almost fulltime hospital care and home recuperation behind her, Marion said she can’t praise the New Zealand health system highly enough.

“It’s the best in the world and my medical team has been amazing and they still are, they’re still my team and I trust them 100 per cent.”

That team has been brutally honest throughout her diagnosis and treatment, and that’s something Marion said she appreciated.

“They gave me a 20 per cent survival chance at the beginning and I said, ‘I’d take that, it’s better than zero, than being told to go home and get your affairs in order’. Survival was always my only outcome that was acceptable.”

Her survival rate, currently, sits at 60 per cent.

Her experience, she said, should be a lesson to others who are feeling below par for a prolonged period.

Get to your doctor, get a blood test and push for answers. Don’t be fobbed off, persistence might just save your life, she said.

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, August 22, 2020

A policewoman stands guard outside the Linwood Mosque following last year’s tragic shootings.

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All eyes on Chch for sentencing Eyes and ears from across the globe will centre on Christchurch next week as Australian national, Brenton Harrison Tarrant, is sentenced on 51 charges of murder, 40 charges of attempted murder and a charge of committing a terrorist act following last year’s mosque attacks in the city. The Guardian’s Matt Markham looks at the week ahead.

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ever before has a life sentence without parole been imposed in New Zealand.

It’s been discussed, and often the Crown has argued for life to mean life – meaning a prisoner stays in jail until they die. But the longest sentence imposed by a New Zealand court is life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 30 years.

And so, when Brenton Harrison Tarrant is handed down his sentence for the mosque shootings in Christchurch in March of last year, the option of life imprisonment without parole is available.

New Zealand Law Society Criminal Law Committee member, Simon Shamy, told Radio New Zealand earlier this year that anyone convicted of murder was sentenced to life in prison with a non-parole period enforced.

Often it would be a 10-year non-parole period, but there was actually no limit.

“You have (to) then spend 10 years in prison before you can apply for parole,” he told RNZ in the interview.

“And the Parole Board will, after 10 years, decide whether you’re safe to be let out, or not.

And they let you out after 10 years, or 12, or 14, or however many.

“The court … can impose a minimum non-parole period of 60 years, or never, no parole, ever.

“And that’s up to the sentencing judge.”

It is expected that next week’s sentencing could take up to four days, but as much time as is needed will be given to allow the process to happen.

A summary of facts will be

ready by the Crown prosecutor and then the victim impact statements will be read. It’s been reported that more than 60 victims have indicated their willingness to read their victim impact statements in court, or to have them played, or read on their behalf.

Only victims and 10 members of the media will be allowed into the main courtroom, along with court staff and officials. However, seven additional courtrooms would be made available for victims and their support networks.

Under Alert Level 2, courts are expected to maintain physical distancing of one metre, although those in whanau groups are not required to distance.

“Access to the main courtroom will be reserved for victims, their families and their support people. The number of victims who

can be safely accommodated in this courtroom with appropriate physical distancing at any one time is 35,” Justice Cameron Mander said.

“Victims who have chosen to present victim impact statements to the court in person will still be able to do so.

“The court has requested that victims in New Zealand who may not now be able to attend because of the limits on the numbers – should, wherever possible, be given access to the livestream of the sentencing, which has been organised for victims who are overseas and unable to be present in person.

“Personal protective equipment (face masks and gloves) will be available to all those attending court and appropriate hygiene measures will be in place to minimise the risk of transmission.”

Following the victim impact statements, submissions will be made by the crown, then by the counsel assisting the court and, finally, by the offender, or by standby counsel in relation to the mitigating factors of the offending.

Journalists from all over New Zealand and overseas have registered to report on the hearing and due to border restrictions, many will observe the proceedings remotely.

Justice Mander, who has presided over the gunman’s case since his first High Court appearance, earlier this month informed media that live reporting of the hearing would be banned.

Instead, news of the hearing would be embargoed until the midday and end-of-day adjournments throughout the course of the hearing.

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, August 22, 2020

TEST YOURSELF

GOT GREAT PHOTOS?

Test yourself with the Guardian’s quiz 1. A copperhead is what kind of creature? a) Shark b) Snake c) Spider 2. How many flags feature the Union Jack? a) 5 b) 6 c) 7 3. What is the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet? a) Iota b) Delta c) Zeta 4. Who took the kettle off after Polly put it on again? a) Sarah b) Suzie c) Sukey 5. Ashburton is the what largest urban area in the Canterbury region? a) Third b) Fourth c) Fifth 6. Laura Langman, Maria Folau and Casey Kopua adopted what nickname in 2019? a) The Old Girls b) The Fossils c) The Historians 7. When was the first known contact between Maori and Europeans? a) 1769 b) 1642 c) 1773 8. Which significant event of major economic significance to New Zealand occurred in 1882 a) Discovery of oil? b) Development of merino sheep c) First successful shipment of meat to Britain

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Often trekking into uncharted territory they go where only hunters normally go. Make sure you read more about them on P7 in today’s Weekend Guardian.

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, August 22, 2020

Heat turned up high

AshColl just miss P24

P22

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COURT CHAMP P23

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DONKEY, WILDLIFE NOTCH WINS P24

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SHOCK RECALL FOR NICOLE

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, August 22, 2020

RUGBY

Watters’ family history

By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

Chasing family history.

The name Watters is held in high esteem in the rugby-mad Mid Canterbury.

It is of course the name of Mid Canterbury rugby’s showpiece trophy and remains the symbol of regional club supremacy.

Methven are the current holders of the cup after beating Rakaia in the senior club final three weeks ago.

However it has offered further reverence for a Waikane man who has been on a recent fact-finding excursion of his family history which led him to Ashburton at the weekend.

Jonathan Watters stopped off in the town as part of his family history travels, where he got up close and personal with the Watters Cup at Mid Canterbury Rugby headquarters.

The trophy is named after his grandfather, William Fitzgerald Watters.

“I had known about it, and I had believed that my grandfather was related to it,” he said.

However it was only in the past few weeks as he examined documents and made inquiries with the Mid Canterbury Rugby Union (MCRU) that his family connection to the trophy was verified for him.

“I didn’t know that my grandfather was so into sport,” he said. “He was president here from 1922 to 1929 and saw that he donated the Watters Cup. There are family members who are desperate to catch up with all this information.”

The late Watters, who died in 1952 was a school teacher, who worked for some years as headmaster at the former Ashburton High School.

“It’s been bloody good,” he said. “I’ve been talking to people who know people who know people and so on.

I’ve found out stuff that I never knew because I never met him.”

Jonathan’s grandfather passed away in 1952, a year before Jonathan was born.

Jonathan’s father William was also a house surgeon in Ashburton after he finished his studies at Otago.

As part of his research, Watters said he was attempting to track down a portrait of his grandfather painted by artist John Oakley.

It is understood that Ashburton College was conducting a search for the historical painting.

Watters said it was a massive source of pride that his family name was held in such high esteem in Mid Canterbury.

“You can’t take that history away.

“That cup has been around the traps.”

Getting a close-up look of the Watters Cup are Jonathan Watters (left) and Colin Morgan in Ashburton on Sunday.

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Backing up the biggest challenge

By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

If one could magically bottle previous weeks’ performances it would probably be a fairly simple game.

However, undoubtedly the biggest test for Mid Canterbury Combined is channelling another big performance against another daunting opponent.

The Mid Cantabrians host Shirley Boys’ High in Ashburton today in what will be another significant challenge for the side.

The Christchurch school currently sits sixth on the ladder, and last week put Roncalli Aoraki Combined to the sword.

Unlike St Andrew’s last week, Shirley should be unburdened by faltering motivation levels as it looks to stay with the UC Championship frontrunners.

The irony of Mid Canterbury Combined’s brave display against a table-topping STAC side last week is that it put the competition on notice.

Which makes Shirley Boys’ that much more dangerous at Ashburton College today.

Last week’s 35-30 heartbreak at AshColl should renew confidence levels to significant heights for Combined, and the side will be wanting to recycle the things they did well in the game.

On the other side of the coin, the side should be wary of how they back up from an impressive performance.

Case and point is when Combined registered their first win of the season against Roncalli, only to be whacked by 70 points a week later by St Thomas.

Mid Canterbury Combined will be wanting a similar push against Shirley Boy’s High at Ashburton College today.

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RUGBY

AshHutt girls sneak into the playoffs Nicole Purdom is delighted to be back in Canterbury’s Farah Palmer squad.

SHOCK RECALL

By Adam Burns

adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

A spot in Canterbury’s Farah Palmer Cup team was far from a sure thing for Ashburton rugby star Nicole Purdom.

So when head coach Blair Baxter rang her last weekend to confirm she was back in the Canterbury squad for the upcoming provincial competition, she was naturally taken aback.

“I was not expecting to be involved at all this season,” she said.

“I wasn’t expecting a call at all so I was very shocked.”

It made for an unlikely birthday present also for Purdom who turned 24 on Thursday.

The uncertainty around her inclusion stemmed from the fact that she was left out of the wider training squad.

“I was quite upset, because I had been in the squad for years beforehand,” she said.

“I was (told) that I wasn’t hitting the mark

of where they wanted.”

A probable factor around this was that Purdom had been seriously ill at the time.

“I went into hospital and I was really sick,” she said.

“The doctors said I was probably sick all season, and even I thought I was playing really bad.

“I’d play 10 minutes and I’d be so fatigued and so tired.”

Once she recovered from her ailment, she began to hit her straps on the park, with Canterbury coaching staff noting her improved work rate at the breakdown.

Another element of surprise is the fact that she has been selected in her preferred position as part of the loose forward trio after being previously advised by Canterbury management to make a transition to hooker.

“I feel confident playing at number eight, and I know what I’m doing,” she said.

Purdom, who is also the Mid Canterbury Rugby Union’s women’s and schools’ development officer, is no stranger to the Can-

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terbury colours, after first gaining selection back in 2015.

That familiarity is heightened by the fact that she has played alongside the entire squad previously either at representative or club levels.

Nine others from her University club side, which clinched the Canstaff Women’s Premiership last weekend, were also given the nod, including Black Ferns star Kendra Cocksedge.

Like their male counterparts at Super Rugby level, Canterbury will be targeting a fourth straight competition title when the Farah Palmer Cup gets under way on September 5.

“It’s a totally different environment to club,” she said.

“The first thing that the coaches said at training this week was that we need to switch on.”

The Canterbury girls are scheduled to face Manawatu for their opening Farah Cup encounter in Palmerston North on September 12.

Rep squad set to converge for first time

By Matt Markham matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

They were supposed to be preparing for a bruising encounter against each other, but instead the wider Mid Canterbury representative rugby squad will head to Allenton today to be put through their paces.

When Covid-19 struck and Heartland Rugby was cancelled for the year, South Island un-

ions Mid Canterbury, South Canterbury, North Otago and Buller came together to create a one-month long competition in September.

The problem for Mid Canterbury was the length of time between the Watters Cup final and the first game on Saturday, September 5. So, plans were put in place to name an extended wider training squad and to play a President’s v Chairman’s XV match this weekend, to act as

a trial for coaches Dale Palmer and Jason Rickard.

But Covid-19 reared its ugly head again, and instead it’s a training camp, for now.

The squad will assemble for the first time at the Allenton Rugby Club for a training session before the final squad is named at some point in the next 10 days, before the first up-clash against South Canterbury in Timaru.

They then head to Hanmer

Springs to play Buller.

Their sole home match is against North Otago at Hinds, before they turn around the next week and head to Oamaru to play the Old Golds again.

While no collective trainings have taken place yet, there have been individual trainings at clubs, with senior club coaches involved in the process of putting their club players through their paces before today’s first official get-together.

Vaughan Ward breaks down an important victory for the AshHutt Girls 1st XV on Wednesday night against Roncalli College.

The AshHutt Girls 1st XV rugby side have earned the right to play off for third and fourth in the Aoraki competition, after a strong victory against Roncalli this week.

The side were up against it after their match against Geraldine the week earlier had been called off and the subsequent two points, from a match they expected to gain full points from, left them needing to win on Wednesday night at Hampstead.

The game was initially meant to be played in Methven, but Roncalli were unwilling to travel that far.

Ashhutt Girls had a dream start, with a perfectly timed and error-free warm-up, team focus in check, everyone was positive and looking forward to kick-off.

The kick-off proved difficult to handle for AshHutt looking directly into the sun, but they were fortunate enough to come away with a lineout.

That opened the opportunity to start a long period of possession, with three excellent tries being scored early, to Margret Eli, Megan Hurley and Madison Trusler/Clark.

Unfortunately, that was the end of the game for Megan Hurley, who suffered a serious knee injury.

Two late tries to Roncalli in the first half brought them back into contention, with the AshHutt team leading 17-12 at the break.

Further possession and territory from the pumped AshHutt squad kept Roncalli in their own half for the first 15 minutes of the second half. That provided scoring opportunities for sisters Roi and Rangi Makutu in mid-field.

Fatigue sparked yet another strong comeback from Roncalli, when holes appeared in the AshHutt defence line around the breakdown.

Clever restart kicks from Roi Makutu forced errors from Roncalli, and again AshHutt were able to score points from errors, with an awesome piece of individual work from ever reliable Trusler-Clark to score midway through the second half.

With the score at 34-22 to AshHutt, and with less than 10 minutes to go, another defensive breach saw Roncalli break through and seem certain to score again, except for the excellent cover defence from both Roi Makutu and Naumai Terekia forcing another handling error from Roncalli.

Late possession from AshHutt, great handling, and relentless phase play allowed Madison Trusler-Clark to cross the line for her third try of the night.

Roncalli were determined to finish well and crossed the line again in the same fashion to close out the scoring.

Final score AshHutt 39 Roncalli 29.

The side now plays off for third and fourth next Wednesday in Timaru against Waitaki and St Kevin’s, with all eyes fixed on a strong finish to the season.

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, August 22, 2020

NETBALL

Hampstead cranks it up

By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

Merciless and relentless.

This is how some may describe Hampstead’s dominating display on Thursday night, as the side disposed of College A 52-27 at an eerily quiet EA Network Centre.

Premier netball returned to the courts this week, with the action played behind closed doors following last week’s abandoned fixtures due to Covid-19.

Hampstead’s performance sounded off another warning to their competition rivals, with the unbeaten club side now firm favourites in the premier netball race.

The comprehensive win was followed by hard fought wins for Methven and Celtic A. College battled hard in a combative first quarter which featured some ferocious exchanges on court.

Hampstead however were at their clinical best as they claimed the ascendancy with an 11-4 lead at the first break.

The AshColl girls would suffer a blow after the resumption when they lost Poppy Kilworth to injury.

Despite losing some of its defensive spark, College were able to stick with Hampstead across the second period as the blue and golds retained a seven goal lead at halftime.

There was a marked lift in intensity by Hampstead in the third quarter as the team began to dictate terms, particularly in mid-court and in the defensive third as Meg Ashworth and Hannah Spence stymied the College attack. Kelsey Bewley also con-

Hampstead centre Jemma Stoddart consolidates the attack as her College A opposite Milli Sullivan defends grimly during ACL premier 1 netball action on Thursday. trolled the centre third with authority as College were suffocated out of the game.

It was even tougher going in the final period for College as Hampstead sunk a further 16 points to complete a 25-point win.

The recently-promoted Celtic B are proving to be no pushovers in the top grade, with Methven forced to grind it out for their 4336 win.

The game was played at a frenetic pace, with both teams neck and neck during the first stanza.

All square at 11 goals apiece

at the first break, it continued to be competitive with both teams respecting their stints in possession.

Methven conjured up the occasional moment of brilliance, however.

The team’s linchpin Leanne Clemens pulled off a genius piece of play after the halftime hooter, when she stole possession along the front edges before working the ball back to the circle, getting into position to receive possession again before sinking the rebound from long range.

After leading by three at halftime, Methven found their groove in the third spell, nudging ahead 34-27.

Both teams went hell-for-leather to get their hands on the ball during the final period, searching for turnovers.

Methven streaked ahead, but to Celtic’s credit they again fought as they got the better flow of points during the final stages to keep the deficit to seven.

The club’s A team hit back from their College defeat a fortnight ago to prevail over United 33-27.

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OPINION

The sporting list you don’t really want to be on

By Steve Devereux steve.d@theguardian.co.nz

W

hatever happened to Lydia Ko? That’s a question that has been asked many a time, and with just cause, considering the gigantically precocious talent she appeared to have been born with.

That talent saw her take complete command of any and every golf course in the world, and, while still a teenager, dominate the fairways like few before her.

Even as an amateur, she was fearlessly taking on, and beating, the best women golfers the world had to offer.

When she turned pro, it looked as if she would continue on her merry way, becoming one of the indisputable greats of the game as a little side bonus.

As happens even to the best, though, she hit troubled waters.

Some of her shots deserted her, she (or at the time her family perhaps) found it necessary to go through a rapid succession of coaches, and suddenly she wasn’t in the top five, or the top 10, or anywhere remotely near the top 20.

Her game was lost, somewhere back in 2016.

This year Lydia’s back, and latest coach Sean Foley appears to have found something the others missed.

A couple of handy tournaments, then Lydia’s on the verge of winning, charging away with the Marathon Classic.

But then, Lydia joined the list that no-one wants to be on – that one headed Serious Sporting Chokers.

Blowing a five-shot lead, she collapsed in a heap, clearly forgetting whatever it is that is necessary to take out the final day of a tournament.

To be fair, she’s moving in some exalted circles, and golf has provided many names on that list.

Jean Van de Velde has to be way up on that inventory.

In the 1999 Open, at Carnoustie, he was absolutely cruising; on the last hole he needed only a double bogey to win the tournament. That’s six shots.

He lost in a playoff.

Even that effort is shaded by the best of them though, and that has to be Aussie golfer Greg Norman.

While still a champion, he’s

more noted for some dreadful explosions on the course; in 1986 Norman led after three rounds in all four majors. All of them.

And he lost all of them.

In 1996 he took a six-shot lead into the final day. He shot 78; Faldo shot 67; Norman loses by five shots.

Unfortunately Lydia’s not the first Kiwi to make the list either, not by one of her own long shots.

Easily the most famous came on the water, San Francisco Bay to be precise, with the America’s Cup practically in Team New Zealand’s trophy cabinet.

Dean Barker’s happy band of men were up 8-1, with one more victory to lock away a gigantic victory over Oracle, with Jimmy Spithill at the helm.

With a couple of races to go, and Oracle closing in on the most improbable of comeback triumphs, Barker said that Oracle had modified their boat, it was faster, and they had also improved their teamwork.

He had obviously listened to Spithill’s rhetoric, when he claimed “The boat is so much quicker than when we started this competition. We’ve got a wave of momentum now that is getting bigger every day”.

The only problem was that Spithill was flying a kite, a desperate one, trying to plant an uncomfortable seed of doubt in the Kiwis’ mindset, knowing that Oracle was exactly the same boat it was yesterday, and the day before that, and the day before that.

Barker’s blokes fell for it, hook line and sinker, suddenly looking over their shoulder to see what new tricks Oracle was up to, and forgetting to just sail their own boat to what should have been one of the easier victories in America’s Cup history.

Choke? You betcha.

Even the mighty All Blacks aren’t immune.

Cast your mind, even if you really don’t want to, back to 2007, and Cardiff’s Millenium Stadium.

The World Cup is easily within the grasp of New Zealand’s best.

Sure there’s England in the semi-finals to look forward to, and South Africa looking strong on the other side of the draw the other likely finalist, but there’s only the pesky French to climb over in the quarter-finals to get to the serious stuff.

The wonderful gift of hindsight presents plenty of warning

signs for the ABs; unbeatable super-coach Graham Henry chopping and changing the team around, with the semi-finals in mind, a fully-fit Aaron Mauger sitting in the stands in his suit and tie, Mils at centre instead of fullback – how many times did we fall for THAT one?

But it didn’t matter, because the All Blacks had a handy 13-3 lead at halftime, and the punters were already heading for the Collect window.

Enter rookie ref Wayne Barnes, who suddenly decided that France didn’t need to be penalised – not once – in the second half. Not even when there was a monumental forward pass that led to a vital try for an apparently brand new French team that had jumped out of the ground.

The sight of seasoned All Blacks looking to the stand for some sort of divine guidance as they saw the World Cup going down the gurgler is not one for those fans with weak stomachs to fondly contemplate.

So Lydia is far from alone, but the good news: she has a good couple of decades ahead of her to once again find those halcyon days of her youth, with the golfing world once again at her feet.

Saturday, August 22, 2020 Ashburton Guardian

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TENNIS

Another national title for Diego

By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

Diego Quispe-Kim has added to his overflowing trophy cabinet with another national title.

The 14-year-old tennis talent took out the under-16 Kiwi Indoor Junior Championships singles event in Christchurch a fortnight ago.

The latest accomplishment comes a year after the highly decorated young star, who is a member of the Fairton club, dominated the under-14 singles competition at the corresponding event in 2019.

It is understood it is the first time in decades that a junior has won both the under-12, under-14 and under-16 Kiwi indoor titles.

Quispe Kim’s coach and father Juan Quispe-Chavez said he was very pleased for his son.

“It was very unexpected, because he only went to Christchurch for a trial,” he said.

“He did really well.”

He again was in commanding touch as the top seed qualifier did not drop a set across the tournament.

His march to the final began with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Zino Varouhas-Poole before beating Jack Chapman 6-0, 6-2.

It took less than an hour for the teen to prevail over Liam Barrett in straight sets.

His final opponent, Finlay Emslie-Robson, was forced to retire through injury, after losing the first set 6-1.

Quispe-Kim’s father said that he observed even greater progress from Diego, both physically and

mentally, on the court.

“He’s getting taller and he’s playing smarter.

“He’s also very calm and composed on court.”

The Mid Canterbury teen has

been working closely with mental wellness coach Pete Smith (The Coach Smith).

After a somewhat disrupted season, Quispe-Kim is building up a good head of steam ahead of the

under-18 National Junior Championships in December and next year’s Junior Davis Cup. Earlier this month, Quispe-Kim won Junior Male Player of the Year at the Tennis Canterbury awards.

Above – Diego Quispe-Kim gets his forearm going during the Kiwi Indoor Junior Championships in Christchurch a fortnight ago.

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FOOTBALL

United gunning for three straight

By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

It is more than the feat of three consecutive wins on offer today for Mid Canterbury United.

There is also the potential to make further headway on Mainland’s Canterbury Championship League ladder, if the side can register their fourth win of the season at the Ashburton Domain today.

The club hosts Parklands this afternoon in their return bout, and the home side should fancy their chances against the team who sits one point below them on the standings.

While victory is far from certain today, momentum is a funny thing, and on home soil and coming off two wins, there is the sense that things are falling into place for the region’s top team.

The prospects of United moving into fifth spot look promising with St Albans Shirley, who United came from behind to beat last week, facing off with unbeaten frontrunners Halswell.

United will most likely be focusing on a positive start and not falling behind early after they were forced into a remarkable rescue job in Christchurch last Saturday.

After hitting their attacking straps last week, Methven are set for an all important tussle with FC Twenty 11’s top team in Christchurch today.

The Christchurch club sit in fourth spot after a topsy-turvy season, and Methven will be encouraged after they accounted for them 4-2 at home back in June.

FC Twenty 11 will undoubtedly be up for the fight, with their season at a crossroads.

Mid Canterbury United will be fizzing for a big performance further up the mainland today following a disappointing 2-0 loss at home last week.

The team take on Universities in Riccarton, who will be desperate after two straight defeats to begin the championship round.

Methven secure home advantage in division 7 however face a tough assignment in the form of Papanui-Redwood.

Mid Canterbury United player/coach Luke Martin will again be crucial for his team at the Ashburton Domain today.

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, August 22, 2020

BASKETBALL

Frustrating loss for College A

By Matt Markham matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

Ashburton College’s A Boys’ Basketball team registered another frustrating loss in Thomson Trophy this week, as their season begins to build into a case of what could have beens, as opposed to what is.

Playing St Thomas College at the Oxford Street Stadium on Tuesday night, College headed into the match with confidence off the back of some strong recent efforts.

The emphasis was again on their help defence with man-toman defence as well which had improved markedly in recent weeks.

The game started evenly as both sides got a feel for the match, before the home side gained a good advantage as they executed their game plan well, pulling away from St Thomas who were forced into calling an early time-out.

That time-out stemmed the flow somewhat, but College still took a good lead into the end of the first quarter, up by eight at 30-22.

It was another standout performance from Riley Sa for College A on Tuesday night.

College picked up where they left off in the second but soon into the quarter the game started to break down for the locals.

A drop in intensity in defence saw the visitors exploiting gaps, and they edged into the lead 43-

46 at the halftime break.

St Thomas came out firing in the third and upped their defensive intensity, and College became guilty of easy turnovers.

At one stage, St Thomas led by 20, but College got back into the

match to trail 63-77 at the end of the third.

With everything to play for in the fourth, College took to the court focused.

They chipped away at the lead with some smart plays and

dragged the score back to a seven point buffer before unforced errors returned, and some poor shot options and St Thomas took advantage to win the game 8393.

Riley Sa was yet again the shining light for the College side.

Good on the drive and tireless on defence, he stood out with 27 points for the match.

Kambell Stills chipped in with a solid 14 while James Reid continued his good form with 14 points as well.

Coach Brian Kerr said his side played well for the majority of the match.

“A lack of discipline on their offence and the issues around their help defence re-emerged, he said.

“This allowed St Thomas to not only overcome a deficit but to also put a 20 point spread on the College team, meaning once again they had to play catch-up basketball.”

Kerr was impressed with the way his side fought back to get back into the game, but simple mistakes again lost that momentum and ultimately the match.

“Simply a frustrating loss when again, this game was for the taking,” he added.

Wildlife, Donkey notch up wins Brian Kerr offers his report on Men’s A Grade Basketball at the Oxford Street Stadium on Wednesday night.

The first game of the night was MSA Team Donkey against Nomads.

Team Donkey started well and grabbed a 9-0 lead early in the match. Nomads struggled for much of the quarter as Team Donkey eased to a 28-14 lead.

Nomads found themselves performing better at the start of the second quarter as their offence began to function, and they chipped away at the lead to draw the score back to 28 – 24.

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Mr Mann 2nd Shot 2 or 11 Helen Rapsey.

Sims Bakery Nearest the Pin 5 or 14 Not Struck. Twos Helen Rapsey No 11.

Mayfield 9 Hole August 20 Ladies: 1st Bernie Morrison 55-22-33 22 stablefords, 2nd Tessa Gallagher 61-2041 13 Men: 1st John Greenslade 55-18-37 17, 2nd Robert Schikker 57-18-39 15.

Greg Sim Builders No 2: Robert Schikker Mayfield Transport No 5: Bernie Morrison Jill Ludemann beat Elspeth Jaine 4/3 in Club Championship Round

from defence to offence by MSA Team Donkey stopped the Nomads’ roll.

From there they got back on track and through some crisp passing and good fast breaks, they broke away from Nomads extending their lead back to 5132 at the break.

The second half was no different as MSA Team Donkey continued on their way.

Again, Nomads tried to work their combinations, but came up short as they just couldn’t get the ball in the basket with any consistency.

MSA Team Donkey eventually cruised to victory 99-73.

For MSA Team Donkey, the scoring was led by Pip Johnston with 27 points, and he controlled things well across the court.

Also, with 27 points was Cam Butler continuing on with his solid recent form.

Fotu Hala hit 20 points and Brad van der Eik, finding some shooting form, finished with 13 points.

For Nomads, Nick Ross led the way with 22 points whilst Kody Stuthridge netted himself 16 points.

The second game of the night saw Wildlife taking on College.

College matched up and their defence worked well as they were able to manage Wildlife’s offence well.

In the meantime, they worked their own offence well enough to take a 20-14 lead at the end of the first quarter.

The second was messy for both teams as they failed to convert scoring opportunities into points.

However, College began to fall

off their defence a little, allowing Wildlife to grab the lead 32-30 at the halftime break.

The third quarter was again scrappy as Wildlife upped their defensive intensity.

College struggled again with their defence, especially their help defence.

This seemed to affect their offence as they struggled to make any sort of impression at the scoring end.

Wildlife pushing out the lead 52-43.

In the fourth quarter College went to full court man to man.

It paid instant dividends as they managed to restrict Wildlife’s scoring whilst managing to score with smart plays, and suddenly it was back to a one-point game 56- 55.

However, Wildlife reset and sped up their game, which spread the College defence, allowing one on ones to occur.

Within three minutes Wildlife had pushed the score back out to 10 points.

From there they controlled the quarter and shut College out, winning 82-62.

For Wildlife, it was Sean Hunter leading the way with 22 points.

He was a handful to defend, especially on the drive.

Liam O’Connor had a top game as he defended well and found his shooting range scoring 21 points.

Sam Pearce continued on his good form with 14 points with Jase O’Connor adding 13 points in a hard-working display.

For College, Kambell Stills scored 22 points in another good display with Riley Sa finishing Pip Johnston scored 27 points for Team Donkey on Wednesday night. the game with 11 points.

Saturday, August 22, 2020 Ashburton Guardian

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OPINION

Harness racing – the walls are caving in

By Matt Markham matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

T

he façade that for decades has sat around the walls of Harness Racing New Zealand is beginning to crumble.

And it’s doing so in a manner that has many harness racing industry participants gnawing on their nails in anticipation of what major disaster lies in wait for an already embattled industry.

Conjecture, rumour and disbelief is rife across the country at the moment, as those at the beating heart of the industry struggle to comprehend decisions, outcomes and pathways that are being projected from head office.

There are situations that almost beggar belief, with some

allegations of favouritism and conflicts of interest becoming quite clearly evident.

Last week I wrote about the lack of support and disregard for the smaller clubs out there in New Zealand.

The clubs who hold the industry up, their marquee days are some of the biggest attended meetings in the country outside of the major premier meetings at the metropolitan areas.

Two clubs in particular have this week learnt of a dark fate.

The Kaikoura Trotting Club, who host the single most iconic race day in the entire New Zealand racing landscape and the Westport Trotting Club, which produces one of the best attended harness meetings during the year on Boxing Day, have had their funding reduced, but not to save costs for the industry.

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But they are also two clubs who have a better ability than anyone else to draw outside income into their business models, with high class eating establishments on-site, and the ability to host large numbers in corporate events without any extra set-up costs that are becoming to smaller clubs around the country.

And so, that news this week is seen as a Robin Hood situation, in reverse.

Also, this week it was announced that the formerly-interim CEO of Harness Racing New Zealand, Phil Holden had been given the role permanently.

This should have been great news in a time of uncertainty.

Knowing that someone was there who was prepared to ride the ship through the murk and onto brighter times should be reassuring.

It also should have been the

reduction in funding to those two clubs is, it has been reported, being added to the coffers of the two largest clubs, the Auckland Trotting Club and the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club in Christchurch.

The main issue with that?

The Harness Racing New Zealand board, who are making these decisions, includes a delegate from each of those two clubs.

And so, the screams of nepotism and favour have heightened.

It’s a little bit of a double-edged sword though in some ways.

The two clubs do hold the majority of race meetings during the season, and therefore the funding model towards them is and should be significantly greater than others.

main news item out of Harness Racing New Zealand this week, instead it was buried four stories deep in an industry update notice, almost as though it wasn’t supposed to be noticed.

Why? Because Holden won’t be a permanent fixture in head office.

He’s based in the central North Island and will travel intermittently to Christchurch, choosing instead to focus more of his time at Petone, where TAB NZ is based in an effort to “foster the relationship between the code and the head organisation”.

Perhaps not a big issue in some respects, but if you’re not prepared to be at the coal face shoving the fuel into the fire to get it roaring again, then perhaps you’re better off not even picking up the shovel to begin with.

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that last winner for Pop,” Williams said.

“He (Prendergast) was like a father to me and I always called him Pop. “The best Pop a girl could ask for.

“I signed up with Pop and Lyn when I was 17 and he taught me so much.

“I’ll never forget some of the pranks he pulled and his laughter when you got him back. He was one of racing’s true gentlemen.”

Prendergast was a self-confessed battler who became a well-known and popular figure around the South Island racetracks.

It would be common to see him give someone a flick with his race book or a friendly punch on the arm as he walked by, his cheeky way of acknowledgement.

And there was hardly a more popular occasion on course than when his stable got a winner.

The delight on Prendergast’s face told it all, he was loving what he was doing and not about to stop.

Prendergast chipped in working alongside his wife right up until his illness took over in recent months, belying his age as he continued to play his role in a career in racing which stems back to his youthful days as an amateur rider.

The New Zealand racing industry awoke on Monday morning to the news of the death overnight of popular Canterbury trainer Tony Prendergast, aged 84.

Prendergast trained in partnership with his wife, Lyn, from their West Melton property.

He had been suffering from cancer after being diagnosed a few months ago and his death came after a shattering week for the family with their home being gutted by fire and with it the loss of all their possessions, including all their prized racing trophies and photographs.

Kylie Williams, who completed her apprenticeship with the Prendergast stable and had remained a life-long friend and helping hand, had hoped to provide a ray of sunshine last Saturday for the family with a win in the final event aboard the Prendergast-trained Queen Jetsun.

It was on Queen Jetsun last September that Williams celebrated a career highlight with Prendergast, her 700th career win, but last weekend the mare had to settle for second, the same placing registered in the first race by stablemate Volvik.

“It would have been good to get

The final win for the Prendergast stable came last December in the Listed Timaru Cup with stable star Who Dares Win, who finished fourth in last Saturday’s Winter Cup. In April last year Who Dares Wins provided the Prendergasts with a notable double, in the Listed Easter Cup and the Canterbury Gold Cup a week apart, then completed a hattrick at Riccarton.

Prendergast put paid to any thoughts of his retirement in a Love Racing interview after that double.

“I’ve got no plans to stop,” he said.

“We will keep going while we can.

I can still jump in the [harness] cart and jog a horse for 40 minutes.

“That keeps you fit.

“Training has never been an easy game, and the overheads now have made it harder, though we are fortunate that we own our own property and have good facilities.

“You always have your lean patches, then you win a couple, and away you go again.

“We have never trained a big team.

“We have usually had 12-15 horses in work, never more than 20, and every time we have a big win, we rePopular West Melton trainer Tony Prendergast. ally savour it.”

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(7,5) 10. Help with the washing-up if there’s nothing alcoholic to drink (3) 14. Censure is concerned with evidence being conclusive (7) 16. To make this for one, get out of his! (3) 17. Outline how to go south with a two-master (6) 18. It is dapper, and may be found in 4 (6) 21. A hint that one shouldn’t take it seriously (5)

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Do not doubt that you can go beyond your previous limits. “Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”

– St. Francis of Assisi TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): It’s easier to forgive an enemy than it is to let someone close to you off the hook. Do both. No one is ever so free as they are when they are free of resentment.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Inside every long-term, mutually caring relationship, a little impatience must fall. How these less-thanideal moments get handled can be defining in the relationship. It’s an opportunity for grace and resilience.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Questions will lead you down a path. Don’t be overly eager to get to the answer. Answers may be briefly satisfying, but once they come, the journey is over.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You are needed, and it’s wonderful to feel like your help makes a difference.

Accept help when it is offered and you’ll allow someone else to feel this wonderful feeling.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): If today were an orchestration, your contribution would be along the lines of a bassoon part, which is to say essential although low-key and not in the least bit self-serious.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Those who care to show you part of the world you wouldn’t otherwise know are giving you love in a very useful form. You’ll soon enjoy paying this forward.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You rely on those you love, and you like that they rely on you, but if you didn’t have one another, you’d each stand up just fine on your own. The leaning you do is a dance, more artful than it is necessary.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): People have different capacities for understanding and processing one another. Be patient with this.

Communication is trickier and more nuanced than usual today.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Cause and effect isn’t always obvious or timely. Some of what you are experiencing today is part of a cycle that began at least a decade ago. It makes you think about what you’re starting right now.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): It’s the simple decisions – the yes/no/stay/go variety – that will make the biggest difference in how things develop from here. Don’t know what you’re doing?

Just say yes, then. You’ll learn as you go.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): When you give of yourself without pretence or agenda, your honest and pure attention is a precious gift. Pay attention to who appreciates that.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): An industrious mood takes hold. Avoid applying it to long-term commitments. You’ll have the sort of flair that is best put to use on a task you’re likely to finish in a day.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): To love a person wholly is to love many versions of that person, past, present and future. Those versions are always alive somewhere in the totality of a person.

Loving a person means loving change.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): If you detect the difference between what you know and what you merely feel like you know, then you are quite a rare human indeed. To be safe, check your facts.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You won’t have to say what you want in order to get what you want. Your subconscious messaging system is going strong, and you will telegraph your needs, even when you’re not aware of it.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Intellect and intelligence are two different things. You’ll gravitate to the latter, doing what’s smart, graceful, logical and practical without bothering with the facts, history or mechanics of a thing.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): With your focused mindset, you can accomplish exactly what you need to without getting wrapped up in the side effects, pitfalls and traps that typically come with the endeavour.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): What’s now appropriate was, once upon a time, not at all. Your ability to read the room and adjust to suit your audience will put you ahead of the competition.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Life is usually a trade-off, but sometimes you hit those lucky times when you can have your cake and eat it, too. Today brings such good fortune. You won’t have to let go of what you have to add something new.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): There’s security in blending in, but that’s the only upside. The prize will go to the standout. To beat the competition, do more. To make a memory, do it differently.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): It’s harmful to the car’s transmission to stay in the same gear for too long. The same goes for relationships. Stay in the same mode too long and things wear badly. Change gears.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): The vision could become an invention or a reality if you’re willing to put the work in. But a lot of visions have this potential. It’s a matter of deciding on the one you’ll love to spend hundreds of hours on.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Compassion is the best growth agent around. Apply it and watch people heal, sprout, improve, create.... The power of compassion is almost limitless.

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Phone 021 122 5663.

HIRE

Please note all late death notices or notices sent outside ordinary office hours must be emailed to: deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz

Call David Rush today on 03 307 1990 for expert advice and a free no obligation risk assessment.

hire.

STYLISH Mid-60’s lady GENERAL chainsaws, in Ashburton Monday. No Lawnmowers, texts, Phone 027 437 8345. concrete breakers, trailers, and more. All your DIY / party hire, call and see Ashburton 2, 73St, Burnett Ashburton Members I.B.A.N.Z & & Brokernet Ltd. LevelSt, 2, 73 Burnett St,|Ashburton Members of NZBrokers I.B.A.N.Z & NZ Brokernet NZ Ltd. 2, 73 Level Burnett Ashburton | Members of|of I.B.A.N.Z Level Level 2, 73 Burnett U-Hire. 588 East Street. St, Ashburton | Members of I.B.A.N.Z & Brokernet NZ Ltd. Level 2, 73 Burnett St, Ashburton | Members of I.B.A.N.Z & Brokernet NZ Ltd. Open Monday-Friday 7am 73 Burnett St, - 6pm; Saturday 7.30am Ashburton - 5pm; Sunday 8.30am 12.30pm - Phone 308 8061. www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

Guardian Classifieds

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Motoring 307 7900

307 7900

Weekend Services MEDICAL SERVICES

IN EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY PHONE 111.

For all other medical assistance outside of normal hours, please phone your General Practice team, 24/7, to speak with a health professional who will give you free health advice on what to do or where to go if you need urgent care.

If you don’t have a regular General Practice, call any GP team 24/7 for free telephone health advice.

For weekend and emergency services please phone Methven Medical Centre on 302 8105 or Rakaia Medical Centre on 303 5002 for details on how to access the after-hours service each weekend.

Healthline is a free health advice service. It operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The toll-free number

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DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm

Pharmacies

Information Centre

Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, from 10am - 1pm Sunday.

Ashburton Rest Homes

Lifeline

Toll-free: 0800 353 353.

COMMUNITY SERVICES Art Gallery

All Ashburton Rest Homes open with Covid-19 restrictions. 327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 308 1133.

Open daily: 10am – 4pm.

Emergency Dentist

If you do not have or cannot contact your regular dentist, Eastfield Health, 135 Tancred Street, Ashburton, will be please phone 027 683 0679 for the name of the rostered the duty practice Saturday until 8am Sunday. To make an weekend dentist in Christchurch. Hours 9am - 5pm, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. appointment call your regular GP.

Methven & Rakaia Area

Welcome to the World

to call is 0800 611 116. Healthline is staffed by registered Alcohol Drug Help Line nurses who are trained to assess health problems and offer Call us free on (0800 787 797). advice over the phone. The service is free and confidential. Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days.

DUTY DOCTORS

Tinwald Medical Practice, Archibald Street, Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Sunday until 8am Monday. To make an appointment call your regular GP. Please bring your Community Services Card. All non New Zealanders should bring their passport with them, New Zealanders should bring some form of ID.

to ensure publication.

To place a notice during office hours please contact us on 03 307 7900 for more information.

Any queries please contact 0800 ASHBURTON (0800-274-287)

HELPLINE SERVICES

Alcoholics Anonymous

Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or visit www.aa.org.nz for more information.

Mental Health - Call free on 0800 222 955.

Ask for the Crisis Team.

Safe Care - 24hr Rape and Sexual Assault Crisis

Support. Phone 03 364 8791

Victims Support Group

24hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846).

Direct dials to a volunteer.

Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - 2pm, outside of these hours leave a message.

Ashburton Museum

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 307 7890.

Open daily: 10am – 4pm.

Ashburton Public Library

Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. Saturday: 10am - 1pm.

Sunday: 1pm - 4pm.

EA Networks Centre - Pools

20 River Terrace - phone 03 308 4020. WEEKEND HOURS: Sat and Sun 7am - 7pm. Public holidays 10am - 5pm.

Mail Closing Times

ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm POST DELIVERY CENTRES Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm

Methven - Saturday and public holidays 10am until 2.30pm. Phone 302 8955 or isite@midcanterburynz.com

ANIMAL SERVICES Dog, Stock & Noise Control

Ashburton District Council 03 307 7700 - 24hr service.

Animal Welfare Centre

All enquiries - phone 308 4432 or 027 3329286.

Veterinarians

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, 149 Cameron Street, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallenstein.

Full emergency service all weekend.

VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321, 1 Smallbone Drive, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Cnr East Street and Seafield Road, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Steve Williams.

Vet Ent and Vet Life operate a joint after-hours SMALL animal emergency service. To use this service please phone your vet as usual.

Saturday, August 22, 2020 Ashburton Guardian

SITUATIONS VACANT

CLASSIFIEDS 29

PUBLIC NOTICES

The New Zealand Army Band Live

Factory Operator Full Time Position Who we are?

NZDCL is a small new innovative canning facility based in the Industrial area on the outskirts of Ashburton.

The role: We are looking for a Factory Operator to join our friendly team based in Ashburton. We are looking for the right person with an excellent attitude we can train in all aspects of the position. If you are super reliable, honest, hardworking and want to learn, please contact us today.

Friday, September 18, 7-30pm Adults $25 / Senior $20 / Child 18 & under $10 / Family 2 Adults 2 Children $60 (fees apply) Join the New Zealand Army Band in Concert for a memorable evening of music. This variety concert will feature world class vocal and instrumental soloists and include Big Band, Classical and Brass Band music for all ages.

In this role you would be responsible for: • Assisting the manufacturing team with the canning of product • Helping with Warehouse management To be considered for this role you are someone who has: • High standard of hygiene • Ability to follow instructions • Can work well within a team or individually • Knowledge of Microsoft Office

From Scratch

Forklift Licence is preferred Remuneration is negotiable depending on experience If this sounds like you and you want to be part of a dynamic team then e-mail your CV and cover letter to: shyla.ray@nzdcl.com

Sunday, September 20, 2pm Open Hat

Please note you must be able to legally work in New Zealand.

With their DIY invented instruments including PVC slaptubes, From Scratch guide their audiences through a magical journey. Their performances have been described “as among the greatest in any art form to come out of this country”. A New Zealand group not to be missed.

Farm Worker Part-time Part-time work is available on an irrigated arable property near Methven. Must have arable experience.

Engineering, mechanical skills helpful. Would suit retired farmer.

Phone 0272 302 188 to discuss.

The Show’s Must Go On

For all your classified requirements.

Phone the Guardian 307 7900

Tuesday, September 29, 7-30pm Adults $89.90 / Seniors or groups of 8+ $79.90 (fees apply) This is an amazing story of Kiwi artists coming together to create a night of magic. With a stella NZ cast and song’s from the greatest musicals including Dream Girls, Les Miserables, The Greatest Showman plus many more, come and support the New Zealand entertainment industry and witness the majestic vibe.

L A U ANNERAL GEN WINTER SPORTS EXCHANGE WAITAKI BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL

Southern Tennis Club

Wednesday 26 August 2020, in Timaru Waitaki Assembly Basketball (Senior) 1st XI Football 1st XI Hockey 1st XV Rugby

Annual General Meeting is set for 7pm on Thursday, September 10, 2020 at Panthers Rock, 2006 Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road, Mayfield

Hogben Hall (Yrs 12 & 13) 8:45am TBHS Gym 10:00am TBHS Rectory Field 10:00am Aorangi Hockey Turf 11:30am Alpine Energy Stadium 1:00pm

NB: Only those with allocated tickets will be granted entry to Alpine Energy Stadium due to Alert Level 2 restrictions.

To advertise in AGM phone Classifieds

03 307 7900

For Sale

The Te Moana Glow Show 2020

Livestreaming of the 1st XV Rugby Game will be available on https://www.facebook.com/timaruboyshigh The traditional Old Boys’ Waitaki Day Function will be held in the Memorial Library from 3:00pm

Garage Sales

Ashburton Guardian

Raffles 307 7900

Friday, November 6, 10am & 11-30am Tickets $12.50 (fees apply)

Looking for a new person to join your business?

Call the Guardian today for your situations vacant advertising requirements.

307 7900

A giant scale puppet show for 2-10 year olds with magical glow in the dark characters from Maori myth and Legend. This innovative cutting edge concept features 40+ glow in the dark puppets under UV lights in a black box theatre environment. An upbeat show that has the audience buzzing from the onset.

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Trades & Services To place a Trades & Services ad, call 307-7900 or email classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

Let’s start the conversation call 0800 764 846 455 West Street, Ashburton Email: ashburton@smith-sons.co.nz or visit: smithandsons.co.nz

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JOHN FRAMPTON john@hsworksite.co.nz | 0274 399 399

HEAT PUMPS KEEP YOUR HOME THE PERFECT TEMPERATURE ALL YEAR ROUND

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electriCOOL Ltd Phone Paul Crequer, your local authorised Daikin dealer for a free quote on all domestic and commercial systems phone 0274 362 362 or 308 4573.

Mobile Mower servicing • Rotary Mowers • Ride-on Mowers • Water Blasters • Small Motor Repairs

Keeping your property protected with a security camera system from Masterguard

• Reel Mowers • Chainsaws • Rotary Hoes • Generators

Protect your biggest asset with a home security camera package from Masterguard Call me today for a free, no obligation quote

Stan Keeley, Owner

Hartley Curd phone 0800 788 393 or 021 328 301

Ph 307 0002 - Mobile 021 88 34 36

57 Dobson Street, Ashburton.

YOUR LOCAL TV RECEPTION SPECIALIST

CALL GROUTPRO FOR AN HONEST DISCUSSION ABOUT YOUR GROUT AND TILE AFTERCARE

To deal with Dirty Tiles and Grout CALL GROUTPRO WE HELP YOU KEEP ON TOP OF YOUR SHOWER AND TILE MAINTENANCE

• Tile shower makeovers • Professional tile and grout cleaning • Re-colouring existing grout

• Sealing and repairing/replacing tiles/grout • Replacing mouldy and tired silicon

WE TRANSFORM TILES/GROUT IN BATHROOMS, KITCHENS, SHOWERS, BALCONIES, CONSERVATORIES AND ANY TILED AREA Contact GroutPro Brett Muir for a quote and an upfront honest discussion.

027 746 7632

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Your local authorised Freeview installer Commercial TV systems Extra phone points TV wall mounting Future proof pre-wire of new homes Authorised Sky installer Home theatre installation

ASHBURTON TV & AUDIO LTD Ph 308-7332 or 027-277-1062

Saturday, August 22, 2020 Ashburton Guardian

FAMILY NOTICES 31

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FUNERAL BUTT, Leonard George McBRIDE, Irene Elizabeth FURNISHERS

DEATHS SLOPER, Simon Patrick – Passed away tragically on Monday, August 17, 2020, aged 34 years. Loved son of Glenis and the late David Sloper. Loved father of Jack.

Youngest brother and brother-in-law to Sean and Sharlene, Andrea and Mark, Michelle and Russell, Roxanne and Jonny. Much loved uncle of Charnae and Jesse, Tayler, Daniel and Casey, Charlie, Oscar and Harry. Messages to the Sloper family c/- PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A service to celebrate Simon’s life will be held at our Chapel, cnr East & Cox streets, Ashburton on TUESDAY, August 25, commencing at 1.30pm. To view Simon’s service go to

24-9-1925 - 12-7-2020 Lens family sincerely thank the many people who paid tribute to Len with flowers, cards, phone calls and visits to us at the time of his death. To those who attended the service to celebrate his long life and service to others we are truly grateful. We wish also to thank the staff of Radius Millstream for their care and cheerful help to Len and our family.

A perfect venue for

Functions, Funerals and Weddings.

www.patersonsfunerals.co.nz

go to Obituaries, then click on Simon Sloper for the link.

Trott’s Garden 371 Racecourse Road, Ashburton www.trotts.co.nz | Email: info@trotts.co.nz

(Betty) – Julie, Liz and Paul and families would like to thank all those who offered support, flowers, cards and food after the sad loss of our dearly loved Mum, Gran and great Gran.

Your thoughtfulness was much appreciated. As we cannot thank you all individually, please accept this as a personal acknowledgement.

MASTER MONUMENTAL MASON

E.B. CARTER LTD For all your memorial requirements New headstones and designs Renovations, Additional inscriptions, Cleaning and Concrete work Carried out by qualified tradesmen.

620 East Street Ashburton Phone 308 5369 or 0274 357 974 ebcarter@xtra.co.nz NZMMMA Member

HURST, Keith – Bev, Karmen and Aaron, Chris and Tiffany and families would like to sincerely thank the many expressions of sympathy and support after the passing of Keith. The flowers, phone calls, cards and food were very much appreciated. A special thank you to Dr Penny Holdaway, Ward One, Ashburton Hospital, Radius Millstream and Paterson's for all their help, support and care during this very sad time. A special thanks to Murray and Judy Reeves for all their help and support, it is very much appreciated.

Canterbury owned, locally operated

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Tammy PREARRANGE YOUR WISHES

18-22 Moore Street, Ashburton 0800 263 6679 | 027 637 1229 www.memoryfunerals.nz

FOR PEACE OF MIND

Office and Chapel Corner East & Cox Streets, Ashburton

Ph 307 7433

Daily Diary

2020 ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM.

9am - 12.30pm

Toys to hire, the Triangle, 106 Victoria Street, look us up on facebook - Ashburton toy library.

ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY.

9am - 3pm

Static displays with collections of up to 30 aircraft and memorabilia. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 23

Morning worship with Rev Heather Kennedy, Paterson’s Chapel, corner East and Cox Street.

10am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning worship led by Rev Eric Mattock, Covid 19 protocols will be followed, all welcome. Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 22

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Worship service led by Rev Henry Mbambo. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST CHURCH.

MONDAY, AUGUST 24 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 9.45am PLAINS LADIES FRIENDSHIP CLUB. Monthly meeting at the garden room, Hotel Ashburton, Racecourse Road. Note: new venue.

10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 25 9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am MID CANTERBURY NETBALL. Walking netball is back, $2. E A Networks Centre, River Terrace.

9.30am - 4pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. For men of all ages and abilities, join us for a cuppa. 8 William Street.

10am

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSUEM. Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

9.30am STEADY AS YOU GO FALL PREVENTION. Otago Medical School gentle exercises designed to strengthen muscles

Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road, Tinwald.

10am - 4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street Methven.

10am ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Morning worship, all welcome, 67 Cass Street.

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

10am

ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

10am HAKATERE PRESBYTERIAN PARISH. Morning worship led by Helen Wallis, all welcome. 127 Thomson Street, Tinwald.

10am - 4pm

NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street Methven.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSUEM. Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years. For information phone Age Concern 308 6817. Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street.

10am - 4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street Methven.

10.30am COMMUNITY WALKING GROUP.

Meet and walk from the Hockey pavilion, Walnut Avenue.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSUEM. Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1pm - 4.30pm THE MID CANTERBURY LINEDANCERS. 1pm - 2pm. Beginners learn to Line Dance, following on to easy Intermediate 2.30pm

- 3.30pm and Intermediate level from 3.30pm - 4.30pm. Instructor Annette Fyfe 0274 813131. Tinwald Hall, Grahams Street.

4pm - 7pm GIRL BRIGADE. For meeting enquiries please ring 308 5409. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cass Street.

6pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in hall, 48

Allens Road, Allenton.

7pm - 9.30pm R AND R LINE DANCING ASHBURTON. Upper Improver/Intermediate weekly line dance class. Balmoral Hall, 240 Cameron Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Annual General Meeting, new members welcome. Domain Pavilion, Walnut Avenue.

HAKATERE-ASHBURTON U3A. Health series: Dr Jeanine Doherty, Ethics and health professionals. Bradford Room, Ashburton Trust Event Centre, Wills Street.

10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years. For information phone Age Concern 308 6817. Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street.

10am - 4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street Methven.

12pm - 2pm JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ASSOCIATION. Signing service, no appointments necessary and no charge, available Tuesday and Fridays. Community House, 44 Cass Street.

1pm STEADY AS YOU GO FALL PREVENTION. Otago Medical School gentle exercises designed to strengthen muscles and improve balance in a supportive environment. Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817. St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Main Road, Rakaia.

1pm - 2.30pm R AND R LINE DANCING ASHBURTON.

Weekly beginner line dance class. M S A Social Hall, Havelock Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSUEM. Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

3pm - 4.30pm R AND R LINE DANCING ASHBURTON. Weekly intermediate line dance class. M S A Social Hall, Havelock Street.

3.30pm - 5pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Toys to hire, the Triangle, 106 Victoria Street, look us up on facebook - Ashburton

toy library.

7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. New players welcome, rackets available. E A Networks Stadium, River Terrace.

7.30pm ASHBURTON TABLE TENNIS. All ages and abilities welcome each Tuesday, some bats available. M S A Havelock Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON FRIENDSHIP AND ENTERTAINMENT CLUB. Music, songs and sketches, all welcome, gold coin admission. Savage Club hall, cnr William and Cox streets.

and improve balance in a supportive environment. Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817. St Davids Union Church, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am STEADY AS YOU GO FALL PREVENTION. Otago Medical School gentle exercises designed to strengthen muscles and improve balance in a supportive environment. Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am - 4pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. For men of all ages and abilities, join us for a cuppa. 8 William Street.

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years. For information phone Age Concern 308 6817. Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street.

10am - 4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street Methven.

10.30am STEADY AS YOU GO FALL

PREVENTION. Otago Medical School gentle exercises designed to strengthen muscles and improve balance in a supportive environment. Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817. Buffalo Lodge Hall, Cox Street.

1.30pm STEADY AS YOU GO FALL PREVENTION. Otago Medical School gentle exercises designed to strengthen muscles and improve balance in a supportive environment. Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817. Buffalo Lodge Hall, Cox Street.

1.30pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB.

Euchre with prizes and raffles. All welcome.

Waireka Croquet Club, the domain, Philip Street.

6.30pm - 9pm THE MID CANTERBURY LINEDANCERS. 6.30pm - 7.30pm Beginners learn to line dance following onto easy intermediate level, 7.30pm - 9pm.

Instructor Annette Fyfe 0274 813 131.

Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7pm - 9pm ASHBURTON UKELELE CLUB. Weekly club night, Savage Club Hall, Cnr Cox streets and William Street.

10am - 12pm ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB.

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, August 22, 2020

Is resistance ruining your results?

Win the fight against key diseases by combining PHOENIX® and BOLIDE®, the ultimate duo for resistance management.

Growers know that effective fungicide programmes are critical to the success of any cereal crop. They also know that resistance issues can derail those programmes, allowing diseases like Septoria and Ramularia to run riot.

PHOENIX, the proven multi-site protectant and ideal partner for SHDIs and DMIs alike, and BOLIDE, the all-rounder DMI fungicide, are the answer. When combined, they’ll break through the resistance barrier and deliver the ultimate crop protection.

Contact your local agricultural merchant for details.

Phoenix Fungicide (Phoenix) registered pursuant to the ACVM Act 1997 No. P9257. Bolide registered pursuant to the ACVM Act 1997 No. P9399.

See www.foodsafety.govt.nz for registration conditions. Approved pursuant to the HSNO Act 1996. Approval No. HSR101068 and HSR101152.

See www.epa.govt.nz for approval controls. Bolide and Phoenix are registered trademarks of an ADAMA Group Company.

FUNGICIDE