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Steven Bierema says Labour’s proposed water tax on irrigated farmers is not the right instrument to improve polluted rivers.

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Labour’s planned water tax on irrigation will lead to more corporate farmers and foreign investors, says Mid Canterbury farmer Steven Bierema.

The cropping farmer says the tax is an unfair cost that many other commercial water users do not pay and will make it harder for small farmers to make a living off the land.

Bierema says many farmers, at least in Mid Canterbury, are already making huge environmental gains and whoever is in government after September 23 would be better speeding up the process

for others to do the same.

The family emigrated from Holland in 2004 and bought a rundown farm with a water consent on Thompsons Track.

Bierema put down two deep wells and bought a centre pivot and two linear irrigators; he also has shares in the Ashburton Lyndhurst Irrigation Scheme, which uses water from the Rangitata River.

Bierema says irrigation droughtproofs the property and allows him to grow wheat, barley, grass seed, bok choi and clover, and run lambs.

It means his seed merchant can guarantee a sale to customers on the other side of the world and it means he can buy

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“Water has made farms in this district resilient and it started in the 1980s when things weren’t so good for farmers.”

The collective water tax on farmers in Mid Canterbury, if Labour is elected, will mean $40 million is lost from the economy.

Bierema says imposing a hefty tax bill on a select group of farmers is a bad decision and will stop the momentum of farmers already making changes.

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Water tax ‘unfair’ From P1 That change is important and key to sustainability.

He practises what he preaches and his latest farm environment plan was marked AAA, with 23kg nitrogen loss per hectare (the current expectation is 27kg). But he does know of dairy farms leaching 100kg and says they need to take action faster.

“This water tax is a knee-jerk reaction and a way to catch more votes. It’s not possible to get rivers back to the way they were before people arrived here, but let’s try to make it liveable.”

Bierema says Labour needed to address the specific problem was rather than beat all irrigated farmers with the same broad stick.

“For some it will be a wintering barn or a feed pad, for others it will be destocking, for others it will mean looking at other options.”

For some, it would mean better rotation of fodderbeet crops for dairy grazing over winter. “Fodderbeet gives a huge yield, but if you graze cows on it they are there a long time on the same paddock and that is when the nitrate (from cows’ urine) can leach.”

Bierema says Labour has made water a political issue, but for him it is deeply personal. “This tax will not be financially detrimental to our farming operation, but it feels like a punishment tax. It is not constructive.

“It is fair to be taxed if you’re making the profit, but to be double-taxed is a bit excessive.”

Agriculture has been focusing too much on short-term gains , he said, and not enough long-term.

“This is the result of corporate farms and dairy milkers. They just want to make a profit.

“This water tax will encourage corporate farming because it will discourage family farming.”

Bierema and his wife Freda have three sons and at least one wants to eventually buy the family farm – Bierema hopes it will still be a going concern when that happens.

“There are better ways of helping our rivers than this water tax.”

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The remains of a house gutted by fire Sunday morning, on the road into Mayfield.

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Fire obliterates Mayfield house

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Fire prematurely obliterated a Mayfield house due for demolition in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The unoccupied property on Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road ignited at around 3.55am.

Dairy workers down the road spotted the flames and quickly

dialled the fire service.

However, by the time one appliance from Mayfield and two from Ashburton arrived, the building was well within the clutches of the fire.

“There wasn’t a lot we could do,” Mayfield Fire Department Chief Fire Officer Ian Fielder said.

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until around 6.30am. Later in the morning, fire investigators from Ashburton headed to the property to work out the cause of the blaze.

“At the moment, it’s looking like rats got at the wiring in the ceiling,” Fielder said.

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Daffodils out in force for their big day

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The misery of the weather was no match for the cheer of the Cancer Society’s daffodils yesterday, as they were delivered to Ashburton businesses.

And it was difficult to miss the teams at work, thanks to help from the Ashburton Vintage Car Club and some iconic delivery wagons.

Teams delivered fresh blooms to a number of businesses around

town in exchange for donations, ahead of Daffodil Day on Friday.

Ashburton District raises tens of thousands of dollars for the Cancer Society each year through donations from businesses and individuals, plus the ANZ Ashburton branch Daffodil Day Quiz and Auction to be held on August 31.

Right – Bob Jones and Sharon Thomas helped deliver bundles of daffodils to Ashburton businesses yesterday, as the Mid Canterbury Cancer Society gears up for Daffodil Day.

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Bringing yoga to hard of hearing

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A new form of yoga which caters for the hard of hearing has touched down in Ashburton.

Yesterday, Carol Smith rolled out her mat and instructed her first Dru yoga class at the Ashburton RSA, hoping to bring the joys of yoga to people who wouldn’t normally be able to hear instructions.

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“I don’t push people,” she said.

“Anyone can come along and give it a go.”

Smith says she is also happy to take one-on-one classes and help people see if yoga is “for them”.

Smith’s New Zealand Sign Language business has been renamed Sign & Yoga for Life and she will be celebrating an official opening on September 23.

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She said she was inspired to bring the classes to Ashburton after picking up an Australian magazine and reading about deaf yoga classes there.

“It really caught my eye,” she said.

“Then I went to Bali on a deaf yoga retreat and that just emphasised my passion even more.”

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Blaming farmers will not fix I

t really saddens me to hear and read the hatred and vitriol that has been brought into this election campaign and I am very concerned at the rift between urban and rural, and the disconnection between food production and our population.

We live in a nation of low unemployment, a world-standard low-cost health system, a no-fault accident compensation scheme, social welfare and pension provisions. We have an extraordinary high degree of food security in this country.

I live in a district where the main town has virtually the lowest unemployment in New Zealand.

We have a vibrant, multi-cultural community that offers a wide range of employment opportunities and a very high level of community facilities. This is a much transformed town that came out of the ’80s with its tail firmly between its legs.

Ashburton is a town that has been transformed in the past 25 years; this is a town that has been transformed by the development of irrigation, both in arable and dairying land uses.

This district grows over half of the world’s carrot and radish seeds, along with a wide variety of other crops exported worldwide. We produce 8 per cent of the national dairy production.

I am an arable farmer using irrigation to grow seed crops that are exported worldwide and grain and vegetable crops for domestic food consumption, as well as finishing lambs for New Zealand butchers and export.

We first put irrigation on in 1998 and then in 2011 installed pivots to achieve more efficient water use and lower leaching than the older irrigators we had originally operated, at a cost of well over $1 million.

We did that voluntarily because it increased our production, reduced our water use and significantly reduced our environmental footprint, however, we could only justify that expenditure because our business was bankable.

Our business proudly supports local firms for the provision of goods and services and like our fellow farmers, most of the gross

In an open letter, Mid Canterbury farmer David Clark gives his opinion on an apparent lack of understanding of the impact of farming on a community and the negative nature upon which it is viewed by many around New Zealand. income is spent in the local community and profit, if any, is largely reinvested in our business via local firms.

We operate our tractors on GPS guidance, running at 20mm accuracy to reduce overlap, our fertiliser spreader is GPS controlled and records all applications to a geospacial map, our combine weighs every kilogram of crop and overlays that data on to a map so we can track inputs and outputs accurately here as a result of investment in technology.

It is investment in this technology that is achieving improvements in our environmental footprint.

On Friday night I attended a public meeting to hear Labour water spokesman David Parker present his proposal for a tax on irrigation water.

His presentation was headed “How did we get to this?” and showed a series of photos from around New Zealand of environ-

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mental degradation caused by agriculture. The photos showed practices that are unacceptable for sure, no argument about that, but a selective portrayal of the worst of the worst, in my view.

At not one point did I hear any positive comment of the actions of the farming community in New Zealand. But interestingly none of the photos depicted anything in Mid Canterbury, had nothing to do with arable agriculture and only one shot of Coe’s Ford after three years of drought had any connection to irrigation. There was only one photo of a degraded urban waterway and that was one that Federated Farmers had provided to Mr Parker earlier in the day and challenged him to display.

The purpose of the meeting and continuation of his presentation was to explain the Labour Party’s intention to impose a tax on irrigation in NZ with the intent of using the money raised to repair environ-

mental damage.

The missing part of this logic was that his slide show did not depict irrigation as the cause of the degradation and this is confirmed by a report by Irrigation NZ that shows there is no correlation between areas of high irrigation development and regions with poor water quality in NZ. So why tax irrigation? And irrigation predominately in Canterbury and Otago that are regions with good water quality?

I listened to the proposal and wondered why, if using a public resource for private profit was so villainous, why would a food producer using irrigation be taxed, but a soft drink company abstracting water from the Auckland Municipal supply be exempt?

I heard the argument popular in Ashburton about export water bottlers, but if the bottling company pumped from their own well, they would be captured by this tax,

however, if the plant connected on to the local council reticulated supply, their export activity would be water-tax free.

I sat in the meeting, heard a whole lot of vitriol and bitterness extended towards the agricultural community and I reflected on the fact that it was August 18 and that night our monthly bills would be paid and a not-insignificant sum would be transferred to local businesses, local businesses that the attendees relied on for either direct or indirect employment or for taxation to fund their social payments.

The receipts from our production recycle many times through our local community and I’m pleased about that.

I reflected on the reality that in the past 10 years a qualified tradesman in Ashburton could pretty much name their charge-out rate or hourly wage on the back of rapid development, both urban and rural, largely, virtually entirely,

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the water pollution problem

whether direct or indirect, on the back of the productivity achieved with irrigation in the Ashburton District.

This is a town where professionals view their income earning potential as better than in large cities, a town that offers an unemployment rate equal to the lowest in the country. A town with a man-made lake providing a housing location and leisure facility for all; a lake that is packed on any summer’s afternoon.

We have a town with a new art gallery; and a new aquatic centre costing $35m. A fantastic complex on which the paint was hardly dry and some around the town were grizzling that it needed the addition of a hydroslide for the children.

I listened to the anti-farming vitriol and heard how they believed that we were stealing water and the townsfolk saw no benefit. Every dollar we earn is recycled into our local community, the employment

generated by our business, direct or indirectly, is significantly higher than it was in 1994 when we moved to a dryland sheep farm running 2000 ewes.

A theme, which seems to be propagated at present by the left, is that water quality is a rural problem and therefore of agricultural origin.

I accept that farming has an environmental footprint; no doubt.

I also accept that practices need to and will change. In my view, technology and regulation will go hand in hand to solve those problems.

Interestingly the three key policies that Mr Parker said he would implement are already in place by way of the Canterbury Land and Water Plan and he congratulated the National Government-appointed commissioners at ECan on introducing a robust water management framework.

But I don’t think that is the end of the debate. We regularly swim with our children in the river that

bounds our farm; in fact I would happily drink it. I, along with thousands of others, enjoy recreation in Lake Hood which is fed by the Ashburton River. But the media and the left would portray our rivers as dangerously polluted and degraded.

In comparison, I cannot swim in the Avon or Heathcote, nor the Christchurch Estuary, which are subjected to stormwater flows, overflows from the sewer network, seepage from broken sewers and heavy metals and petroleum contamination, which at times are several hundred times safe levels.

Sure Christchurch has been devastated by the earthquakes, but the pollution of these urban waterways long pre-date the earthquake.

I would look forward to the day we can safely swim in the Avon adjacent to Oxford Terrace.

We hear much of the risks of the Ruataniwha Dam, but overlook the reality that the Hawke’s Bay’s two

cities pump their sewerage out in the bay. Invercargill city is currently arguing in the courts to renew its consent to discharge sewage into four waterways, including a lagoon.

In the Hutt Valley, the sewage system has contaminated an aquifer and will likely require the long-term chlorination of the local water supply.

I grew up in South Auckland and enjoyed swimming at their most magnificent beaches during summer. The situation now is that one million cubic metres of sewage and wastewater pours into the harbour every year, regularly requiring the beaches to be closed to swimmers.

Two summers ago we stopped for lunch at a public picnic table looking out to Lion Rock at Piha.

As our children walked across the mown grass their shoes turned green from the septic tank leachate oozing from the ground. Their shoes and the whole area stank; it sure didn’t do much for our ap-

petite.

Yet the left is silent on urban water quality issues, best not scare the voters with any suggestion they may need to fund the upgrade of their own effluent disposal system.

It is far more politically expedient to poke the borax at farmers.

We all have a footprint on this planet and poor water quality has many causes and we are all responsible for the many solutions. Taxing only one group is not that solution.

Across New Zealand we are covering much of our elite foodproducing soils with the ongoing march of urban sprawl, permanently removing this land from production. Surely mankind cannot have more of a footprint than covering food-producing soil with concrete.

In our world, we are challenged to produce food at the lowest price in the world. We do so by employing world-leading technology to be some of the most efficient producers on the planet. Why would I say the cheapest in the world? Well, if we are not, the manufacturers and supermarkets will turn and import the ingredients quickity-split.

You see, as much as we talk about providence of supply and country of origin, animal welfare and environmental footprint, the brutal reality it that the vast bulk of consumers purchase the grocery item that the supermarket has a “special” tag attached to and couldn’t give two-hoots as to where it came from or what standards it conformed to.

Our family has proudly farmed continuously in various parts of NZ for 140 years; I am but a caretaker and would hope that at least one of my children might take our family forward as food producers. It is in our very best interests to ensure that this property is in better condition for the next generation than when I began my stewardship.

I have listened to the hatred, I have read the posts on social media ripping into farmers and it saddens me. This is a very nasty election campaign and I hope it is not a reflection on society as a whole.

It is a wet Sunday afternoon and I have stock to check on, best get my wet weather gear back on and get cracking.

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Kapa haka groups put in big efforts

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Months of hard work and preparation culminated last Friday at Ka Toi Maori O Aoraki FLAVA festival in Timaru, where five Ashburton schools showcased their kapa haka skills.

Kapa haka teams from Netherby, Borough, Hampstead, Ashburton Intermediate schools and Ashburton College journeyed south to take the stage at the Theatre Royal, and compete at the annual festival of Maori arts.

This year’s FLAVA festival attracted 20 schools from Mid and South Canterbury who performed in three categories – kapa haka, performing arts and visual arts.

Ashburton’s entries were all in the kapa haka category, in senior and junior divisions.

Claire Robertshaw, head of arts and languages at Ashburton College said it was a “big, long day” for performers, but the kapa haka group had done their college and tutor proud.

“The college group performed really well.”

She said the team picked up second prize in the competitive

senior kapa haka section, along with a “very exciting” scholarship prize from ARA. Serenity Timothy of Year 13 also walked away with secondplace prize for the female leader category.

Hampstead principal Peter Melrose said students from the Hampstead School Kapa Haka Ropu came home from the event “tired and with lots of stories to tell their families and friends”.

He said the performers also relished the opportunity to watch older students from Ashburton College and Ashburton Intermediate perform because it “gives them an aspiration to work towards”.

“We see our students in Intermediate and College groups and cheer even louder for them – it is great to see that growth and continuity of skill.”

The FLAVA festival has been running for 11 years and is open to all childhood, primary and secondary schools and tertiary education facilities between the Waitaki and Rakaia rivers.

It is organised by Arowhenua Whanau Services and continues to grow in popularity and size each year.

Above – Hampstead School Kapa Haka Ropu performing at the FLAVA festival in Timaru on Friday.

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■ SPAIN

Massive hunt for suspect Desperate to ease public fears and neutralise a terrorist cell responsible for the deadliest attack in Spain in a decade, Spanish police erected 800 checkpoints across the region of Catalonia yesterday.

It is part of a massive manhunt for a Moroccan-born man they suspect was the driver of the van that killed 13 and injured scores in Barcelona last week.

Authorities could not say whether Younes Abouyaaquob, 22, was still in Spain or had crossed the border into France, but they were clearly frustrated that he continued to elude police.

“We don’t know where he is,” regional police chief Josep Lluís Trapero said at a news briefing in Barcelona, adding that the terrorist cell had planned a “much more serious attack” that was probably thwarted by an accidental explosion last week at a house used to assemble components for a bomb.

Authorities said yesterday that they had identified three more of the victims in the Barcelona attack, including Julian Cadman, a 7-year-old boy with dual British and Australian citizenship who had been missing.

He was separated from his family in the panic unleashed by the attack and struck by the speeding van.

One American, Jared Tucker, 42, the father of three, was

Stamos 54 and clean John Stamos has well and truly overheated the web with a saucy snap showing off his toned derrière. The Full House actor shared the photo on Instagram captioned, “#54 and clean.

Thanks for the birthday wishes!” The internet has lapped up the steamy pic and his 2.1 million followers have commented on the post declaring their appreciation of his tanned booty. Being “clean” more than likely refers to Stamos’ addiction to alcohol and drugs, including the prescription sleeping drug Ambien which he said was harder to quit than alcohol.

People stand next to candles and flowers placed on the ground, after a terror attack that left many killed and wounded in Barcelona, Spain.

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He was killed while on his honeymoon.

Inspector Albert Oliva, the chief spokesman for the Catalan national police, stressed that the cell made up of 12 teens and young men – most of them of Moroccan descent from Ripoll, a picturesque mountain town near the French border – were either dead, arrested or in hiding.

In an emotional plea on Spanish television, the mother

of Abouyaaquob, the main missing suspect, begged her son to turn himself in.

“I prefer him going to jail to him dying,” Hanno Ghanim, the mother, said.

Police kept a close eye on the streets of Ripoll, on the lookout for Abouyaaqoub and others.

Officers were parked outside the family homes of the suspected members of the cell.

Abouyaaqoub’s mother was hospitalised Sunday, suffering from stress, family mem-

bers said. His aunt told the Washington Post: “Someone brainwashed them. This has destroyed our family. We are devastated. We don’t understand what happened.”

Catalan police officials say they have no concrete information about how the cell members were radicalised and recruited - nor how they plotted their attacks and kept their secrets in a close-knit community of Moroccan immigrants.

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■ UNITED STATES

Comedian Jerry Lewis dies at the age of 91 Jerry Lewis, the high prince of low-brow comedy on stage and in movies as well as a fundraising powerhouse, has died of “natural causes” at the age of 91, his family says.

“Famed comedian, actor and legendary entertainer Jerry Lewis passed away peacefully today of natural causes at 91 at his home in Las Vegas with his family by his side,” a statement from the Lewis family said.

Lewis rose to fame as goofy foil to suave partner Dean Martin and was a comic icon in France.

He once summed up his career by saying, “I’ve had great success being a total idiot”, and

Jerry Lewis said the key was maintaining a certain child-like quality.

“I look at the world through a child’s eyes because I’m nine,” he told Reuters in a November 2002 interview. “I stayed that way. I made a career out of it.

It’s a wonderful place to be.”

Lewis was 87 when his last movie, Max Rose, came out in 2013, playing a jazz pianist who questions his marriage after learning his wife of 65 years may have been unfaithful.

The son of vaudeville entertainers, Lewis became a star in the early 1950s as Martin’s spastic sidekick in nightclubs, on television and in 16 movies.

At their height, they set off the kind of fan hysteria that once surrounded Frank Sinatra and the Beatles.

Their decade-long partnership ended with a bitter split and Lewis went on to star in his own film comedies.

Lewis’ movie persona, like the character he created in the act with Martin, varied little from film to film. He was zany and manic, forever squealing, grimacing and flailing his way through situations beyond his control.

He starred in more than 45 films in a career spanning five decades. His cross- eyed antics often drew scorn from critics but he was for a time a boxoffice hit who commanded one of the biggest salaries in Hollywood.

Lewis acknowledged that he elicited either love or hate from audiences – and little in between.

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■ MALACCA STRAIT

US warship collides with merchant vessel Search and rescue efforts are under way after a US warship collided with a merchant vessel in south-east Asia.

The USS John S McCain was involved in a collision with the Alnic MC east of Singapore and the Strait of Malacca, the US 7th Fleet said in a statement.

The accident happened as

the guided-missile destroyer was heading to Singapore for a routine visit.

Local authorities were coordinating with the US Navy to conduct search and rescue efforts after the warship suffered damage to the port side aft, the 7th Fleet said.

“The extent of damage and

personnel injuries is being determined,” it said.

The destroyer was currently sailing under its own power and heading to port.

The Alnic MC is a 183 metre oil tanker with a deadweight of more than 50,000 tonnes, according to the Marine Traffic website.

This collision comes just days after the Navy issued a report listing a string of errors that led to a collision between the USS Fitzgerald – also a Yokosuka-based Arleigh Burkeclass destroyer – and a much larger container ship just south of Japan in June.

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Moa to hit the road Anika Moa is embarking on two tours in one later this year, with shows for her adult fans alongside her Songs for Bubbas tour. Moa has announced a 10th anniversary tour for her hit album In Swings the Tide, which will coincide with a South Island leg for the Songs For Bubbas tour. The In Swings The Tide 10th Anniversary Tour will feature Moa and her band playing In Swings the Tide in full alongside some new material and her biggest hits, travelling to Dunedin, Christchurch, Auckland and Wellington.

LeBlanc rejected role As Modern Family prepares to begin its ninth season, with a 10th guaranteed, one star revealed that the show could have looked significantly different if it wasn’t for a choice he made years ago. Friends star Matt LeBlanc confessed that he was offered a part on the sitcom that he felt compelled to turn down. Speaking to USA Today, the actor revealed he was offered the part of Phil Dunphy in the pilot episode of the Emmy-winning show.

However, he understood quickly that he was not right for the part. The outlet even notes that the role was written with Ty Burrell, the man who ultimately went on to play Phil, in mind.

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Pinetree Meads one in a million Matt Markham

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ike a superhero, but without the mask to conceal his identity, Colin Meads was the epitome of what we should all try to be.

A genuine, gentle, unassuming yet typically Kiwi character, with more mana than most of us could ever dream of having.

Life is full of people like the man we more affectionately knew as Pinetree.

But they aren’t a dime a dozen and only a few stand out in such a manner as that of the former All Black.

To have the respect of almost an entire country is quite a feat.

And Colin Meads had all that, and so much more.

With a beer in one hand and a side-splitting yarn at the ready, he could turn an audience on its head in one sweet moment.

While an All Black first and foremost, Meads was a Kiwi above all else.

He was proud and spoke of this land with such passion and enthusiasm.

But a spade was always a spade – if Pinetree didn’t like something, he had no hesitation in letting people know.

It was probably that approach that endeared him to so many.

Too often we get caught up in the hype of what might have happened and a lot of things are hidden behind closed doors.

We don’t always get the full story. But with Meads it was always an open book.

His outlook was refreshing.

His demeanour was daunting. His dry-humour, almost as though he didn’t know how funny he could be, was sidesplittingly good.

His work at a charitable level often went unnoticed.

But there will be thousands, perhaps even hundreds of thousands of dollars, that have been raised by various organisations and groups as a direct result of the input of Colin Meads.

His passing on Sunday has left a hole in not only New Zealand sport, but in all of New Zealand that will unlikely ever be replaced.

And the work he has done and the mana in which he has been held in for much a long time will never be forgotten.

If every New Zealander could try and encapsulate a little Pinetree into their lives, we’d all be that little bit better off.

YOUR VIEWS ON FACEBOOK Question of the day: Money spent on a new four-lane highway between Christchurch and Ashburton could be better spent on?

Toni-maree A A&E and things for kids and parents to do together WE AREN’T BLOODY AUCKLAND we don’t need 4 lanes ppl just need to slow down and learn to drive on a open road

ing that is currently ignored or overlooked in the local education system.

I’m really confused what the problem with the road would be if people learn how to drive properly and can just be patient.

Liam We don’t need 4 lanes, look at what’s going on at south street already, then picture that the whole way to Christchurch, thats a stupid idea. Spend it on resurfacing roads around the district

Tania Maybe more should be spent to repair the roads in Ashburton itself? I have moved here 6 years ago and the roads were a lot better back then

Roberta trees. This is whats needed.

The one way to clean up the environment and its largely left to individuals.

Getting as much land as possible back to how it used to be. Who cares about this really?

Ross Mental Health services for young people who are dealing with conditions such as Depression and Anxiety especially as a result of bully-

Rosemary The Ashburton districts roads. However a four lane highway is all very well but what about the bridges over the rivers. Are they to be four lanes as well. The powers that be have been prevaricating over the Ashburton river bridge for so many years and spent a lot of money in consultation fees and are still no further forward. Maybe this will solve the problem for everyone.

Anthony It’s a bloody good idea,

people have forgotten how to pass so wait for the passing lanes then everyone speeds up, maybe an art gallery in ashburton, oh wait that white elephant has already been done Steve Health and social services.

National’s policies have literally destroyed a system that worked well in the past Christine Mental health and early intervention services to support struggling families.

Shirley Spend the money on the 2nd Bridge makes more sense rather than the rate payers.4 lanes isnt going to help the congestion in Ashburton Pam Homeless people and low income John Cleaning up the drugs and drug users in ash

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his time of year is usually one of my favourite times for two reasons.

First, the countryside starts to burst into life as plants shake off winter with new growth and second, lambing begins on our farm.

As a child (in the days of a three-term school year), I was amazed how lambing always coincided with the holidays between terms two and three at home.

We were expected to do a lambing beat which included catching and lambing ewes that needed assistance and bringing orphan lambs home to be mothered on to ewes that had lost lambs.

We were also expected by at least 12 years of age to drive the tractor which had a dray on the three-point linkage for carting the ewes – no motorbikes or utes on the farm in those days.

Tractor driving was the job

Miles Anderson FROM THE FARM

that my brothers and I competed for the most. It led to a lot of negotiations between us and the development of strategies which increased the chances of getting in the driver’s seat – pocketing the key was my older brother’s favoured tactic.

More often than not it led to a punch-up or two and a kick up the backside from our father!

Lambing also meant cousins and friends from urban centres would invariably come to stay for a ‘holiday’. They would become part of the workforce (no free loaders) and get to experience a part of farming life.

They seemed to enjoy it as

most of them came back year after year. In turn we would spend time in the urban world when we holidayed with friends and cousins.

These shared experiences gave us all an appreciation of our environment and the natural world, plus an appreciation of how the other half lived. These exchanges were commonplace all over New Zealand and bridged any urban rural divide that may have existed.

Fast forward 40 years and it is now uncommon to have urban and rural families interacting in such a manner for several reasons. After generations rural and urban branches of families have lost touch.

Many families that have immigrated have no rural connection, in bigger cities interaction with rural folk is rare and some in the rural sector are excessively cautious about having visitors due to perceived risk with health and

safety regulations or negative social media posts.

This has resulted in a gulf between urban and rural communities that can only be bridged through interactions that were once a regular occurrence.

I challenge New Zealand farmers to extend the invitation to our city counterparts and give them a taste of what actually happens on the land so that there can be a bridging of what has become a yawning gap between the two integral parts of New Zealand society.

In my experience lambing is the ideal time.

Miles Anderson is a Federated Farmers’ board member.

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We must be careful what we wish for.

I am an arable farmer producing grain, seed and vegetables.

We are fortunate to live in this vibrant, fantastic district with so many facilities.

We have a sports complex, which any city of 100,000 plus people would be proud of, theatres, art gallery, tennis courts, sports fields, great schools, restaurants and a great lake.

The research done years ago (Dr. S Mandel) proved the renewable resource of the water in our rivers and underground aquifers from rain and snow in the hills make their way out to sea, the interface several kilometres out

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and there is more water running out to sea under the Canterbury soils than in our rivers.

As a result farmers in Canterbury have invested and developed irrigation systems to increase production utilising the renewable resource we are so fortunate to have in our district.

There is a fine margin between infrastructure, electricity and compliance relating to irrigation, hence the couscous development over the past 50 years. Sure it has created profits, but the cost of the development is very much the limiting factor and there is no room for extra taxes.

On Friday night I went to the MSA and listened to David Parker talk about his party’s water policy.

He showed several bad exam-

ples of water pollution in the North Island and Southland.

There is no argument we all want good clean waterways. He could not answer how taking 40 to 50 million dollars out of our community could help fix those problems.

The areas with these problems have very little irrigation, therefore little opportunity to TAX the water.

Where is the equity in that? He said a few cents a thousand litres of water was not much to tax people.

Let me tell you that the farming in our district and throughout New Zealand is already contributing huge amounts of money in compliance and infrastructure to have made huge gains in the

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good farming practice, nutrient management etc.

Farms are small businesses, we employ up to 10 people directly. If David Parker’s few cents he talks of is 2 cents a cumec, it is over $800 a day for us.

There is very simply no way our industry can find money for this tax .

When all the elements gel and our district farmers make some money, they pay tax now, but more importantly they spend money in this fantastic district, this is what has made it what it is.

When we can, we like to directly support our community. I WISH the ability to do that may continue.

Tax my water and I can’t.

David West

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■ LEGATUM INSTITUTE REPORT

‘Inequality makes us all poorer’ It is time for action on inequality and the environment, according to Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.

The industry body has released a report The Quest for Prosperity: How can New Zealand keep living standards rising for all? written by international think tank the Legatum Institute.

New Zealand tops the Legatum Institute’s Prosperity Index for 2016 – primarily due to its scores for its open economy and strong social capital.

But while it recognises strong economic progress the country has made since 2007, it concludes that inequality, particularly in education, is the biggest issue facing the country.

It also highlights concern about housing affordability and the degradation of the environment.

“We think it is important that we engage on these broader social issues as well as on classic areas like tax or financial regulation,” said Peter Vial, New Zealand country Head of Chartered Accountants ANZ. “If we’re not

sharing prosperity then we are all the poorer for that.”

It was important that business and business leaders addressed these issues, he said.

“The paper shows New Zealand is, by world standards, in a good position to deal with inequality the fundamental economic, business and governance settings are

all strong, as is the country’s social capital.

“However, as a starting point, everyone needs to recognise that inequality makes us all poorer.

Measured against its 2007 index rating, New Zealand had improved in terms of business environment, macroeconomic performance, governance and health, the Legatum study showed.

But it had dropped sharply on access to education and natural environment.

“Those two areas are particularly worrying because we are slipping further behind other countries that we like to compare it to,” Vial said.

Based on the results, Chartered Accountants ANZ had identified three education housing and the environment as the three key challenges.

Although Vial notes it is an apolitical organisation the body does put forward some broad policy suggestions for Government.

On education these include raising the school leaving age,

investing in alternate streams of tertiary education that teach non-academic skills and enhancing the focus on skills that reflect disruptive technology changes.

On housing affordability they recommend reform of the resource management act to ease building restrictions, more infrastructure investment, further schemes to help those priced out of the market and a review of the tax settings for property.

On global competitiveness and the environment they advocate for strengthening New Zealand’s green credentials and moves to reduce barriers to service sector exports to widen New Zealand’s export mix.

This was not just a job for Government, Vial said.

Education was an example where business had to be in engaged and involved in ensuring the workforce had the right skills for the future.

“We’ re moving into a very different era and technology is being massively disrupted.”

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Cadbury World gets $7m sweetener Mondelez International has committed $7 million to redevelop and grow Cadbury World, ensuring it remains a key Dunedin tourist attraction.

The expansion will create 50 fulltime jobs, the transnational company said yesterday.

Earlier this year, Mondelez decided to end nearly 150 years of manufacturing operations at Dunedin’s Cadbury factory site.

Efforts to keep it open have failed and next year’s closure is expected to put more than 300 people out of work.

The decision to end local operations was difficult for the business, however their investment in Cadbury World ensures an important part of Dunedin’s growing tourism sector remains in the city, says Mondelez’s James Kane.

“The $7m investment will cre-

ate an entirely new tourism experience in the historic Castle Street old dairy which is being refurbished to provide a new home for Cadbury World. We hope to double the number of full-time equivalent roles from about 25 to 50. Visitor numbers are expected to go from 110,000 to over 180,000 per year, ensuring it remains one of Dunedin’s most popular tourist attractions.”

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■ COMMERCE COMMISSION

Gyms told to lift game on contracts The Commerce Commission has flexed its power and told gyms to get their contracts in better shape.

A comprehensive review of gym contracts found unfair provisions that penalised consumers while maximising gains for the clubs.

The gyms in question have responded well to the review and have already started toning the language in the contracts, the Commerce Commission said.

The gym contracts were found to have challenging cancellation processes, murky language around injury and stolen goods liability, and unfair provisions which allowed gyms to raise prices in the duration of a fixed contract.

“Our review identified a number of potentially unfair terms across the contracts. These included onerous liability provisions where

gyms tried to exclude all liabilities to customers for damage or loss to members’ property, as well as provisions allowing the gym to unilaterally vary their location and services.

A number of the contracts were also not written in plain English and contained complicated and onerous cancellation processes and notice provisions,” said commissioner Anna Rawlings.

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■ MAR PROJECT

Farmers ‘part of water solution’

BY COLIN WILLISCROFT

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Mid Canterbury farmers are part of the solution – not the problem – when dealing with pressures on water, Labour Party water spokesman David Parker was told during his visit to Ashburton late last week.

During a briefing on the Managed Aquifer Recharge project at Lagmhor, MHV Water chief executive Mel Brooks told Parker that it needed to be clearly understood that there was no collaboration between irrigation.

She said the way farmers were changing their water use practices was world-leading.

Parker was given a brief history of the MAR project while he was on-site.

He was told some of the aims of the project, which has a catchment of 128,000 hectares, were to reduce groundwater leaching of nitrates, along with enhancing lowland streams and drains.

Water used is former Ashburton District Council stillwater, taken from the Rangitata.

MAR governance group member Phil Everest told Parker the current trial site had been operational for one year and could potentially run for five years as a trial.

He said results from the trial’s first year would be made public soon, adding that the overall project would not have been possible without the whole community working together.

MARKET REPORT Dairy While early signs of spring are now evident with blossom and daffodils emerging, the wet conditions continue and soil moisture levels remain high.

Calving on many farms is nearing the halfway mark and most, despite the wet, have strong covers, but high utilisation of that pasture has been difficult to achieve.

Another auction last week and another small dip in prices but all analysts seem very comfortable with where the present market is at.

Milk fat prices took a breather, which is not surprising given how quick they have risen in 2017 but, demand still remains and stocks are tight, so nobody is predicting problems maintaining prices.

Fortnightly Oceania prices showed a similar response to the global dairy trade event as butter lead the charge with some sales peaking at $US6650/tonne.

ASB economists believe the future weather may have a bigger influence on the prices received for dairy products as more rain may restrict milk flows this spring.

Synlait plans to triple its infant formula supply with New Hope Nutritionals over the next five years, profiting from its 25 per cent investment in this Chinese company.

Lamb More rises in export lamb schedules as the short supply of chilled product drives prices forward.

Not such optimism on the frozen product front, however, as prices are peaking and the

hot weather in Europe and the UK have sapped demand.

The NZ/China chilled beef and lamb trial has started with processors testing their cold storage and transportation systems, which are vital to ensure product quality is maintained at the plate.

Beef and Lamb NZ’s annual stock survey has shown sheep numbers falling further by 0.9 per cent but, with hoggets retained lifting and more lambs being born predicted, hopes are that the shift from sheep has bottomed.

Farm expense data seems under control with wages and repairs and maintenance showing only small increases but feed costs lifting the most on the back of the wet weather.

Wool The South Island wool auction sale last week was slightly stronger, with 83 per cent sold and the coarse indicator lifting to 282c/kg clean.

Merino and mid micron wools continue to attract strong demand but published data of that success, at present, has ceased to illustrate the price lifts.

Beef A steady week for beef export schedules but the weakness in the US manufacturing beef market remain.

Prime markets into Asia remain subdued and the current volatility with the US dollar is also impeding farmer returns.

Beef cattle numbers lifted 2.8 per cent on the back of strong demand for weaner cattle in the autumn but the wet weather has dampened demand for heavy cattle in the saleyards at present.

Deer More lifts in spring venison schedules as buyers for the European trade react to shortages in supply, driven by more females being retained and the industry initiative of development of new markets.

A new deer husbandry qualification has been developed by the sector as participants are upskilled with knowledge to allow production goals to be achieved and a universal quality assurance standard has been agreed on by all export processors.

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Water tax proposal challenged Andrew Falloon

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■ POLITICS

Candidates detail policies Agricultural policy was on the agenda at the Federated Farmers’ Meet the Candidates Meeting held last Thursday.

Mid Canterbury president Michael Salvesen presided over a packed room of farmers eager to hear from Rangitata electorate candidates Tom Corbett (Act), Jo Luxton (Labour), Andrew Falloon (National) and Eugenie Sage (Greens).

Corbett described Act policy as against “big government”, saying that people know better than government how their money should be spent.

He described the Labour/ Green water tax as “stupid” as it was a tax on Canterbury as the largest water user and taxed an input to farming rather than taxing a polluter.

Labour candidate Luxton told those present her party would re-establish the rural affairs portfolio and increase funding for the rural roading network, while migrant worker policies would be targeted to recognise regional

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Corbett described the Labour/ Green water tax as “stupid”

needs. Luxton also said there was a need for better engagement with schools to encourage young New Zealanders into primary job opportunities.

Labour’s water policy was to encourage riparian planting to reduce run-off, and to introduce a resource rental.

Falloon meanwhile described the gains made by the National Government, including 181,000 new jobs and increases in spending in education, justice and family support.

He criticised the Labour/ Greens proposal to tax water, saying more than 65 per cent of the tax would be paid from Canterbury, when 85 per cent of

Canterbury rivers were swimmable, compared to 35 per cent in Northland.

Irrigation does not equate to declining water quality and this money taken out of Canterbury would go north, he said.

Falloon also said the Canterbury economy would be seriously affected by the Greens’ proposal to reduce dairy herds by 25 per cent and to restrict free trade.

Green Party candidate Sage called for a sustainable farming future, saying marketing “clean and green” must have integrity.

Markets are demanding 100 per cent pure and environmental assurance.

Sage said the Greens cham-

pioned clean rivers and, as New Zealand is reaching its environmental limits by taking too much out of rivers, there should be a small charge on water.

They propose to set up a working group to determine how much farmers should pay.

New Zealand was subject to climate change like the rest of the world and we must do our share, she said, adding that agriculture contributed 48 per cent of New Zealand’s greenhouse gasses.

The “elephant” in the room was the proposed water tax.

Farmers at the meeting said the reality was that in regions with high levels of irrigation, swimmability of rivers was highest.

Auckland and Waikato have the lowest water quality and the least irrigation, so a water tax was viewed as a direct transfer of wealth from Canterbury to Auckland.

That would reduce Canterbury farmers’ ability to fund on-farm environmental improvements.

IrrigationNZ is continuing to challenge the logic of Labour’s water tax proposal, after finding that regions with more swimmable rivers would receive more funding from the water tax, while those with the least swimmable rivers would receive less funding to clean up rivers.

Chief executive Andrew Curtis said it was pointed out to Labour during a recent meeting that regions with more irrigated land actually had more swimmable rivers, while areas with lower proportions of irrigated land had more rivers graded poor for swimming.

“The data doesn’t support the idea that irrigation is a main cause of river pollution.

“Labour told us at that meeting that the 2 cents they want to charge per 1000 litres of water on irrigators will be spent within that region.

“When we ran the numbers on what regions would receive in funding it produces some really ridiculous outcomes where regions with really poor river quality end up with hardly any money, while other regions have more than they could spend.

“By far most of the tax would go to Canterbury, which would receive $41 million,” Curtis said.

“One of the main benefits of the Central Plains Water scheme is that by switching many irrigators from groundwater to alpine water this will allow groundwater-fed lowland streams to recharge, so we are already anticipating improvements to a number of Canterbury rivers without a tax being introduced.”

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Music, art and war

By Margaret Bean

Right - The illustration accompanying the verse Humble Pie.

T

he many musical programmes in the Ashburton Museum’s archive would originally have been kept as a reminder of a concert attended, or perhaps for more personal reasons, such as a particular connection with a performer or an especially pleasant occasion.

Today our interest in these programmes goes far beyond the bare details of what was performed, when and by whom.

Now, they are a record of vanished musical groups and their repertoire; a source of information for those seeking family links; or examples of the artistic ability of the printer and the art of typesetting — skills being lost to computers.

One item, an eight-page programme booklet for the Ashburton Patriotic Troubadour, formed in 1915, holds particular interest as the centenary of the Great War — now known as World War One — is being commemorated throughout New Zealand.

The programme’s black, red and white cover is a tribute to the skill of the local printers, Higgins Print.

The cover illustration for this souvenir booklet, and a cartoon on an inside page, are by two men who were teachers at the Dunedin School of Art. They are now listed among New Zealand’s war artists, and their work is represented in libraries and galleries throughout the country.

The illustrations may have been specially drawn for the troubadours or they possibly appeared in other formats.

It would be interesting to learn whether the originals have survived and their whereabouts?

The troupe John Brown, manager of the National Mortgage Company, and William Anderson, a saddler, established the troupe of nine experienced local performers.

They presented, in costume, a varied programme of vocal and instrumental items, along with patriotic addresses, at seven of the county’s outlying townships.

The aim was to encourage recruitment and raise money for the Ashburton County war relief effort.

The performers were mostly from three families: David, Mary (an accompanist) and Irene Thomas; Robert and Agnes Hall; and Henry, Martha and Annie Stephenson.

All had been making a contribution to the town’s musical entertainment for a number of years so their very presence would have guaranteed audiences an entertaining evening.

The sequence of items for the proposed series of concerts was generic.

It meant that the format of proceedings was always the same, with some items performed on every occasion, while others could be varied.

Humble Pie We received your wireless, Wilhelm, with your order to the chef, And prepared for you a most delightful menu; For when the Allies do things there is undone nothing left, — Yet we understand that you and yours between you, — Objected to the Bulldog, which you found a little tough; And to Scotty, who shoved neath your seat a thistle; The Russian and the Belgian didnt wait on you enough, And the beans the Frenchman gave you made you whistle.

But waste not and youll want not is the lesson that we teach; Y ou must want, since you have wasted, you old sinner; Humble pie is now your portion, though indulgence you beseech; — For your breakfast, for your tea, and for your dinner.

Above - The cover of the Ashburton Patriotic Troubadours’ souvenir programme from 1914.

Below - One of the illustrated verses poked fun at Kaiser Wilhelm II. a pledge sheet for those who wished to make a specified monetary contribution to the War Relief Fund.

The programme booklet included the words of familiar wartime songs – a clear invitation for the audience to sing along with the performer. William Anderson, for example, sang Keep the Home Fires Burning.

With words by Lena Ford and composed by Ivor Novello, it was a hit of late 1914.

The Halls also performed recruiting songs from 1914. Robert performed Fall In, a poem by Harold Begbie set to music by Frederic Cowen.

Agnes sang Your King and Country Want You, using lyrics and music written by Paul Rubens for women to sing.

In addition, the souvenir programme carried patriotic messages from King George V and prominent New Zealanders.

Most important of all was

The illustrations The cover illustration, encouraging men to enlist, was drawn by Anderson’s father-in-law, Alfred H OKeeffe (1858-1941).

A well-established artist and publican in Dunedin, he had studied at the Académie Julian in Paris during the early 1890s.

The troubadours’ first concert was held on November 15, 1914, in Hinds.

By that time, Anderson’s two sons, Victor and Lawrence, had both died at Gallipoli, lending poignancy and immediacy to the cover and to the messages exhorting men to do their duty by king and country.

Inside the programme a delightful cartoon by another Dunedin artist, Ernest H Thompson (1892-1971), illustrates verses poking fun at Kaiser Wilhelm II. The author and date of writing is unknown.

Thompson enlisted in November 1915 and became a wellknown war cartoonist.

At the end of the war he did not return to New Zealand but remained in Britain and continued with a career in art.

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RESULTS

DRAWS

■ Bridge

■ Golf

Ashburton Bridge Club

Ashburton Golf Club

August 14 Duplicate N/S 1st Bruce Leighton & Mary Bruce, 2nd Lynnette Adams & David McCormick, 3rd Colin Clemens & Pauline Scott E/W 1st David Robins & Catherine Robins, 2nd George Brown & Joyce Johnson, 3rd Mervyn Jones & Sheila Lyons August 15 Ron Sutherland Trophy N/S 1st Martin De Jong & Bev Turton, 2nd Trish & Peter Downward, 3rd Mary Buckland & Judith Edmond E/W 1st Rewa Kyle & John Fechney, 2nd Mike Holdaway & Kay Robb, 3rd Sue Rosevear & David Sewell August 16 Valetta Trophy N/S 1st Sue Rosevear & John Fechney, 2nd Rosemary McLaughlin & Judith Edmond, 3rd Lynette Leadley & Jeanette Lovett E/W 1st Rewa Kyle & Trish Downward, 2nd Bev McCaulay & John Irwin, 3rd Linda Baker & Edna Segers August 17 Eileen Willoughby Trophy Section A N/S 1st Mary Buckland & Trish Downward, 2nd Melva Stowell & Mike Holdaway, 3rd Mike Holmes & Rewa Kyle E/W 1st Audrey Rooney & Ian Doel, 2nd Maree Moore & Arthur Maude, 3rd Trish & Maurice Small Section B N/S 1st Beth McIlraith & Lynette Leadley, 2nd Bev Blair & Jim Rooney, 3rd David Sewell & Gordon McCormick E/W 1st Fiona Williamson & Mary Francis, 2nd Betty Hawthorne & Edna Segers, 3rd Val Palmer & David Wilkinson.

■ Cycling Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers August 24 24 Riders 1st. Kristine Marriott CT. 30.02. HT. Go. RT. 30m 02s. 2nd. Debbie Skinner CT. 30.04. HT. Go. RT. 30m 04s. 3rd. Janette Hooper CT. 30.04. HT. Go. RT. 30m 04s. 4th. Ross Proctor CT. 30.05. HT. Go. CT. 30m 05s. 5th. Brian Ellis CT. 30.05. HT. Go. RT. 30m 05s. 6th. Ronnie Campbell CT.33.36. HT. 5.30m. RT. 28m 06s. 7th. Brent Hudson. CT. 33.36.

HT. 5.30m. RT. 28m 06s. 8th. Andy Skinner CT. 33.36. HT. 5.30m. RT. 28m 06s. 9th. Colin Teahan CT. 33.37. HT. 5.30m. RT. 28m 07s. 10th. Russell Ward CT. 33.58. HT. 8.30m. RT. 25m 28s. 11th.

Rob Hooper CT. 33.58. HT. 9.15m. RT. 24m 43s. 12th. Paul Sinclair CT.33.59.

HT. 8.30m. RT. 25m 29s. 13th. Roger Wilson CT. 34.01. HT. 8.30m. RT. 25m 31s. 14th. Richard Kirwan CT. 34.02.

HT. 8.30m. RT. 25m 32s. 15th. Bruce McClelland CT.34.02. HT. 8.30m. RT. 25m 32s. 16th. Don Sutton CT. 34.03.

HT. 8.30m. RT. 25m 33s. 17th. Don Morrison. CT. 34.03. HT. 8.30m. RT. 25m 33s. 18th. Matt Marshall CT. 34.05. HT. 9.15m. RT. 24m 50s. 19th. Steven Hands CT. 34.23. HT. 11.35m. RT. 22m 48s. F/T. 20th Tony Ward. CT. 34.24. HT. 11.35m.

RT. 22m 49s. 2f/t. 21st. Michael Templeton CT.34.24. HT. 11.35m. RT. 22m 49s. 3f/t. 22nd.

Wayne Clement CT. 34.26. HT. 11.35m.

RT. 22m 51s. 4f/t. 23rd. Alex Hooper CT. 34.28. HT. 11.35m. RT. 22m 53s. 5f/t.

24th. Paul Macfie CT. 35.27. HT. 9.15m.

RT. 26m 22s.

■ Golf Aorangi Golf August 20 Women’s Weekend Pennant Semi Finals at Timaru Pleasant Point 2 5 beat Pleasant Point 1 1 (B Green and T Crump Square, R Best bt R Allison 1 up, B McEwen and M Bower Square, S Kake bt W Eaton 5/4, Green and Best bt Crump and Allison

Posing after the IndyCar race at Pocono Raceway yesterday are (from left) second place finisher Josef Newgarden, winner Will Power and third place finisher Alexander Rossi.

Dixon drifts back to second spot Scott Dixon has moved back to second in the Indycar standings by finishing sixth at yesterday’s round of the championship at Pocono Raceway.

The Kiwi spent most of the race inside the top five but took his final pit stop from second earlier than his rivals.

Once the field had cycled through Dixon found himself down the order.

He banked valuable points and remains in the hunt for the title with three races remaining.

1 up, McEwen and Kake bt Bower and Eaton 4/3) Geraldine 4.5 beat Waimate 1.5 (J Lawson bt S Campbell 6/5, S Silcock and M Radburnd All Square, S Bensemann lost to C Rodden 1 down, R Hobbs bt V Richards 1 up, Lawson and Silcock bt Campobell and Radburnd 3/2, Bensemann and Hobbs bt Rodden and Richards 3/1)

Ashburton Golf Club August 19 Pro Shop Tournament Winner: Sean Strange 84-23=61. Other winning scores: Wilson Hii, Ray Lambert and George Brown 62; Stewart Dunlop and Philip Kerr 63; Jordan Bird and Tom Blacklow 64; Guildford Lane 65; Tim Newton 66 by c/b from Clarrie Galway, Gavin Johnston and Josh Ackerley. Men’s Gross winners Cameron Grant and Paul May 69 (-3). Women’s Gross winner Wendy Parr 81. Women’s winners over the field Brenda Fechney and Vicki Moore nett 74.

Jackpot Twos spot prize Vince Carr; closest to the pin #14 John Fechney.

Twos: Paddy Bradford, Vince Carr, John Dudley, Brian Nuttall and Terry Molloy.

Nine Hole Stroke Best score of the day was Peter Woods nett 29. Other winning scores were: John Lyons 31, Geoff Rhodes 34, Peter Huggins and Hughie Murchie 35.

Mayfield Golf Club August 16 Mid-Week Stableford Competition Steve Cross 39 stableford points, Wayne Blair 37.

Nearest the Pin: Andrew Hart Two’s: Steve Cross and Wayne Vessey Championship Plate Round Senior: Andrew Peck defeated Kerry Read; Intermediate: Steve King defeated Ali McLeod; Junior A: Don Ingold defeated Bill Scott; Junior B: Andrew Hart defeated Arnold Rushton.

August 17 9 Hole division Stroke and Stableford 1st L MacKenzie 55:20:35, 19 stbf, 2nd J Schmack 66:25:41, 14 stbf, 3rd J Greenslade 57:16:41, 13 stbf Nearest the Pins: Greg Sim Building and Excavating 2nd Shot No 2 – L MacKenzie, Mayfield Transport Ltd No.

Australian Will Power took the chequered flag with championship leader Josef Newgarden finishing second and Alexander Rossi third.

Power had dropped a lap down earlier in the race but made some good call strategy-wise to get back into the fight and then held off a fast-finishing teammate by dropping down and breaking the slipstream to Newgarden.

“I just knew that if he got up the inside 5 – J Ludemann

Methven Golf Club August 16 Ladies Division 3rd Gwen Cook Bev Isherwood 103-34-67, Tania Wilson 88-18-70 Margaret Lilley Putting Jenny Senior 29, Tania Wilson 31, Fay Redfern 31 Paradiso Best Nett Bev Isherwood 69 Nearest the Pins # 6 Silver Supervalue: Tania Wilson, #17 Bronze A Methven Foursquare: Sharon Bree, #4 Bronze B Methven Travel: Fay Redfern, #13 Open Methven Pharmacy: Sharon Bree, #14 Aqua 2nd shot Aqua Japanese Restaurant: Ruth Smith, Sat Ladies Aribica: Sally Jones Two’s and Nett Eagles: Ruth Smith x2.

Bev Isherwood August 23 1st Round Championship Match Play August 19 Men’s Division 1st Round club champs match play, Stroke Round Senior: Dayle Lucas 76-4-72. Intermediate: Neil McArther 81-14-67. Junior A: Ross Breach 90-21-69. Junior B: John Robinson 90-25-65.

Other Good Scores: 69 Mike Gray.70 Andy Gorman. 71 Mark Gorman, Paul Middleton, Phil Elliot. 72 Eric Meaclem.

73 Ian Lucas, Eric Grimwade. 74 Graham Gunn. 75 Jimmy Rooney, Paddy Helmore, Peirs Rolton Twos: Mike Gray, Simon Wareing, Pete Wood.

Dubliner Best Nett: John Robinson.

Methven Foursquare Second Best Nett: Neil McArther 67. Methven Travel Best Gross: Dayle Lucas 76.

Closest to the Pin-Aqua Japanese Restaurant No 4: Dayle Lucas. Hunters Wine No 6: Michael Kemp. Ski Time No 13: Mike Gray. Green Parrot No 17: Simon Wareing. Cinema Paradiso 2nd shot No 14: Peirs Rolton.

Next Week: August 26th-2nd Round Club Champs Match Play. 12.00pm Intermediate. 12.10 Senior. 12.20 Junior B. 12.30 Junior A.

Rakaia Golf Club August 16 Ladies Division

that would be it. I was very conscious of protecting the inside,” Power said.

“He was very fast at the end there.

“What a day – I am spent. It was a seriously dramatic day but a lot of fun.”

Dixon had mixed feelings at the end.

“I think maybe we trimmed it too much at the end. It seemed that some of the other cars could run a bit closer,” the New Zealander said.

“Fifth and sixth is something to take home, something positive.”

- AP Thomas Trophy – Stableford Round Sandra Quinn 32 Stablefords, Freda Bierema 31 9 Hole Stableford Round Val Bell 20 Stablefords Railway Tavern 2nd Shot No 3 - Fiona Rushton, Rakaia Seed Cleaning 2nd Shot No 6 – Sandra Quinn, Val Bell Nearest the Pin No 8 – Sally Smith, Chertsey Spraying 2nd Shot No 15 – Freda Bierema, S Quinn 2nd Shot No 17 – Freda Bierema.

■ Petanque Ashburton MSA Petanque Club Mark Choveaux Petanque Tournament August 19-20 Played at Caversham Championship Winners: Karen and Neville Bensdorp, and Richard Browne, Ashburton; Runners up: Janet and Tony Wilkinson, Karl Krupitza Papanui/Caversham; Third = Alice Maguigan, Lindsay Hay, Davis Beer Papanui/Alexandra, Sandra Hay, Maryon Beer, Art Vernon Alexandra/ Papanui; Plate Winners: Stefany and Neville Frost, Warren McConnell, Dunedin; Runners up: Les Clearwater, Andrew Findlay, Bill Walls Christchurch/ Caversham; Third = Rewa Kyle, Jan Guilford, Marion Harrison Ashburton; Marilyn and Colin Bunce, Mervyn Wilson Alexandra/St Kilda.

■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby Representative August 15 U16 Ellesmere 32 v Mid Canterbury 19 August 19 Heartland Championship Agstaff Mid Canterbury 17 v West Coast 26 Mid Canterbury A Agstaff Mid Canterbury A 45 v Canterbury Country 14 Colts Otago Sassenachs 69 v Mid Canterbury Colts 13 Under 18 West Coast Colts 14 v Mid Canterbury 53.

August 26 The first round of the championships will be played from the Blue Tees (draw follows).

For those not playing in the Championships a Par round will be held Starting times: Morning 8.00am. Afternoon report to the Pro shop at 11.15 for an 11.45 start. Nine hole golfers report at 12.15 for a 12.45pm start.

Tee Number 1 11.45 Jamie Stone v Ray Lambert; Ken Clucas v Chris Robertson 11.53 Dave Hewitt v Brian Wilson; John Power v John Dudley 12.00 Matt Tait v Lindsay Stoddart; Beavan Rickerby v Jeff Williamson 12.08 Barry Jury v Steve Stratford; Paul May v Tufuga Sa 12.15 Paul Greer v Neil MacDonald; Josh Ackerley v Noel Sutton 12.23 Jason Overend v Gaby Jansen; Grant Smith v Peter Morrison 12.30 Vince Carr v Paddy Bradford; Daniel Green v Greig Sparrow.

■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby Representative August 26 Heartland Championship Agstaff Mid Canterbury v Poverty Bay, Ashburton, 2:30pm:TBA, K Opele, C O’Malley, G Clement, J O’Connor, A Greenslade, M Southby (Time keeper) J Kilworth (Hydration technician) Mid Canterbury A Agstaff Mid Canterbury A v North Otago, Ashburton, 12:50pm: S Turnbull, M Dominey, J Hampton Under 18 Mid Canterbury v Ellesmere, Rakaia, 12:00pm: K Faalogo Under 16 North Canterbury v Mid Canterbury, Sheffield, 12:00pm Under 14 West Coast v Mid Canterbury, Sheffield, 12:00pm Under 13 Green Metro U65 v Mid Canterbury Green, McCormicks Bay, 11:00am Under 13 Gold Metro U48 v Mid Canterbury Gold, McCormicks Bay, 10:30am

Mid Canterbury Rugby Under 13 Development Squads Fononga Lisala Collegiate-Mid Canterbury, Jonty Anderson Allenton, Gabriel Newton Methven, Izayih Harris Hampstead, Brodie Winstone Tinwald, Henry Hobbs Celtic, Ben Wallington Tinwald, Ethan Jones Methven, Colt Hill Methven, Caleb McNulty-Burns Celtic, Charlie Banks Allenton, Jack Irwin Methven, Jack Jones Tinwald Jackson Ross Collegiate-Mid Canterbury, Seth Bradley-Doig Southern-Mid Canterbury, James McLaren SouthernMid Canterbury, Guy Stanway Tinwald, Reuben Brown Methven, Dion Reid Hampstead, Fergus O’Neill CollegiateMid Canterbury, Johnathan Davis Allenton, Cooper Cudmore Methven, Wil Jemmett Collegiate-Mid Canterbury, Angus Stewart Hampstead, Pedro Collins Celtic, Jayden Baker Collegiate-Mid Canterbury, Devon Flannery SouthernMid Canterbury, Xavier Dalton Celtic, Angus Hyde Southern-Mid Canterbury, Bailey Gleeson Allenton, Maximus Hellyer Methven, Jamie Reid Hampstead, Charles Galbraith Collegiate-Mid Canterbury, Samuel Hinton Tinwald, Savelio Solofuti Hampstead, Anthony Gola Tinwald, Harry Dargue Celtic, Tuku Wehipeihana Hampstead, Lachlan McArthur Collegiate-Mid Canterbury, Samuel Cuttle Methven, William Joyce Collegiate-Mid Canterbury, Laurence Van Zeyl Hampstead, Jack Brown Methven, Liam Fuller Allenton First training run for whole squad will be Saturday August 19 at Allenton Rugby Grounds 11am.

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In brief Tall Blacks finish fourth The Tall Blacks have finished fourth at the FIBA Asia Cup, losing the bronze medal to Korea, 80-71.

The undermanned New Zealanders went in without star point guard Shea Ili, his split webbing keeping him out of the game altogether, while Sam Timmins, Finn Delany and Derone Raukawa were all battling illness but took to the floor. After a good start and leading 13-5, the Tall Blacks fell into a hole and the Koreans found their range from deep, to lead 2517 at the end of the first quarter, and 44-31 at halftime.

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Titans sack Henry

Mid Canterbury 15th grade player Ben Holland (middle) goes to ground in an attempt to get his shot away in his side’s 6-2 win against the Halswell United Hawks.

PHOTO DOUG BOVETT

■ FOOTBALL

Final whistle for MC Football

By Jaime Pitt-macKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

As the football season nears the final whistle next week, the majority of Mid Canterbury’s Footballing sides wrapped up their seasons over the weekend.

The Methven FC Seniors bowed out of the division four knockout after losing 2-0 to the CashTech Sweaters.

The MCUFC Masters finished off their season with a 1-1 draw against the Halswell United Superchargers, securing them third place in the masters’ division three.

In the junior grades, Mid Canterbury’s 19th grade side sat the weekend out with the bye, and rested safe in the knowledge they already had the league title

wrapped up, winning it by three points ahead of CashTech Blue.

The 17th grade side finished their strong end to the season off well with a 2-1 win against Christchurch Boys’ at the Ashburton Domain.

The 15th grade side capped off their division one run with a bang, downing the Halswell United Hawks 6-2 in drizzly con-

ditions at the domain, securing fourth place for the side.

The Mid Canterbury Women’s side continued their steamrolling run in division two with a 12-3 demolition of the Ferrymead Bays Oil Paintings.

With the league already wrapped up, they face one last game next weekend to see if they can finish the season unbeaten.

Chelsea back on track; Huddersfield wins again Any doubts Antonio Conte had about his Chelsea players were dispelled with a victory over Tottenham that lifted the gloom surrounding the champions.

With a 2-1 victory secured through Marcos Alonso’s double, the Premier League champions are finally up and running after a tough couple of weeks.

Defeat to Arsenal in the Community Shield at Wembley Stadium was followed by a surprise capitulation to Burnley as Chelsea made a losing start to its league title defence.

Back at Wembley – Tottenham’s home for the season while White Hart Lane is being redeveloped – Chelsea players were smiling again.

Conte too.

“I want to thank my players,” Conte said. “They won. They showed me great desire, great spirit, great willingness to fight. I saw today the fighters.”

Wembley wasn’t the only ground staging a Premier League game for the first time on Sunday. Huddersfield’s Kirklees Stadium is now a destination in soccer’s richest league, and its occupant has opened its firstever Premier League campaign

Chelsea’s manager Antonio Conte (right) and Tottenham Hotspur’s manager Mauricio Pochettino gestures to their players. with two wins out of two. Huddersfield’s victory at Crystal Palace last weekend was followed by a 1-0 victory over fellow promoted side Newcastle.

Manchester United and West Bromwich Albion are the only other teams to open with two wins.

The second round will be completed on Monday by a meeting of Everton and Manchester City, who both triumphed last week.

Tottenham’s Wembley woes It could be a long, grueling season away from White Hart Lane for Tottenham unless the Wembley jinx ends. In 11 matches at the national stadium since it was rebuilt in 2007, Tottenham has only won twice.

And it’s now eight losses.

Tottenham fell behind in the 24th minute when Alonso curled a free kick past goalkeeper Hugo Lloris. Although Chelsea gifted

Tottenham an equalizer in the 82nd, when Michy Batshuayi headed into his own net after three minutes on the pitch, the visitors still had time to grab a winner.

Inside six minutes Alonso was on target again, with a shot squirming under Lloris.

“Wembley is not the reason we lost the game,” Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino said. “I think the team played really, really well and it’s not fair to blame Wembley because for me Wembley is one of the best places in the world, if not the best place in the world to play football.”

Huddersfield’s high It is two wins out of two and two clean sheets for a Huddersfield team playing in the top flight for the first time since 1972 – two decades before the inception of the Premier League.

Aaron Mooy secured the victory over Newcastle with a strike five minutes into the second half.

“I don’t have to pinch myself but I didn’t expect it,” Huddersfield manager David Wagner said. “We only wanted to be brave in every single game, to search for our chance, and I think we’ve done it so far.” - AP

The Gold Coast NRL club has sacked coach Neil Henry. Titans chief executive Graham Annesley confirmed the decision Monday afternoon following the conclusion of a club board meeting. Henry, whose been at the club since the sacking of foundation coach John Cartwright in 2014, was axed in the wake of crisis meetings last week following reports of a rift between the coach and Titans fullback Jarryd Hayne.

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Threats to sue grow The Australian Rugby Union’s attempt to save $6 million a year could end up bankrupting them after the Western Australian government threatened to sue the rugby governing body for more than $100 million. The ARU’s decision to axe the Western Force has been widely condemned, and the issue looks set to play out in the courts on multiple fronts.

RugbyWA, backed by billionaire mining magnate Andrew Forrest, will find out tomorrow whether they can appeal the Force’s axing in the NSW Supreme Court. - AAP

Match in doubt Australia’s sole tour match for the first Test against Bangladesh remains in serious doubt despite improved conditions in Dhaka.

The Australians had been due to play a two-day tour match at Fatullah, on the outskirts of Dhaka, starting today. Parts of the venue were flooded last week with contaminated water from nearby factories and heavy rain. The rain has cleared up in recent days, raising hopes that the match could still be played.

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Raiders fan banned Canberra have cancelled the membership of a fan who spat at NRL referee Ashley Klein during Sunday’s home loss to Penrith.

The Raiders have revoked the fan’s membership for 12 months.

Video footage showed the fan leaning over the railing and spitting towards Klein as he headed into the tunnel. The fan contacted the club to express remorse, Canberra chief executive Don Furner said. - AAP

Voss rules out job Michael Voss says the vacant Gold Coast coaching job is irrelevant to him as he helps prepare Port Adelaide for an AFL finals campaign. The Power assistant coach and ex-Brisbane head coach says the Suns job hasn’t entered his mind. “It’s even more irrelevant right now. We’re at the pointy end of the season and all your energy goes into the team you have got,” Voss told reporters.

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In brief Eels’ Ma’u banned Parramatta’s bid for a topfour spot has taken a hit with forward Manu Ma’u suspended for Thursday’s crucial NRL clash with Brisbane. Ma’u has accepted a one-match ban for shoulder charging Gold Coast playmaker Ash Taylor during last week’s 30-8 win over the Titans in Sydney.

Backrower Ma’u, who’s played 21 games this season, will be absent as the fifth- placed Eels face the second-ranked Broncos at Suncorp Stadium in the penultimate round of the regular season.

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Horn rematch in doubt

Garbine Muguruza, of Spain, holds the Rookwood Cup after defeating Simona Halep, of Romania, in the women’s singles final at the Western & Southern Open, yesterday in Mason, Ohio. Muguruza won 6-1, 6-0.

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■ TENNIS

Muguruza, Dimitrov win Garbine Muguruza cradled her smiling face in both hands and closed her eyes, taking it all in.

The Wimbledon champion had added another title to her breakthrough summer – this one at the expense of a player who can’t quite get to No. 1.

Muguruza defeated Simona Halep 6-1, 6-0 for her first Western & Southern Open title yesterday, needing only 56 minutes to extend her run of success. She also denied Halep yet another chance to move up to No. 1 in the WTA rankings.

“Honestly, I was thinking in her situation, it must be difficult,” Muguruza said. “But I wanted to win the title as well.”

On the men’s side, seventhseeded Grigor Dimitrov beat Nick Kyrgios 6-3, 7-5 for his first ATP Masters title, emerging from a bracket decimated by injuries to top players.

Muguruza won her first title in

the US and her second of the year, along with Wimbledon. In three tournaments since, the Spaniard has at least reached the quarterfinals. Now it’s on to New York for the US Open, where she’s got a history of disappointment.

“The tough matches never go my way, so I want to change that,” she said. “I want to find the recipe this year.”

It was a big disappointment for Halep – the third time this season that she needed one more win to move up to No. 1 and couldn’t get it. She came up just short at the French Open and Wimbledon, and had it in the back of her mind the last few weeks.

“Maybe I feel the pressure and I don’t realise it,” Halep said. “Maybe I just played bad. I don’t know what to say. But it’s still there. I still have a chance, so I will work for it and maybe one day it will be there.”

Halep also finished as the run-

ner-up at Cincinnati in 2015, losing to Serena Williams.

Muguruza broke her to go up 2-0 in the first set and was in control. Halep won only 12 points in the set, which lasted 23 minutes. Muguruza broke her again to open the second set and faced only two break points all match.

“When I feel on court that I got dominated a little bit – I felt that I cannot control the points – and that’s maybe why I got a little big down in my confidence,” Halep said.

When it ended, Muguruza congratulated Halep and walked around the court with her smiling face cradled in both hands. Then she put her hands over her heart and reached toward the applauding crowd.

The women’s bracket was missing Williams, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova. Muguruza knocked off defending champion Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 6-2 in the

semi-finals.

The men’s bracket lacked Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic and defending champion Marin Cilic because of injuries. Dimitrov took advantage and won a title with his steady serve – he was broken only once all week.

Kyrgios had only two break chances and failed to convert either during the 1-hour, 25-minute final. Neither player had reached a Masters title match until this week. Dimitrov said his shoulder felt heavy as he sensed the moment and served out the match.

Kyrgios was delighted to reach a final after a hip injury prompted him to quit several matches this summer, including at Wimbledon.

“Where I was three weeks ago – it wasn’t good at all – and now I’m in a Masters final,” Kyrgios said.

“That’s a very Nick Kyrgios thing to do. I don’t know. It’s crazy.” - AP

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Centre plans to give touch rugby a go

By Jaime Pitt-macKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

With the EA Networks Centre boasting every sport from badminton to futsal, there will soon be another sport filling up the courts.

Bookings co-ordinator Sarah Paton said they are planning on establishing a 4-a-side touch

rugby competition beginning in mid-October.

“There will be a mixed grade, men’s competitive, and a social/ business house competition,” she said.

“There is no real touch league running in town so we thought we would give it a go.”

A few minor details are still to

be sorted out, such as the size of the courts used, which will depend on the numbers.

“If we have good interest then we will have to figure how we can squeeze everyone in,” Paton said.

“So far from the number of enquiries things are looking good.”

Paton said they saw a sports

centre in Dunedin had been running a similar competition, while other options like Turbo Touch were out there.

Registrations open on September 1, with the competition running on a Monday evening, starting on October 16.

You will be able to register online at eanetworkscentre.co.nz.

The Queensland government has challenged Brisbane City Council to “get back in Jeff Horn’s corner” and commit to funding a rematch with Filipino great Manny Pacquiao. Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk says he wants confirmation from promoters that Pacquiao has signed for the fight before he commits to marketing the event. “I need to know we definitely have a fighter coming from the Philippines to fight Brisbane’s world champion Jeff Horn and I need to know that fighter is Manny Pacquiao.” Quirk says he won’t “shadow box” with fight promoters and has withdrawn financial support until Pacquiao’s intentions are made clear.

- AAP

SOS to coach pays off An SOS call bringing his Queensland-based coach to the US has paid off bigtime for young Australian golfer Cameron Smith.

Smith will head into his maiden US PGA Tour playoffs campaign buoyed by a sizzling regularseason finish and a better points ranking than illustrious countrymen Jason Day and Adam Scott. It comes after he fired a seven-under-par 63, the equallowest round of the Wyndham Championship, to finish in a tie for seventh at 15-under on Sunday seven shots behind winner Henrik Stenson.

- AAP

Schmidt sixth at Worlds New Zealand’s Dylan Schmidt has made a powerful start to his international trampolining campaign, placing sixth at the World Cup event in Belarus.

Schmidt, who was seventh at last year’s Rio Olympics, qualified fifth for the eight-strong men’s individual final in Minsk, where he was the third competitor eliminated. The 20-year-old, who has battled knee and groin problems this year, plans to contest World Cup events in Portugal and Spain before lining up at the world championships in Bulgaria in November.

- NZN

Boomers champs Australia are set to turn their attention to the 2019 World Cup after a second-string Boomers were crowned Asian basketball champions in Lebanon. Australia, ranked 10th in the world, accounted for Iran 79-56 in the Asia Cup final in Beirut on Sunday to win the tournament in their first appearance. The Boomers were led by veteran forward Brad Newley with 18 points, while centre Daniel Kickert starred with 14 points and six rebounds to help see off world No. 25 Iran.

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Finals draws favour Kiwi raiders Kiwi raiders have been largely favoured by the draws in the rich Breeders Crown finals at Melton next Sunday.

The Mark Purdon-trained More The Bettor, narrowly beaten after leading in the semi-finals of the three-year-old male pacers division by Aussie star Our Little General at Bendigo on Saturday night, has drawn one for the $190,000 final (2240m mobile).

His Aussie rival is in three, but fellow Kiwi pacers Stars Align (eight) and Motu Meteor (10) are on the second line.

Top Kiwi three-year-old filly Partyon, an impressive winner of her semifinal on Saturday, has drawn nine in her $190,000 final, with Aussie ace Petacular in three.

The Ray Green-trained, David

M9 Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 22 August, 2017 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 2.47pm (NZT) THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C1, 295m 1 21623 Homebush Ellie 17.56 .............. J T McInerney 2 75474 Kingman 17.39 ...................................M Grant 3 53537 Jinja Billy 17.47 ............................... L Waretini 4 24583 Wong Answer 17.43 M & ..................... Jopson 5 82745 Culvie Jay Dee 17.74 H & ..................... Taylor 6 72425 Goldstar Phelps 17.71 S & .................B Evans 7 15531 Fiery Jen 17.61 ...................................B Dann 8 61888 Magic Velvet 17.64 ........................ D Kingston 9 584x8 Know Energy 17.50 .......................... G Cleeve 10 25776 Coleridge Jim 17.60 M & ........................Smith 2 3.10pm BARRON’S SUPPLIES STAKES HEAT 1 C1q, 520m 1 122 Perfect Result 31.04 .........................R Adcock 2 77843 Dyna Hadvar 30.74 .........................C Roberts 3 26757 Opawa Silver 30.80 J & ......................D Fahey 4 66562 Jealous Affair nwtd .......................... L Waretini 5 15367 Mamma Rose 30.97 C & .......................Fagan 6 15623 Opawa Al 31.12 ..................................R Wales 7 3465x Bluey Fields nwtd H & ........................... Taylor 8 13488 Rushcuter Action 30.51 S & ...............B Evans 9 86686 Dead Wong 30.98 M & ........................ Jopson 10 684x8 Opawa Peaches 30.24 C & ...................Fagan 3 3.26pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIM SMITH DASH C1, 295m 1 66458 Smash Prince 17.66 ...........................M Grant 2 55747 Zabambi 17.62 ................................... A Joyce 3 54552 Know Struggle 17.34 ........................ G Cleeve 4 35482 Coco Bango 17.58 ................... J T McInerney

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Southland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Ascot Park Raceway Meeting Date: 22 August 2017 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 11, 12 and 13 1 12.05pm (NZT) SOUTHLAND GREYHOUNDS WELCOME C0, 390m 1 6545 Homebush Tasha nwtd...........J T McInerney 2 4753 Homebush Demi nwtd ............J T McInerney 3 33 Mertz nwtd .............................J T McInerney 4 3T474 Homebush Shea nwtd............J T McInerney 5 2723 Polyphonix nwtd .....................J T McInerney 6 Socket To Em nwtd...................... B I Conner 7 1 Miss Dupre nwtd .............................. B Dann 8 Chop Shop nwtd ....................J T McInerney 9 67546 Bublin Max nwtd.....................J T McInerney 10 84642 Homebush Austin nwtd ..........J T McInerney 2 12.25pm ADDED ENERGY STAKES C0, 457m 1 74833 Peekay Shout nwtd .........................R Wales 2 3 Fired Up Jasper nwtd ....................... B Dann 3 6T8 Sacred Opera nwtd ........................J Guthrie 4 65567 Pat Allie nwtd ..................................R Wales 5 777 Koputai nwtd ..................................J Guthrie 6 3331 Viktoria Vikkers nwtd ....................C Roberts 7 64 Dream Kay nwtd..............................R Wales 8 523 Inter Oblivion nwtd J & ....................D Fahey 9 8648 Glass Harpoon nwtd ......................J Guthrie 3 12.45pm WWW.SOUTHLANDGREYHOUNDS. CO.NZ C1, 390m 1 44858 Rib Curler 22.66 .................................J Allen 2 57766 Stormy Sunday nwtd ..............J T McInerney 3 38486 Flat Pack nwtd........................J T McInerney 4 37456 Sergio Star 23.33 ...................J T McInerney 5 64723 Freckle Flyer 22.57.............................J Allen 6 38647 Theseus 22.89 ..................................B Eade 7 36847 Subterfuge 22.68 ...............................J Allen 8 24632 Joey Baxter 22.86 ..................J T McInerney 9 84624 Cronos nwtd ......................................B Eade 4 1.05pm EVOQUE CAFE @ REMARKABLES C2, 390m 1 46214 Idol Eve 22.66 .................................R Wales

Butcher-driven King Of Swing, who was a brave winner of his semi-final in the male two-yearold division, has come up with the ace draw for the $285,000 final.

He beat Aussie star Colt Thirty One (six) narrowly on Saturday, while other top chances Poster Boy, Sicario and Master Moonlite are on the second line.

The draw was kind to Kiwitrained fillies Our Bettor Joy (two) and Our Angel Of Harlem (three) in their $285,000 twoyear-old final, with leading Aussie hopes My Sweetchilliphilly and Nostra Villa on the second line.

The Cran Dalgety-trained Our Bettor Joy was huge in winning her semifinal on Saturday, coming three wide over the last 800m and storming home to beat Nos-

The Mark Purdon-trained More The Bettor has drawn one for the $190,000 final (2240m mobile). tra Villa by a head after following her up, with Our Angel Of Harlem a brave third for trainer

Barry Ward and driver Anthony Butt after leading out.

The winner zipped home over

the last 800m in 55.9sec, the closing 400m in 27.9, clocking 2:34.7 for the mobile 2150m, with a mile rate of 1:55.8.

The other two-year-old fillies’ semifinal saw Aussie-trained Red Charmer upset them at $70 after coming from last, with previously unbeaten Kiwi-bred My Sweetchilliphilly over-racing and only battling into fifth.

Dalgety’s three-year-old trotting filly Our Chevron Express has come up with the two marble in her final, with Aussie favourites Dance Craze in five and Une Belle Allure drawn the inside of the second line.

Young Canterbury trainer Jack Harrington’s speedy two-yearold trotting filly Our Renezmae has the ace draw in her final, with Aussie stars Moonshine Linda in four and Aleppo Jewel in 11.

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway 5 83577 Summer Salt 17.57 .........................K M Grant 6 25888 Gordy Junior 17.51 M & ...................... Jopson 7 78483 Epic Style 17.65 M & ........................... Jopson 8 48574 Opawa Bucks Eye 17.26 ...............H Anderton 9 65658 Kablitz 17.62....................................K Cassidy 10 85886 Aroha nwtd ...................................... L Waretini 4 3.46pm BARRON’S SUPPLIES STAKES HEAT 2 C1q, 520m 1 58552 Ghost 30.63.....................................C Roberts 2 23845 Arcane Sabre 30.35 M & ..................... Jopson 3 57484 Know Courtesy 30.89 ....................... G Cleeve 4 35544 Opawa Extreme 30.48........................R Wales 5 36135 Granny Magnet 30.72...........................J Dunn 6 86376 Amelia Rob 31.15.........................M Robinson 7 12212 Goldstar Spotty 30.96 S &..................B Evans 8 65378 Magnetrix 31.14 C & .............................Fagan 9 86686 Dead Wong 30.98 M & ........................ Jopson 10 684x8 Opawa Peaches 30.24 C & ...................Fagan 5 4.11pm A2B ASPHALT CANTERBURY SPRINT C1, 295m 1 86444 Ready Teddy 17.64 M & .........................Smith 2 14632 Goldstar Bryton nwtd S & ...................B Evans 3 57555 Lagoon Twist nwtd ............................. J Tanner 4 424T2 Smash Wild 17.74 ..............................M Grant 5 5154 Homebush Indi nwtd................. J T McInerney 6 1764 Star Bucking 17.72 ................... J T McInerney 7 34632 Ohoka Tyler 17.47 ........................... L Waretini 8 48487 Unfettered 17.57 M & .......................... Jopson 9 584x8 Know Energy 17.50 .......................... G Cleeve 10 48588 Another Charm 17.46 M & .................. Jopson 6 4.26pm (NZT) AMBER CLEANING SERVICES DASH C1, 295m 1 87x45 Our John 17.60 .............................. S Hindson 2 87674 Troublesome Brit 17.39 M & ................ Jopson 3 8Fx86 No Biffo nwtd ................................. D Kingston

4 57653 Royal Action 17.29 S & ......................B Evans 5 25222 Fabre’s Lass 17.53 ...................... R Blackburn 6 45374 Cee Ash nwtd ................................... G Cleeve 7 47333 Homebush Patriot nwtd ............ J T McInerney 8 35588 Abacus Magic 17.70........................ L Waretini 9 65658 Kablitz 17.62....................................K Cassidy 10 88865 Smash Attack 17.36 ...........................M Grant 7 4.46pm BARRON’S SUPPLIES STAKES HEAT 3 C1q, 520m 1 66545 Opawa Sledge 30.96 ..........................R Wales 2 531 Cheese Please 31.14 .............................A Lee 3 22844 Another Message 30.42 M &............... Jopson 4 74446 Know Sweat nwtd ............................. G Cleeve 5 36511 Replica Rango 31.08........................ B Pringle 6 56545 Greet The Judge nwtd H & .................... Taylor 7 54261 Goldstar Renee 31.73 S & .................B Evans 8 4313 Opawa Abbie Joy 30.69 .....................R Wales 9 86686 Dead Wong 30.98 M & ........................ Jopson 10 684x8 Opawa Peaches 30.24 C & ...................Fagan 8 5.06pm CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN SPRINT C1, 295m 1 13676 White Not Wong 17.74 M & ................. Jopson 2 53346 Magma 17.60 C & .................................Fagan 3 87x43 Crystal Flame nwtd ............................M Grant 4 53311 Homebush Hazel 17.71 ............ J T McInerney 5 83554 Know Darling nwtd ........................... G Cleeve 6 32846 Sahara Sam 17.40 H & ......................... Taylor 7 6T317 Replica Casino 17.80 ....................... B Pringle 8 5x175 Hasta Luego Rama 17.88 ................. J Tanner 9 65658 Kablitz 17.62....................................K Cassidy 10 66668 Bigtime Tip 17.39 M & ............................Smith 9 5.26pm BARRON’S SUPPLIES STAKES HEAT 4 C1q, 520m 1 46485 Talk Soon nwtd .......................................A Lee 2 8x862 Know Leave nwtd ............................. G Cleeve

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

57743 Opawa Mine 31.62 .............................R Wales 21666 Goldstar Dodge 30.72 S & .................B Evans 52154 Epic Mango nwtd..............................R Adcock 72222 Rockin’ Robyn nwtd ............................M Grant 22147 Aurora 31.39 C &...................................Fagan 55584 Forza nwtd....................................M Robinson 86686 Dead Wong 30.98 M & ........................ Jopson 684x8 Opawa Peaches 30.24 C & ...................Fagan 10 5.41pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER DASH C1, 295m 1 47777 Dragon Queen 17.85 M & ................... Jopson 2 23222 NippaOfSambucca 17.40 ......... J T McInerney 3 34322 Andolas 17.66 ............................. R Blackburn 4 44324 Jaded Affair 17.46 ........................... L Waretini 5 78738 Homebush Ivana nwtd.............. J T McInerney 6 25735 Scissor Clip nwtd........................... B Freeman 7 56413 Little Lottie 17.66 M & ............................Smith 8 F7873 Minalinka nwtd S &.............................B Evans 9 584x8 Know Energy 17.50 .......................... G Cleeve 10 88865 Smash Attack 17.36 ...........................M Grant 11 5.58pm GLENBYRE TAVERN SPRINT C1, 295m 1 45784 Wake Up Susie nwtd M & .................... Jopson 2 12832 Britt Baxter nwtd ....................... J T McInerney 3 22177 Zulu Mako 17.82................................ J Tanner 4 47836 Big Catch 17.38 M & ........................... Jopson 5 44664 Know Bias nwtd ................................ G Cleeve 6 76673 Royal Bash 17.32 ................................B Dann 7 33138 Smash Calling nwtd............................M Grant 8 5818 Koroibete 17.92 ..................................D Voyce 9 65658 Kablitz 17.62....................................K Cassidy 10 25776 Coleridge Jim 17.60 M & ........................Smith 12 6.16pm PROTEXIN DASH C1, 295m 1 15265 Hell’s A Coming 17.65 .................A Botherway 2 75846 Leanne’s Way 17.81 M &..................... Jopson 3 44355 Tricky Action 17.48 S & ......................B Evans

4 52523 Opawa Bear 17.75 .............................R Wales 5 28686 Homebush Scribe 17.36 ........... J T McInerney 6 67624 Sweet As Brad 17.41................... R Blackburn 7 53286 Tilt 17.39 ......................................... L Waretini 8 41212 Lonely Baxter 17.63 ................. J T McInerney 9 584x8 Know Energy 17.50 .......................... G Cleeve 10 26776 Smash Rumour 17.19 ........................M Grant LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track SELECTIONS: Race 1: Homebush Ellie, Fiery Jen, Kingman, Wong Answer, Jinja Billy Race 2: Bluey Fields, Opawa Silver, Perfect Result, Dyna Hadvar, Opawa Al Race 3: Know Struggle, Coco Bango, Smash Prince, Gordy Junior, Epic Style Race 4: Granny Magnet, Goldstar Spotty, Ghost, Arcane Sabre, Know Courtesy Race 5: Ohoka Tyler, Goldstar Bryton, Ready Teddy, Smash Wild, Star Bucking Race 6: Troublesome Brit, Fabre’s Lass, Homebush Patriot, Our John, Cee Ash Race 7: Opawa Abbie Joy, Cheese Please, Replica Rango, Another Message, Know Sweat Race 8: Sahara Sam, Crystal Flame, Homebush Hazel, Magma, Hasta Luego Rama Race 9: Rockin’ Robyn, Opawa Mine, Talk Soon, Epic Mango, Know Leave Race 10: NippaOfSambucca, Andolas, Jaded Affair, Minalinka, Scissor Clip Race 11: Royal Bash, Britt Baxter, Koroibete, Smash Calling, Wake Up Susie Race 12: Lonely Baxter, Opawa Bear, Sweet As Brad, Homebush Scribe, Hell’s A Coming

7 8 9 10

Epic Fantasy, Definer Race 7: Charlie Runkel, Trevor Gibbs, Zipping Piper, Flaming Sambuca, Leo’s Son Race 8: Fired Up Jed, Crotty, Epic Boom, Graeburn, Homebush Spud Race 9: Birdie Tee, Helena Allen, Express Gunn, Cactus Jack, Sozin’s Noir Race 10: Southern Lights, Zipping Clyde, Quistis Bale, Sea Fever, Opawa Norris Race 11: Rover Bale, Harry Fields, Storming Mack, Southern Honey, Luciastar Race 12: Cosmic Odette, Opawa Sheldon, Puma Pants, Cawbourne Britty, Sozin’s Blue Race 13: Homebush Miles, Zugzwang, Jinja Rules, Eskimo Chill, Cronos Picks Race 1: Miss Dupre, Chop Shop, Mertz, Polyphonix, Socket To Em Race 2: Inter Oblivion, Viktoria Vikkers, Dream Kay, Fired Up Jasper, Peekay Shout Race 3: Joey Baxter, Rib Curler, Stormy Sunday, Freckle Flyer, Theseus Race 4: Odin Slayer, Black Dan, Idol Eve, Homebush Riley, Super Bad Race 5: Opawa Binge, Homebush Kelso, Randy Fields, Princely Gold, Magic Mike Race 6: Hilton Open, Botany Alan, Homebush Flame, Epic Fantasy, Definer Race 7: Charlie Runkel, Trevor Gibbs, Zipping Piper, Flaming Sambuca, Leo’s Son Race 8: Fired Up Jed, Crotty, Epic Boom, Graeburn, Homebush Spud Race 9: Birdie Tee, Helena Allen, Express Gunn, Cactus Jack, Sozin’s Noir Race 10: Southern Lights, Zipping Clyde, Quistis Bale, Sea Fever, Opawa Norris Race 11: Rover Bale, Harry Fields, Storming Mack, Southern Honey, Luciastar Race 12: Cosmic Odette, Opawa Sheldon, Puma Pants, Cawbourne Britty, Sozin’s Blue Race 13: Homebush Miles, Zugzwang, Jinja Rules, Eskimo Chill, Cronos

Southland dogs Today at Ascot Park Raceway 2 23855 Homebush Riley 22.73 ...........J T McInerney 3 54237 Odin Slayer 22.92 .....................A Bradshaw 4 76441 Nippa-A-Spot 22.84 ...............J T McInerney 5 31118 Black Dan 22.71.....................J T McInerney 6 58316 Super Bad nwtd ........................D A Roberts 7 42127 Detective Dash nwtd ..............J T McInerney 8 31544 Homebush Tulip nwtd .............J T McInerney 9 46658 Idol Star 23.02.................................R Wales 10 17866 Nicey Spicey nwtd .....................A Bradshaw 5 1.25pm CONGRATULATIONS JAPE C2/3, 390m 1 2F172 Ice Princess nwtd ......................A Bradshaw 2 81224 Homebush Kelso 22.40 ..........J T McInerney 3 78673 Randy Fields 22.56 .......................R Adcock 4 53642 Magic Mike 22.40 .........................C Roberts 5 44554 Opawa Binge 22.34.........................R Wales 6 14737 Dave’s Dot 22.62 ....................J T McInerney 7 31184 Princely Gold 22.49................J T McInerney 8 81736 Obeyance 22.80 .................................J Allen 9 46658 Idol Star 23.02.................................R Wales 10 78756 Shift The Blame 23.04............J T McInerney 6 1.45pm SGRC $26 FIVE WIRE MUZZLE STAKES C2/3, 390m 1 44372 Hilton Open 22.74 .....................A Bradshaw 2 86476 Homebush Flame 22.70 .........J T McInerney 3 38571 Southern Affair 22.71 ..................R Hamilton 4 85665 Seeking Baxter nwtd ..............J T McInerney 5 34462 Botany Alan 22.42..................J T McInerney 6 68775 Super Stevie 22.96.......................C Roberts 7 45183 Epic Fantasy nwtd .........................R Adcock 8 87684 Definer 22.88 .................................. R Breen 9 46658 Idol Star 23.02.................................R Wales 10 17866 Nicey Spicey nwtd .....................A Bradshaw 7 2.02pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY THE COLONEL C1, 457m 1 87262 Charlie Runkel 26.07 ........................B Eade 2 86664 Zipping Piper 26.56 ..................... B I Conner 3 13857 Dave’s Pick nwtd ....................J T McInerney 4 212 Trevor Gibbs nwtd J & .....................D Fahey 5 27123 Leo’s Son 26.66 .....................J T McInerney 6 66536 Qadir Bale 26.60 ..........................C Roberts 7 77525 Flaming Sambuca 26.47 ........J T McInerney

55658 Cawbourne Palmer 26.09 ............C Roberts 52375 Spring Sam 26.00 ..................J T McInerney 1 53728 Graeburn nwtd ..........................A Bradshaw 77781 Luciastar 26.03 ......................J T McInerney 2 41547 Epic Boom nwtd ............................R Adcock 77758 Opawa Richie 26.19 ........................R Wales 3 45553 Crotty nwtd ................................A Bradshaw 12 3.36pm MR WHIPPY SOUTHLAND C4, 390m 1 7F365 Asserting Power nwtd ...............A Bradshaw 4 412 Fired Up Jed nwtd ............................ B Dann 2 47277 Sozin’s Blue 23.04 .................J T McInerney 5 73888 Deborah Bay nwtd..........................J Guthrie 3 65634 Opawa Sheldon 22.71.....................R Wales 6 13758 Homebush Spud nwtd............J T McInerney 4 46157 Oxford Red nwtd ....................J T McInerney 7 36666 Homebush Flutey nwtd ..........J T McInerney 5 62244 Cosmic Odette 22.35 .............J T McInerney 8 13465 Homebush Clint nwtd .............J T McInerney 9 2.37pm GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C4/5, 6 34357 Cawbourne Britty 22.42 ...............C Roberts 390m 7 12584 Puma Pants 22.14..................J T McInerney 1 72441 Birdie Tee 22.35 ............................R Adcock 8 21315 Homebush Banker 22.67 .......J T McInerney 2 4167x Helena Allen 22.40.......................C Roberts 9 88453 Mina Allen nwtd............................C Roberts 3 81634 Sozin’s Noir 22.36 ..................J T McInerney 13 3.52pm RACING AGAIN 5TH SEPTEMBER C1, 4 71612 Express Gunn 22.34 .....................R Adcock 390m 1 85667 Light Thaw 23.18................................J Allen 5 46134 Amino Trouble 22.60 .................A Bradshaw 2 71787 Eskimo Chill 22.89 .............................J Allen 6 87312 Cactus Jack 22.63 J & ....................D Fahey 3 x8x67 Catlin Blueblood nwtd ............J T McInerney 7 42411 Opawa Waihemo 22.75 ...................R Wales 4 44667 Brad Baxter nwtd ...................J T McInerney 8 41855 Homebush Fued 22.57 ..........J T McInerney 5 58857 Jinja Rules nwtd .....................J T McInerney 9 37728 Sopoaga nwtd ...........................A Bradshaw 6 77676 Awesome Annie nwtd.................. B I Conner 10 88453 Mina Allen nwtd............................C Roberts 10 2.54pm ASCOT PARK CONSORTIUM C4/5, 457m 7 7211 Homebush Miles nwtd............J T McInerney 8 65x73 Zugzwang nwtd .........................A Bradshaw 1 65557 Dyna Boomer nwtd ......................C Roberts 9 84624 Cronos nwtd ......................................B Eade 2 83347 Zipping Clyde 25.87 .................... B I Conner 3 631F3 Sea Fever nwtd ........................... B I Conner LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Dis4 13123 Quistis Bale nwtd .........................C Roberts tance 5 127x7 Opawa Jimbo 25.87 ........................R Wales fstd - First Start This Distance 6 24376 Opawa Kevin 26.01 .........................R Wales 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track SELECTIONS: 7 16314 Southern Lights 25.84 .................R Hamilton 8 77355 Howie Bale nwtd ..........................C Roberts Race 1: Miss Dupre, Chop Shop, Mertz, Polyphonix, 9 6885x Opawa Norris 26.08 ........................R Wales Socket To Em 10 6687F Eagle Tee 26.04 ............................R Adcock Race 2: Inter Oblivion, Viktoria Vikkers, Dream Kay, 11 3.16pm SOUTHLAND & OTAGO PHOTO FINISH Fired Up Jasper, Peekay Shout C2/3, 457m Race 3: Joey Baxter, Rib Curler, Stormy Sunday, Freckle 1 2x111 Rover Bale 25.70 .........................C Roberts Flyer, Theseus 2 76112 Harry Fields nwtd ..........................R Adcock Race 4: Odin Slayer, Black Dan, Idol Eve, Homebush 3 36241 Nozzno Fear 26.45....................A Bradshaw Riley, Super Bad 4 85232 Storming Mack 26.13 .................. B I Conner Race 5: Opawa Binge, Homebush Kelso, Randy Fields, 5 22423 Southern Honey 26.33 ................R Hamilton Princely Gold, Magic Mike 6 23115 Avalanch City nwtd.................J T McInerney Race 6: Hilton Open, Botany Alan, Homebush Flame, 8 85568 Rhinegolde nwtd ................................J Allen

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9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST OP SHOP. Good clean ‘Second time around” clothing for sale. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr of Cass and Havelock Streets.

10am NEWCOMERS SOCIAL GROUP. Weekly coffee morning for new people to Ashburton. Nosh Cafe at Ashfords, West Street.

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

Main Street, Methven.

Wednesday 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Steady as you go exercise group. 48 Allens Road.

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST OP SHOP. “Second time around” good clean clothing for sale. Ashburton Baptist Church, cnr Cass and Havelock Streets.

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

10am - 7pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD EXHIBITION. “The Joy of Stitching” runs daily from

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DENTURES. Dr Peter DRY old man pine firewood guaranteed - Tile Warehouse Rumping, retired dentist, for sale. Phone 027 433 selection available at continues to provide full 9065.

Redmonds Furnishing and dentures. Repairs to existing Flooring, Burnett Street. dentures also available. ADULT Phone 027 220 9997.

DENTURES. Dr Peter ENTERTAINMENT Rumping, retired dentist, ASIAN, attractive, pretty, B continues to provide full RURAL TRADING POST cup, hot sexy lady, playful, dentures. Repairs to existing FOR SALE - Large farm hay great massage. Phone 020 dentures also available. trailers plus hay covers 4068 7352. suitable for medium square Phone 027 220 9997. bales. Rural livestock clearing NEW, 26 year old, Singapore sale, Reynolds Road, lady, size 10, 34C busty.

Methven, Friday, August 25 Good service. Phone 021 831 at 1pm.

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August 22 & 23, 2017 10am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Exercises and Tai Chi for Arthritis. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

10am - 4pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD EXHIBITION. “The Joy of Stitching” runs daily from 5 August - 3 September, late night Wednesday. Ashburton Art Gallery, West Street.

12pm - 3pm JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. Signing Centre, New Community House, 44 Cass Street.

1pm AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Fall prevention strengthening muscles improving balance. Presbyterian Church, Rakaia.

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

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

2pm ASHBURTON BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP. All very welcome, enquiries to Faye 3081852. MacKenzie Centre, Kermode Street.

5.30pm - 7.30pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Youth group. 48 Allens Road.

7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Weekly club night, all player levels welcome. E A Network Stadium, River Terrace.

7.30pm ASHBURTON TABLE TENNIS. Weekly games, come and have a go!

Ashburton Club and MSA, Havelock Street.

5 August - 3 September , Late night Wednesday. Ashburton Art Gallery, West Street.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Seated exercises suitable for people with limited mobility. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

1pm - 3pm ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Drop in and pre loved clothing shop. Cnr Thomson and Jane Streets, Tinwald.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research. Heritage Centre, West Street.

1.30pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Euchre - come and join us. Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street.

2pm ASHBURTON OSTOMY SOCIETY INC. Bi monthly meeting with report on National A.G.M. Savage Club rooms, Cnr William and Cox Street.

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

7.30pm ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Dancing, Music, Fitness and Fun, Buffalo Hall, Cox Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC. Results of Natural History. Entris for Portraits. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): People who make you feel small while making themselves feel big are, of course, toxic for you to be around. If you can’t stay away altogether, at least minimize your exposure. Firm boundaries will be key.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Today, it will be far more important to take care of practical matters than to concern yourself with the deeper or more mystical layers of existence. You can ponder and intuit after the storm has passed.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Good work is good work, no matter how humble or herculean the task.

There’s a victory rush that comes from doing a job to the best of your ability and knowing it’s not been done better.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Between too much and too little is the wonderfully cosy waystation you’ll hang out in today. It’s made even more enjoyable by friends who are similarly satisfied.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): If it’s fun but doesn’t make sense, consider it anyway. Even computers have evolved to incorporate illogical turns to serve the very human need for surprises and fun. A touch of irrationality will bring you magic.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Remember when you felt helpless? If you could have only known help was on its way, how much easier the moment would have passed. Remember the lesson.

Trust that there are forces on your side.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You’ll be energised by a steady and deliberate learning process. There is nothing more exciting to do with this day than to move from ignorance to knowledge on a subject that interests you.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You’re in a mood to bounce around ideas. While bandying about intellectual and philosophical concepts, keep in mind not everyone likes to debate. Choose your company carefully.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You are who you are because of what you’ve experienced. It’s why you keep putting yourself in the mix, taking risks and making efforts: You’re brave.

Courage is a lifestyle.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): If you have to turn it into a competition, make yourself the opponent.

The only nobility worth striving for is the kind where you top your finest effort thus far.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): With so many people looking for somewhere to pass the blame, it’s important to note that blame never solves anything. It gets better once someone starts taking responsibility for it.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Perhaps it seems counterintuitive that you would be in a position to teach what you don’t know, yet it happens all of the time. The added pressure of having to present information will make you learn super-quickly.

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Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

Please note all late death HARNETT, Vincent notices or notices sent (Vinny) – Suddenly but peacefully at outside ordinary office hours must be emailed to: Ashburton Hospital, on Sunday, August 20, 2017. deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz to ensure publication.

Dearly loved husband of Sandra, much loved father To place a notice during and grandfather of Kirsten office hours please contact and Pete, Lucy, Isaac, us on 03 307 7900 Maggie, and Brigid; Nicola for more information and Nathan, Ayla, Lily, and Any queries Rosie; Kelly and Eoin, and please contact Saoirse; Matthew and Zoe 0800 and expected baby.

ASHBURTON Messages to Harnett family, (0800-274-287) PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740.

Donations to Ashburton and Methven St John would be appreciated and may be left at the service. We would like to thank our caring neighbours, the Methven Medical Centre, Ashburton Hospital and St John who Canterbury owned, have been so wonderful over locally operated the last few years. A service to celebrate Vinny’s life will Patersons be held at the Church of the Holy Name, Sealy Street, Funeral Services Ashburton on FRIDAY, and Ashburton August 25, commencing at 1.00pm. Followed by private Crematorium Ltd family interment.

Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton Ph 307 7433

STEVENS, Allen Dickson – Passed away peacefully at McKenzie Healthcare, Geraldine on August 5, 2017.

Loved husband of the late Gladys. Loved father and father-in-law of Jan and Fred Tate (Lyndhurst), Rona and Malcolm Cretney (Alford Forest), and Pat (Trish) and Dave Riddell (West Melton).

A dearly loved grandad and great grandad. A service to celebrate Allen’s life will be held at the Hampstead Rugby and All Sports Clubrooms on Bridge Street, Ashburton TOMORROW, Wednesday, August 23 at 2pm. No flowers by request. Messages to 382 Alford Forest Cemetery Road, RD 1, Ashburton.

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WILLIAMSON, David – 27/4/1950 - 14/8/2017 Formerly of Ashburton, beloved husband of Colleen, dad of Neal and Karen, father-in-law of Scott, g-pops of Redd and Clara.

At peace after a hard fought battle.

A celebration of his life will be held in Brisbane TODAY, Tuesday, August 22.

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THE BOX 6am Wheel Of Fortune PG 6:25 Jeopardy PG 6:50 Covert Affairs MV 7:40 Heroes MV 8:30 The Simpsons PG 8:55 Criminal Minds 16VS 9:45 NCIS MVV 10:40 Hawaii Five0 MV 11:35 Jeopardy PG Noon Raw Live MV 3:15 Heroes MV 4pm The Simpsons PG 4:30 Wheel Of Fortune PG 5pm Jeopardy PG 5:30 Covert Affairs MV 6:30 Piha Rescue PG 7pm Pawn Stars PG An 1800s detective’s camera comes into the shop.

7:30 CSI – Miami MV 8:30 Outsiders MV 9:30 Kingdom MV 10:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 11:25 CSI – Miami MV

WEDNESDAY

12:15 Raw MV 2:40 Pawn Stars PG 3:05 Supernatural 16V 3:55 Outsiders MV 4:45 Kingdom MV 5:35 Piha Rescue PG

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

6:35 Victor Frankenstein MVLSC 2015 Horror.

Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy, Jessica Brown Findlay.

8:25 London Has Fallen 16VL 2016 Action Crime.

Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman.

10:05 Break Point MLS 2014 Comedy. Jeremy Sisto, David Walton, Adam Devine.

11:35 No Escape 16VLC 2015 Thriller. Owen Wilson, Pierce Brosnan. 1:15 Victor Frankenstein MVLSC 2015 Horror. Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy, Jessica Brown Findlay.

3:05 London Has Fallen 16VL 2016 Action Crime.

Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman. 4:45 Good Kids 16LSC 2016 Comedy.

6:15 The Hunger Games – Mockingjay Part 2 MVC 2015 Adventure. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson.

8:30 Skiptrace MVC 2016 Comedy. A detective from Hong Kong teams up with an American gambler to deal with a notorious Chinese criminal.

Jackie Chan, Johnny Knoxville.

10:20 Arrival ML 2016 Drama.

Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner.

8:05 Killing Them Softly 16VLSC 2012 Crime. When their illegal card game is held up, the mafia calls in an enforcer to pursue those who dared to steal from the mafia. Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta.

9:45 The Butler MVL 2013 Drama Biography.

Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, John Cusack.

11:55 Picture Perfect M 1997 Comedy. Jennifer Aniston, Jay Mohr, Kevin Bacon.

1:35 The Help MC 2011 Drama. Emma Stone, Viola Davis.

4pm Minority Report MVLS 2002 Sci-fi Thriller.

Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton.

6:20 Pain And Gain 18VLS 2013 Action. Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson.

8:30 Babylon AD MVL 2008 Action. In the near future, in a world made for hardened warriors, a mercenary must smuggle a woman, the only hope for the future of mankind, from Russia to America.

Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh.

10:15 What Just Happened MVLS 2008 Comedy.

Robert De Niro, Sean Penn.

WEDNESDAY

12:15 Green Room 18VLC 2015 Horror. Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat.

1:50 Good Kids 16LSC 2016 Comedy. 3:20 Green Room 18VLC 2015 Horror.

Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat. 4:55 Skiptrace MVC 2016 Comedy.

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6:30 Waiata Mai 6:40 Dora Matatoa 2 7am Miharo 2 7:30 Pukana (HLS) 2 7:40 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 2 8am Whanau Living 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Kawe Korero – Reporters 9:30 F Kai Time On The Road 10am Ako 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3pm Waiata Mai 3 3:10 Dora Matatoa 2 3:30 Miharo 2 4pm Pukana 3 2 4:10 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 2 4:30 Whanau Living 3 5pm Tagata Pasifika 5:30 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 6:30 Te Kaea 2 7pm Kawe Korero – Reporters 7:30 Sachie’s Kitchen Sachie visits a salmon hatchery, and then a salmon farm, in the Marlborough Sounds.

8pm Election Aotearoa 9pm Hands Up For Democracy 10pm Media Take 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2 11pm Kawe Korero – Reporters News reporters dissect and discuss the day’s news and events.

11:30 Closedown

SKY SPORT 1

6am Aussie Riles – AFL Melbourne v Brisbane Lions.

9am Golf – US PGA Tour Wyndham Championship Event. 10am Golf – European Tour Paul Lawrie Match Play Event. 10:30 Golf – Fiji International 11am Cycling – La Vuelta Stage Three. 11:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup North Harbour v Otago. Noon Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Tasman v Canterbury.

12:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Saturday. 1pm The Hunters Club Summer Chamois.

2pm Golf Central 3pm Golf – Solheim Cup Round Three.

3:30 Golf – US PGA Tour Wyndham Championship Event. 4:30 Golf – European Tour Paul Lawrie Match Play Event. 5pm Golf – Fiji International 5:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Sunday.

6pm Rugby – Women’s World Cup Canada v Black Ferns. 6:30 Rugby – The Championship Australia v All Blacks. 7pm Rugby – The Championship South Africa v Argentina. 7:30 Rugby Nation 8:30 The Breakdown 9pm Rugby – NPC Archive Hawke’s Bay v Bay of Plenty 2012. 11pm Golf – Solheim WEDNESDAY Cup 11:30 Golf – PGA Midnight Accepted MLS Tour WEDNESDAY 2006 Comedy. Justin Long, Jonah Hill. 1:35 Minority 12:30 Golf – PGA European Report MVLS 2002 SciTour 1:20 L Rugby fi Thriller. Tom Cruise, – Women’s World Cup Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton. Spain v Hong Kong.

3:55 Pain And Gain 18VLS 3:50 L Rugby – Women’s 2013 Action. Mark Wahlberg, World Cup Semi-final One – Dwayne Johnson.

Black Ferns v USA.

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language; HLS Highlights; RPL Replay; DLY Delayed. CLASSIFICATIONS: 16/18 Approved for persons 16/18 years or over; AO Adults only; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences; PG/PGR Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits ZEFM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

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6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Inside King’s Cross 7:30 Love Nature – Wild Things With Dominic Monaghan 8:30 American Pickers 9:30 Hugh’s Three Hungry Boys 10:30 Location, Location, Location Revisited 11:30 Food Safari – Fire Noon Inside King’s Cross 1pm The Art Of Japanese Life 2:30 Handmade In Japan 3pm Food Safari – Fire 3:30 Love Nature – Extreme Animal Babies 4:30 Paul Hollywood City Bakes British baker Paul Hollywood sets out to sample the recipes that have helped shape the culture and heritage of some of the world’s cities.

5:30 Salvage Hunters 6:30 American Pickers 7:30 Location, Location, Location 8:30 Building The Dream 9:30 Money For Nothing Sarah Moore saves three items from being thrown out, transforms them into bespoke and valuable pieces, and returns the profit to their owners.

10:30 American Pickers 11:30 Paul Hollywood City Bakes British baker Paul Hollywood sets out to sample the recipes that have helped shape the culture and heritage of some of the world’s cities.

12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Backroad Bounty 2am Wild Things With Dominic Monaghan 3am Salvage Hunters 4am Location, Location, Location 5am Building The Dream

SKY SPORT 2 6am NRL 360 7am Monday Night With Matty Johns 8am Fox Sports News 8:30 Cricket – Caribbean Premier League (HLS) Amazon Warriors v Tridents.

9:30 L Cricket – Caribbean Premier League Patriots v Tallawahs.

1:30 Cricket – International (HLS) West Indies v England, First Test, Day Three.

2pm Fight Night 4pm UFC Unleashed Cyborg v Lansberg.

5pm Athletics – IAAF Diamond League (HLS) 6pm Cricket – International (HLS) First ODI – Sri Lanka v India.

6:30 Cricket – Caribbean Premier League (HLS) Patriots v Tallawahs.

7:30 Cricket – International (HLS) West Indies v England, First Test, Day Three.

From Edgbaston, Birmingham.

8pm Super League Fulltime 8:30 NRL 360 9:30 On The Couch With Sterlo 10:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Rabbitohs v Warriors.

11pm Fox Sports News 11:30 Super League Fulltime

DISCOVERY 6:35 Gold Rush PG 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 MythBusters PG Antacid Jail Break; Driving in the Dark. 9:10 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 10am Aussie Gold Hunters PG 10:50 What On Earth? PG Who Built Supervillain Island? 11:40 Evil Lives Here M Home Sweet Nightmare. 12:30 Your Worst Nightmare M Psycho for Love. 1:20 The Perfect Murder M 2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm How Do They Do It? PG 3:25 Auction Hunters 3:50 Gold Rush PG 5:40 MythBusters PG 6:35 Shark Tank 7:30 Shark Tank Five of Australia’s most successful business people look for the next big idea to turn into a profitable venture.

8:30 Dr Karl’s Outrageous Acts Of Science PG 9:25 What On Earth? PG Forbidden Cities of the Maya.

10:15 Moonshiners M Whiskey Time Machine.

11:05 The Perfect Murder M 11:55 Your Worst Nightmare M Psycho for Love.

WEDNESDAY

12:45 Gold Rush PG 2:25 Alaska – The Last Midnight NRL Fulltime Frontier M 12:50 L Rugby 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG – Women’s World 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG Cup Ireland v Australia.

4:55 How Do They Do It? 3:20 The Breakdown 3:50 L Rugby – Women’s PG 5:20 Auction Hunters World Cup Canada v Wales.

5:45 Moonshiners M

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Sport Conspicuously absent Kevin Proctor and Jarrod Wallace have played down injured Gold Coast team-mate Jarryd Hayne’s apparent NRL no-show when the Titans played Parramatta on Thursday night. Out of the game with an ankle injury, the fullback was conspicuously absent from the sidelines for the clash against his former side, despite being in Sydney receiving specialist treatment. Claims he was not at the game were denied by Hayne’s former manager and current adviser Wayne Beavis, only for Proctor and Wallace to admit yesterday they did not see him at ANZ Stadium.

Tanak wins in Germany New Zealand shot-putter Tom Walsh has continued his golden run with another win at a Diamond League meet in Birmingham.

Gold touch continues Tom Walsh continues to hold sway among the world’s shot put heavyweights after notching victory at a Diamond League meet in Birmingham.

Two weeks after New Zealander Walsh claimed a maiden world championship title, he eclipsed his leading rivals in a tight competition during which nobody cleared 22m.

American Olympic champion Ryan Crouser led through the first four rounds, courtesy of an opening distance of 21.55m.

Walsh, whose best was 21.29m until that stage, made his move in round five with a 21.75m heave.

When none of his opponents could match it, Walsh had no pressure on his final throw, which he extended out to 21.83m.

Tomas Stanek of the Czech Republic was third (21.16m) while the two other world championship medallists struggled. Joe Kovacs of the United States was seventh (20.52m) and Stipe Zu-

nic of Croatia eighth (20.29m).

Walsh admitted to feeling self-imposed pressure coming in after his world title in London was later shrouded in controversy.

Crouser and Kovacs both unsuccessfully appealed that result, believing they had each had fouls incorrectly called on throws which had superseded Walsh’s winning distance of 22.03m.

“My biggest worry today was not performing like a world

champion,” Walsh said.

“I wanted to prove I deserved to be world champion and I’m pleased that I did that. I got better as the competition went on.

To throw that far with a slightly uphill throwing area is very encouraging.”

Crouser leads the Diamond League standings on 31 points, with Walsh second on 22.

The pair will square off at the final Diamond League meet in Brussels on September 1.

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Priest raises ton in women’s Super League Another New Zealander has reached three figures in the English Women’s Super League a week after Suzie Bates became the first player to do so.

Bates’ White Ferns opening partner Rachel Priest was the match-winner this time, smashing an unbeaten 106 off 65 balls as her Western Storm thumped the Yorkshire Diamonds by 10

wickets in York.

The home side never looked like defending their 160-7, which included 41 off 21 balls from big-hitting White Ferns allrounder Sophie Devine.

Priest, who had scored three runs in her first two knocks for the Storm, thrashed 14 fours and three sixes as she and veteran England international Heather

Knight (48 not out off 38 balls) reached 161-0 in 17 overs.

Elsewhere, New Zealand captain Bates was at it again, scoring an unbeaten 50 for Southern Vipers in a four-run loss to Surrey Stars in Southampton.

The Stars reached 127-8 and the Vipers were 100-7 off 16.2 overs when rain arrived, a score deemed not quite good enough

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under the Duckworth-Lewis method.

Bates was holding the chase together in a 41-ball knock which continued a dream start to the season.

She is the Twenty20 league’s leading run-scorer with 216 from three innings for the defending champions and is still to be dismissed.

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Estonian Ott Tanak claimed his second career WRC win with victory at Rally Germany while Kiwi driver Hayden Paddon finished eighth. M-Sport Ford’s Tanak calmly navigated his way through the final day’s four special stages to take a 16.4 second win over Citroen’s Andreas Mikkelsen.

Tanak’s teammate – four-time world champion Sebastien Ogier – was third and opened up a 17-point championship lead over Thierry Neuville, who failed to score any points on the German asphalt.

Purists not buying it Mike Tyson has said that Conor McGregor is “going to get killed boxing”. Promoter Lou DiBella likened it to a novelty act. And Oscar De La Hoya, the former boxing champion turned fight promoter, ominously warned, “Our sport might not ever recover.” Needless to say, the boxing world hasn’t shown much enthusiasm for the fight between the UFC superstar and Floyd Mayweather. “You got to take Mayweather and McGregor for what it is: a spectacle. I don’t consider it part of boxing,” Bob Arum said.

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