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A total fire ban will be introduced across Mid Canterbury, following weeks of drought-like conditions. The ban will come into effect throughout the district at midnight on Saturday. A total ban will also be implemented in South Canterbury, meaning a prohibited fire season will apply to the whole Canterbury region. A prohibited fire season means no outdoor fires can be lit without specific permits, such as for biosecurity matters. The ban has been on the cards for several weeks, as tinder dry conditions and soaring temperatures edged fire danger levels to “very high”. Mid Canterbury’s chief rural fire officer Don Geddes said recent rain had not been

Rural fire officer Dave O’Donnell is preparing for a total fire ban in Mid Canterbury, which will come into effect at midnight on Saturday. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 220115-TM-031

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The fire fuels, the grass and things are still all sitting there available for combustion

enough to dampen plans for a total ban. “The fire fuels, the grass and things are still all sitting there available for combustion,” he said. “We know when we get fires that get into that stuff, they’re going to be deep-seated, intense fires and they’re going to be difficult to put out.” Those who flout the ban could expect serious consequences,

ranging from an instant fine of $575 to criminal prosecution. Fire crews across the district have been kept busy battling dozens of vegetation fires in recent weeks and while the ban should ease some of the pressure, Mr Geddes believes firefighters will still have plenty to do. “It still doesn’t stop the fires that happen accidentally, for example, the one earlier this month in Mayfield that was started by a

header,” he said. “We’re still going to get those fires, as we move into the harvest we always get them.” The region’s firefighters were again busy yesterday, as crews from Hinds, Ashburton, Geraldine and Willowby battled a blaze along a treeline on Junction Road, near the Rangitata river mouth. Hinds Rural Fire Force chief fire officer, Dave Kingsbury, said

the fire was likely the result of a spark from a piece of barbed wire flicked up by a hedge trimmer. Mr Kingsbury said while it was hard to prevent those types of fires, contractors needed to be aware that roadsides were very dry. There is likely to be little relief from the dry conditions in the near future, with the MetService forecasting temperatures in the high 20s heading into next week.

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Leila McKinnon wishes her Channel Nine-boss husband wore shoes when brawling with casino mogul James Packer. A bearded, barefoot and tracksuit-wearing David Gyngell was last year photographed fighting with Packer outside the billionaire’s pad at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. “I do wish he’d worn shoes,” McKinnon told The Australian Women’s Weekly. “Sometimes when we are out and he is wearing his good clothes, I jokingly dare him to pick a fight with another billionaire so we can even up the ledger.” Packer lashed out at Gyngell after he saw a Nine Network news van parked outside his home. Reports at the time speculated the van was there to try to catch supermodel Miranda Kerr visiting the casino mogul.

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■ ASHBURTON POLICE

Police target crime prevention BY ERIN TASKER

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Christchurch police were on the beat in Ashburton yesterday in a bid to stamp out drug-related crime in the town. Ashburton police senior sergeant Scott Banfield said prevention staff were in town conducting random traffic stops and residential area patrols – something Mid Cantabrians can expect to see more of in the future. “As I promised when I first came here, this is now the norm and local police will receive an influx of police staff from the city to target criminals and provide community reassurance, as and when I need them,” Mr Banfield said. He said police were constantly working at identifying local offenders and areas of interest, and when the extra staff from Christchurch were brought down, their job was to target

those people and areas. The main aim of the operation was to raise visibility and give reassurance to the community, and if arrests resulted, that was a bonus. “I know for a fact that methamphetamine is still quite easy to get here, but cannabis is getting harder and harder to obtain, because of our operations,” Mr Banfield said. Those operations included one in July named Operation Webster, which resulted in 14 arrests. Some of those arrested have since been through the court system, others are still going through the courts. Drugs were a problem in every society and they were often linked to other crimes, like burglaries; offenders stole to feed their drug habits, Mr Banfield said. So cracking down on one, should impact on the other, he said.

■ ASHBURTON POLICE

Alleged robbery investigated An alleged aggravated robbery near the Ashburton River track left the victim shaken, and two men on the run yesterday morning. Ashburton Police senior sergeant Scott Banfield said police were advised of the incident at around 9.30am and thanks to staff from Christchurch being in town for the day on other matters, police patrols were quickly on the scene. Cordons were put in place in the surrounding area but the offenders – two men – were not located. Mr Banfield said the aggravated robbery was alleged to

have occurred on Trevors Road near the Ashburton River walking track. The man was robbed of cash and a cellphone, but he was not injured in the incident. “He was shaken up, as he was assaulted obviously, during the robbery – that’s why it’s aggravated,” Mr Banfield said. Although it occurred in a public place frequented by families, police believed the incident was isolated and there was no need for members of the public to be alarmed. Police ask anyone with any information about the incident, to contact them.

Police were out in force on Mid Canterbury streets yesterday, conducting random stops and walking the beat – making their presence felt. PHOTO DONNA WYLIE 220115-DW-048

Farmers will need to get creative From P1 With a total fire ban coming into effect this weekend, farmers may be looking to alternate methods to get rid of crop stubble. Federated Farmers South Island Grain & Seed vice-chairperson David Clark said other forms of stubble management would have to be employed. Farmers could chose to chop and plough stubble, or bale it to sell as animal feed, according to Mr Clark. Another option was to leave the stubble standing until the fire ban was lifted, and it could be burned. While the fire ban would have an effect on farmers, the

safety of the district had to be considered, Mr Clark said. “It is an inconvenience, it’s an additional cost, it might result in additional chemicals being used to control pests and diseases in paddocks that haven’t been burned,” he said.

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“So there are downsides, but it is what it is.” Mr Clark said he “didn’t envy” the fire officers who had to make the decision to impose a fire ban, but he was confident their actions were in the best interests of the district.

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■ METHVEN DENTIST

Canty dental chain moves in By Caitlin Porter

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As of April 1 Methven will no longer be without a dentist, following the planned arrival of a Canterbury dental chain. General & Emergency Dentists, known as G&E Dental, is set to expand further and have found a new home in Methven. This will fill the gap left by Dr Howard Lee and his practice, Dental Care Canterbury, when he departed Methven in November of last year. Dr Lee arrived in in March 2013 after leaving his previous

practice in Kalgoorlie, Australia. Prior to Dr Lee’s arrival, Methven had been without a dentist for five years. G&E Dental will operate out of the same space as Dr Lee, at the Methven Medical Centre in a separate space owned by the Ashburton District Council. G&E Dental company director Rakesh Chawdhry said the lease for the building is currently being finalised but the practice’s expected start date was April 1. The date could be moved forward, depending on the time it

took to set up the new dentist chair and other equipment, he said. The official name of the practice is not yet finalised although Dr Chawdhry said it was likely to be G&E Dental Methven. Since Dr Lee’s departure G&E Dental had been catering to the emergency dental needs of Methven and Ashburton. The move to Methven permanently would help to cut down travel time and the cost of patients in need of urgent care, Dr Chawdhry said.

G&E Dental currently operate out of three other premises in Canterbury – Rolleston, Hornby and Rangiora. Dr Chawdhry said the practice had a team of 12 dentists but he was unsure as to who would be working at Methven. “It is certain that the team will be led by our principal dentist Dr Meena Chawdhry.” Appointments are to be made through the Methven Medical Centre or through 0800 GEDENTAL. Dr Lee was a former employee of G&E Dental.

■ TAMWORTH COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL

Liam, Cam presented with top music awards By toni Williams

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Mid Canterbury’s country music singers Liam KennedyClark and Cam Luxton have taken out top awards this week at the Tamworth Country Music Festival in Australia. The festival has some big names in country music performing over the 10-day festival. It aimed to find future stars and had more than 160 performers. The competitions covered singers, instrumentalists, poets, dancers, bands, songwriters and young performers. Both Mid Canterbury musicians were recognised for their talent at different shows: Cam performed at the Aristocrat Awards and was named senior overall runner-up and Liam competed at the CCMA, formerly Capitol County Music Awards, and won the junior male section. It has been a whirlwind trip for Liam, who aside from competing has entertained people in shows and shopping malls, done backup performances for

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Emergency services attended the scene of a fatal crash on State Highway 2, near Tauranga yesterday. One person is confirmed dead and three others are injured. The crash happened just before 7.30pm, when two trucks and an SUV towing a trailer collided between Pahoia Rd and Apata Station Rd. The police serious crash unit will be investigating. - NZME

Gliders’ forced landing Two gliders have landed safely with no injuries south of Auckland, despite earlier reports of a light aircraft crash. Emergency services were en route to the Mangatawhiri region, near Pukekohe, following reports of a plane crash. However, there was “nothing to worry about”, a St John Ambulance spokesman said. It appeared the incident involved two gliders, which had “a perfect landing”, and there were no injuries, he said. Police said two gliders from the Drury Gliding Club had to make a forced landing in farmland just before 4pm. Both pilots were located and were uninjured. The reason for the forced landing was not yet clear, police said. - NZME

A non-commissioned officer of the Defence Force is facing 13 charges including sexual offences. The officer will be tried at a court martial starting on February 9 at Linton Military Camp, Palmerston North. The charges are indecent assault, sexual violation, inducing sexual connection by threat and doing an act likely to prejudice service discipline. The court martial hearing has been set down for one week. - NZME

Man dies at beach Liam Kennedy-Clark, at Tamworth.

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alongside some big country music names in Australia. Mrs Dryland said three gigs were booked yesterday and Liam had gathered “quite a number” of people following him to each performance. The festival runs until January 25.

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A man has died at an Auckland beach. Emergency services were called to Judges Bay in Parnell at 2.07pm yesterday, St John spokesman Robbie Walker said. Police said the man, aged 38, was found face-down on the beach. The cause of death was not known but police were not treating it as suspicious. The death has been referred to the coroner. - NZME

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT SCHOOLS

Builders flat out at several schools By Daisy HuDson

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A flurry of construction work is under way at Mid Canterbury schools as preparations for the new school term kick into gear. Several schools around the district are building or planning new classrooms and office spaces, as booming school rolls continue to put pressure on existing infrastructure. Significant roll growth last year led to two additional classrooms being built at Ashburton Christian School, which have recently been completed. Ashburton Christian School principal Tim Kuipers said roll growth had forced the school to use its staff-room as an ex-

tra classroom for the past two years. However, with the addition of two new classrooms, staff will be able to reclaim their break room. Mr Kuipers said staff would move into the classrooms on January 29, ahead of the first day back at school on February 2. While the school had no more building projects scheduled for 2015, Mr Kuipers said there were plans to start fundraising for a school hall. For Ashburton Borough School, the new school year also means a series of building projects that will help cater to the school’s influx of pupils.

A new administration building is taking shape on the school grounds, replacing the former administration block that was demolished after it was found to be a ‘leaky building’. Ashburton Borough School principal Sam Winterbourn expected the building to be completed by the end of term one, but building projects would continue at the school for much of the year, with a new classroom block also in the pipeline. Methven Primary School is also looking to add extra teaching space in 2015, with principal Chris Murphy confirming the school was calling for tenders for a new classroom project.

Ashburton Christian School principal Tim Kuipers checks out the school’s two new classrooms. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 220115-TM-009

■ LAKE CLEARWATER

Fire rips through over a hectare of vegetation By Erin TaskEr

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Firefighters battled a blaze – the cause of which was unknown – at Lake Clearwater late on Wednesday. PHOTO ASHBURTON RURAL FIRE FORCE

Firefighting resources purchased by Lake Clearwater hut holders again proved their worth, when a fire broke out near the lake on Wednesday afternoon. The fire ripped through just over a hectare of vegetation including tussocks and shrubs on Department of Conservation land, on the north-eastern side of Lake Clearwater, shortly before 4pm. Firefighters are yet to determine what caused the fire but it occurred not far from a fourwheel-drive track. Ashburton’s principal rural

fire officer Don Geddes said it was lucky there were people on hand at Lake Clearwater to get on top of the fire quickly using equipment the hut holders themselves purchased to help keep themselves safe. “My understanding is that the Lake Clearwater guys pretty much had it controlled by the time the Mt Somers guys arrived,” Mr Geddes said. The nearest rural fire unit to Lake Clearwater is Mt Somers. They were turned out at 3.52pm and arrived at the fire at 4.27pm. The next closest was Methven, with the Methven Volunteer Fire Brigade also turned

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out along with the Ashburton Rural Fire Force and Department of Conservation (DOC) firefighters from Geraldine. The weather also made firefighters’ lives easier. “It was fortunate there was not much wind and it was a cooler day with high humidity,” Mr Geddes said. Murray Thomas from the DOC said the cause of the fire was unknown at this stage, but with a total fire ban in place at the Ashburton Lakes, the message was clear. “People just need to be really careful when it’s a prohibited fire season, that’s it for outdoor fires,” he said.

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■ ROAD SAFETY WARNING

School restart caution When children go back to school over the next fortnight, road safety isn’t going to be at the forefront of their minds. So with that in mind, the Ashburton District Council has issued a warning to all road users to be extra cautious. Whether they’re travelling to school by bike, scooter, bus or walking, students are likely to be excited about seeing their friends after the summer break and their minds may not be on the roads, council’s asset management engineer Geoff Rhodes said. He said people needed to drive defensively and be aware

of the increase in traffic around school areas. “Road users need to be on high alert and expect to see kids on scooters and pedestrians using the crossings. “We advise parents to remind their children about travelling to school safely, whatever their mode of transport. “If they cycle to school, it would worthwhile riding with them before they return to school to identify the most dangerous parts of their journey and ensure they’re taking particular care.” It’s also recommended parents be aware of their child’s school’s policies around drop-

offs and parking; if there are drop-off zones, use them but be courteous to other parents and road users. In rural areas, motorists also needed to remember the speed limit when driving past a stationary school bus was 20km/h. Statistics showed that intersections were where 380 road crashes took place at intersections in Ashburton District between 2009 and 2013; 34 of those were serious crashes. Nine people died and 35 were seriously injured. In the past five years, 43 per cent of road crashes in Ashburton District occurred at

intersections and that meant extra care should also be taken at intersections. Mr Rhodes said motorists needed to be extra vigilant at busy intersections where lots of students were crossing busy roads. “Ashburton College, Ashburton Intermediate, Ashburton Borough and Hampstead School students all cross busy roads, as do many others on their daily commute.” This year’s national Back to School initiative by the New Zealand Police will coincide with Ashburton District Council’s road safety intersection campaign.

■ READ AND GROW HOLIDAY PROGRAMME

Initiative keeps children reading during holidays By Toni Williams

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Bry, 8, and Vanessa Scott, 6, were among around 30 children present at the Ashburton Public Library yesterday for the Read and Grow holiday programme celebration event. The children were presented with a certificate and library pen for taking part in the reading programme. They also had a celebratory morning tea with biscuits, oranges and iced water. They also drew a self-portrait to hang on the children’s library wall. Children’s librarian Adrienne Moodie said 225 prizes were given to around 180 children. Some children even read double the suggested number of books. “We’re really pleased with the way it’s gone.” The reading programme encouraged children to take out 20 books over five weeks. Once they hit the target they were able to choose a prize

In brief Public telling off West Coast Police have given an unnamed Ashburton transport company a public telling off. Through their Facebook page yesterday, they thanked a motorist who phoned them to report being overtaken by a truck and trailer on double yellow lines on State Highway 7. The truck was located and the driver issued with appropriate advice regarding their driving, police said. The police commercial vehicle investigation unit would be advised so they could monitor the behaviour of other drivers from the Ashburton based trucking company, police said.

Aquarium turns 30 Kelly Tarlton’s Sea Life Aquarium, is celebrating its 30th birthday this month, and has even dedicated a wall to memories from visitors over the three decades. The key original features haven’t changed much in the 30 years since Kelly Tarlton opened his Underwater World in an old sewage works on Auckland’s waterfront. The doors opened to the public on January 25, 1985 – and since then an estimated 11.5 million visitors have walked through the underwater aquarium, ogling the sharks, stingrays, fish and other sea life. - NZME

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Siblings Bry, 8, and Vanessa Scott, 6, with mother Ashleigh at the Ashburton Public Library’s special reading programme ceremony yesterday. PHOTO TONI WILLIAMS 220115-TW-002

from a well-stocked prize box. It contained a variety of different things like rubber snakes, a Rubik’s Cube, marbles and books – marbles were

one of the more popular prizes selected. Mrs Moodie said research suggested during the weeks of the Christmas school holidays

■ NAPIER DISTRICT COURT

Ashburton alleged crime scene A Napier woman is accused of assaulting four children, including a one-year-old. Tashiana Ruth Braid, 36, denied 11 charges of assaulting the children when she appeared in Napier District Court yesterday. It is alleged she beat the children, aged one to 13, in Auckland, Ashburton and Christchurch during 2014. Six of the charges relate to the alleged belting of a 13-year-old girl between January 1 and December 17 last year. Braid is accused of beating a

1-year-old on December 8, and a 4-year-old boy in Ashburton on December 12, 2014. She is also charged with striking a 10-year-old girl between December 7 and December 12 last year in Ashburton. Braid made the news back in May 2011, when she and two of her children narrowly escaped a house fire. A charred ruin was all that was left after the fire, which was believed to have started from an electrical fault. The court matter has been adjourned until a case review hearing in March. - Hawkes Bay Today

there was a slide in reading levels. The initiative was a bid to keep children reading over the summer and to halt the slide.

New species exhibition An exhibit of new species including never before seen fish, plants and bugs has opened at Wellington’s Te Papa museum. The exhibition – DeCLASSIFIED! Nature’s secrets exposed – highlights recent discoveries by the museum’s scientists. “This exhibition showcases our recent discoveries including new species of fish, landhoppers, seaweeds, lice, ferns, and fossil parrots,” Te Papa’s lead curator for the exhibition Leon Perrie said. “It also exposes newly

documented behaviours, such as the fact that blobfish can actually swim quite gracefully.” Every two to three weeks a new species of fish was recorded. The exhibition also had a “citizen science” component with the public invited to send in photographs of spiders and ferns. “We’ll help with the identification and possibly, just possibly, the public’s input may even help to discover an entirely new species,” Dr Perrie said. - NZME

Two companies responsible for digging up an archaeologically significant early Maori site dating back more than 600 years have been convicted and discharged by a judge who praised the “extraordinary lengths” they have taken to right their wrongs. Builders for Mike Greer Homes Canterbury Ltd, who were engaged by Arrow International (NZ) Ltd, cut through previously unexcavated ground and disturbed “a charcoal rich cultural layer containing shell, bone and fire cracked rock” while rebuilding at a quake-damaged site at Redcliffs, Christchurch. At Christchurch District Court last October, Arrow and Mike Greer Homes both pleaded guilty to charges of causing an archaeological site to be damaged or modified without authority. The charge carries a maximum penalty of a $40,000 fine. At sentencing yesterday, Judge Jane Farish said a conviction and discharge was warranted in this case after taking on board the suggestions put forward by both parties. - NZME

Refused bail A man who allegedly assaulted his wife and his mother was refused bail in the Greymouth District Court this week. Warrick David Jacobs, 34, of Ngahere, faced one charge of assault, and one each of contravening a protection order and possession of a firearm. They related to an argument Jacobs had with his wife. Lawyer George Linder said Jacobs’s wife had tried to goad him into an argument by insisting on wanting to talk to him, when Jacobs had been trying to leave. He then pushed his wife, who called the police and he was arrested. Jacobs will defend the charges at a hearing on February 9. - NZME

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■ RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT

Mixed reactions to changes By Audrey Young Local Government New Zealand has welcomed proposed changes to the Resource Management Act but New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says it will do nothing for house prices in Auckland. Local authorities wanted a law that was simple and less complex to manage and one that provided better outcomes for communities and economy, Local Govt New Zealand (LGNZ) president Lawrence Yule said yesterday. LGNZ represents the authorities whose role is to implement the Resource Manage-

ment Act. Mr Yule, who is also the Mayor of Hastings, said there was too much process prescribed by the current planning law. “We need an act that creates more affordable housing, builds jobs and creates business and economic growth, within an environment of managing our natural resources.” Environment Minister Nick Smith set out 10 areas of reform that will change the way councils carry out planning law, namely: adding management of natural hazards to the legislation’s list of core functions; recognising urban planning in the Act’s purpos-

es and principles; specifically recognising the need for more affordable homes; acknowledging the importance of infrastructure such as transport, communication, water or energy; giving greater weight to property rights; creating national planning templates to addresses the plethora of plans for different regions; speeding up consent and planning processes; encouraging collaborative resolution instead of litigation; strengthening national tools such as policy statements for minimum standards; and digitising paperwork such as submissions and notifications. Mr Yule said that in the

housing area in particular, the RMA needed to better provide for urban development within environmental limits. Mr Peters said the proposed changes would not deliver affordable housing because the Government was unwilling to attack the real reason for it. By allowing immigration levels at levels vastly above the average for the past 20 years, the Government had fuelled the Auckland housing crisis, he said. “A ruthless, razor-like approach is needed to burst the Auckland house price bubble and this is not it,” he said. - NZME

■ ASHBURTON VARIETY THEATRE

Demolition sparks members’ celebrations By Toni Williams

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Variety Theatre of Ashburton members celebrated as the demolition work started on one of their earthquake damaged buildings last week in the Ashburton Triangle. The building housed the Party People costume shop. Party People was temporarily operating in the neighbouring rehearsal space building also owned by the group. It is accessed from Wills Street. The demolition work continued this week. President Leen Braam said the emails were flying last week between members excited something was finally happening after years of insurance red tape. While the final insurance pay-out was still not finalised, Mr Braam expected it to be known soon. “The boxes have all been ticked for the past couple of years,” he said. The rebuild for both buildings was expected to cost close to $1m and while there was some money in the kitty Variety members would brainstorm for fundraising ideas for

Demolition work continues on the earthquake damaged building that housed the Party People costume shop in the Ashburton Triangle. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 210115-TM-033

any potential shortfall from the pay-out. Mr Braam said they also had applications in for suitable funding grants. He said contracts were in place with building company

Bradfords and once demolition work was completed – expected to be two weeks – the rebuild would begin. After its rebuild, Stage Two would begin with the neighbouring building’s turn. It will

be rebuilt with a performance area the same size as the Ashburton Trust Event Centre stage, giving members the perfect space to rehearse. The project was expected to be completed by June.

Passenger credited with $20,000 ticket to ride By Ruth Keber A Bay of Plenty woman was shocked to find her bus card had more than $20,000 on it. Mangatapu woman Nathana Rodrigues, 22, topped up her Smartride card with $10 earlier this week and caught the bus. When she sat down and looked at the ticket she realised it had $20,979.88 worth of

credit left on it. Not thinking much of the glitch, Ms Rodrigues thought it would fix itself overnight but the next day when she caught the bus again the amount had only gone down by a few dollars. “The $10 top up went normally, I got another bus and my receipt informed me I had over $20,000 on it.

“I almost had a heart attack, then I thought ‘no this is a print out error, I won’t bother with doing anything’, then the next time I got a ticket it was basically the same and I thought, ‘oh dear this could be real’. She became worried that it might appear she was “up to dodgy business with $20,000 on my card”. Ms Rodrigues said she had

contacted the Bay of Plenty Regional Council and was asked to bring the bus card in to be swapped over. Garry Maloney, Transport Policy Manager for the Bay of Plenty Regional Council, said the cause of the error was a corruption in the transaction between the card and the machine. - NZME

Bain’s compo bid moves a step closer David Bain hopes his bid for compensation can proceed quickly so he can “get on with his life with his new family”, his closest ally says, after it was announced his claim had moved a step forward yesterday. Cabinet will resume consideration of his compensation bid for wrongful conviction and imprisonment, Justice Minister Amy Adams said yesterday, following the dropping of judicial review proceedings by Mr Bain’s legal team. Judicial review proceedings had been discontinued following an agreement between the two parties, Ms Adams said. It follows a confidential meeting between the Justice Ministry and Mr Bain’s legal team last month, which the media were banned from reporting on. “With the matter resolved, Cabinet can now resume its consideration of Mr Bain’s claim for compensation for wrongful conviction and imprisonment,” Ms Adams said. Cabinet agreed in February 2013, at Mr Bain’s request, that consideration of his application for compensation would be put on hold, pending determination of the judicial review proceedings he filed. Those judicial review proceedings had been discontinued by Mr Bain, Ms Adams said. “This discontinuance does not resolve Mr Bain’s underlying compensation claim, just the separate judicial review process. I plan to discuss next steps with my Cabinet colleagues over the coming weeks,” she said. “I can confirm that there was no contribution made towards Mr Bain’s compensation claim as part of this discontinuance.” Ms Adams said there would be a further announcement regarding the consideration of the application in due course. Long-time Bain supporter Joe Karam said he hoped the minister and Cabinet would look at the case with some urgency, but didn’t expect their decision in the next few months. “It’ll be quite a while before we know where it’s headed.” Ms Adams, through lawyers, indicated to Mr Bain’s lawyers that she wanted to “move things forward”, Mr Karam said. Mr Bain, who got married last year and became a father for the first time, also hoped it would be dealt with sooner than later, according to his closest ally. “His life has been stuffed for more than 20 years now through various things that have gone wrong, and certainly he would like it all over and done with and he can get on with his life with his new family,” Mr Karam said. - NZME

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Total fire ban to bring some relief Stu Oldham

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he total fire ban to be confirmed this weekend will bring sighs of relief to those monitoring dangerously-dry land but some shouldershrugging about easily overlooked, unintended consequences. Patchy rain this week was nowhere near enough to quench dry land and ease the burden of working with irrigation restrictions on many farms between the rivers. The harvest has begun for some arable farmers while many more are now in the uncomfortable position of wishing-away a decent dump of rain to spare their crops from costly damage. Good management and good luck have played a big hand in ensuring busy fire crews have not been busier dealing with significant vegetation fires. But the spectre remains. Principal rural fire officer Don Geddes has consistently warned the increasingly tinder-dry conditions means – even with rain predicted later this week – that the district is on track for a fire ban. A total fire ban is a responsible, tried and true approach to minimise the risk of fires stretching resources and damaging land and property. No planned fires, fewer risks of problems. However, a total fire ban would replace restrictions that require people who light fires to get permits and to ensure their fires are controlled in a responsible way. It is a very open regime. It is also worth noting that fire has traditionally been a well-used, fast and efficient tool to burn-off stubble on cropped land. It is as much a part of Mid Canterbury farming as grain, lamb and milk. A total ban would ban burnoffs and farmers would need to consider costly or inefficient land-clearing methods to continue the farming cycle – or to delay burn-offs until the ban is lifted. Delays would mean a massive catch-up somewhere down the track, potentially concentrating risks and stretching resources while multiplying many-fold complaints about smoke-filled air. Overall, this will be a small price to pay but townies will have to be ready for a different sort of problem to the accidental or spontaneous fires that, no matter the restrictions, may continue to flare.

YOUR VIEW Weeds After I wrote my letter to the editor on Monday it was wonderful to be told Ashburton [District] Council had already responded so promptly to the problem of weeds around your lovely town. Ashburton is a wonderful example to here (Christchurch) of a council admitting that things need to be done and then, just getting on and doing it. I look forward to visiting and seeing the streets clear once again. Gail Adams

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Ashburton Cemetery’s new sign.

Taking o’fence Totally inappropriate and irresponsible for [the Ashburton District Council] to bolt a sign to the historic heritage wrought iron gates at the [Ashburton] cemetery. Whose idea was that? Name withheld by request

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Ashburton District Council open spaces manager David Askin responds: The Ashburton District Council is currently putting up name signs of cemeteries around the district. No signs have been put on heritage cemetery gates. They are being placed on posts or existing fences that are fronting cemeteries.

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couple of weeks ago I likened camping to a boxing match and suggested it would be a good test of a relationship before entering into wedded bliss (cough). Although she saw the funny side of the column, my gorgeous and very forgiving girlfriend was concerned that people may get the wrong impression from the column and think she is a “bossy cow”. Her father did his best to help the situation by laughing and inspecting my forehead for a thumb mark. Add to that one of my Facebook friends saying: “I really enjoyed your column this week on camping, hope you haven’t got a couple of black eyes!” So imagine the kind of response I would have got if I had written a column with the headline: “Do you choose your dog more carefully than your wife?” I think any bloke who wrote a column or worse still a book with that title would spend

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… ■ Temperament – Mean, moody, and magnificent may sound exciting but they’re qualities that lead to hard-work relationships. Better to look for sunny and sweet-natured as you would a pet. ■ Pedigree – Obviously, this is simpler with dogs than with people, but you can listen to the way a potential mate talks about parents, family members, and friends … and take note. ■ Yappiness – Incessant talking on a first date may be a sign of nerves, but also could point to a lack of interest in others and/or a lack of social skills.

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the foreseeable future with the previously mentioned dog in the “doghouse”. BUT! Relationship expert Annie Kaszina has done just that and to rub salt into the wound, she is releasing the book on Valentine’s Day. Yes, “Do you choose your dog more carefully than your husband?” is out in time for Valentine’s Day. Very romantic! I can see the card now … “Darling, hope you love the flowers and book that compares me with a dog, lots of love, Fido”. But here’s the kicker, once you get your head around the title and being compared with a dog, I think the concept is a good one. Her list of things to look for

■ Manners – Snarliness towards waiters, children, and anyone else outside the charmed circle of you and your date is a bad sign of things to come. ■ Dominance – You want someone sensitive and responsive to your wishes. Choosing your meal for you or making decisions without consent is a clear sign of wanting to be top dog. ■ Playfulness – Not just someone to have fun with, but someone who’s fun to be around. You want a friend you feel comfortable enough with to act silly. See what I mean? She has some great points. I’ve been thinking about this book and have come up with

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some more things to look for … ■ Obedience – this is an obvious trait to look out for in a potential husband, although don’t panic too much as you will have him trained and eating out of your hand in no time! ■ Fetch – an important command for him to master, especially when you have a litter of your own. “Go fetch the kids from kindy, good boy.” ■ Loyalty – the most important trait, if you catch him

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looking to “wander” around the neighbourhood, a stern threat of a trip to the vet’s should have him curled up by the fire quick smart. Till next week. Hoo Roo Fido Hooper

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■ INDONESIA

Clemency bid lost By GaBrielle Dunlevy Australians Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan will face an Indonesian firing squad together unless an extraordinary court appeal or diplomatic efforts succeed. Bali court officials yesterday confirmed presidential clemency had been denied to Chan, two weeks after his fellow Bali Nine ringleader, Sukumaran, received the same news. It extinguishes his last hope of being spared the death penalty for the 2005 heroin trafficking plot. Denpasar District Court spokesman Hasoloan Sianturi said the letter arrived at 1.20pm local time yesterday. “The letter’s content is Presidential Decree Number 9/G year 2015 regarding clemency rejection for Andrew Chan,” he said. “The head of the district court then told me to register and make a deposition, and tell the convicted. “The presidential decree was for only one convict, Andrew Chan.” Lawyers for the Sydney pair are preparing an application for a judicial review, an extraordinary appeal to re-consider their case.

Andrew Chan: “Well and truly reformed”, says Tony Abbott.

Earlier yesterday, Jakartabased lawyer Todung Mulya Lubis and Melbourne-based barrister Julian McMahon met Chan and Sukumaran at Kerobokan prison. Mr Lubis told reporters they had discussed plans for a judicial review, a mechanism that’s in dispute among Indonesia’s courts. The constitutional court has allowed for prisoners to request more than one judicial review to re-examine their circumstances, but the supreme court

argues the reviews should only be considered once. Mr Lubis says the move is about ensuring all avenues available to Sukumaran and Chan are explored. “The constitutional court realises the courts must give the maximum ... effort to ensure all convicted people receive justice,” he said. Chan, 31, and Sukumaran, 33, desperately want a second chance to use their lives for good, he said. “I believe there have been

lots of changes within them and I had truly hoped that their clemency requests would be granted by the president,” he said. While the judicial review submission is being prepared, Bali’s courts are also considering whether the pair could personally front the court for the hearing. Mr Lubis says the petitioner is usually required to front the courts, but in this case, the prisoners are from the super-maximum section and would require additional security. The courts will make a decision next week. On Sunday, an Indonesian and five foreigners were executed by firing squad despite pleas for clemency. Ahead of the executions, Indonesia’s attorney-general said Sukumaran’s execution was on hold until Chan’s clemency decision because they would be executed together. President Joko Widodo argues Indonesia is in the grips of a drug crisis that needs the “shock therapy” of enacting the death penalty. Prime Minister Tony Abbott has urged Mr Joko to show mercy to the two “well and truly reformed” Australians. - AAP

■ UNITED STATES

Andrew asked to testify on sex slave claim Lawyers for a woman who says a US billionaire forced her into sexual relations with Britain’s Prince Andrew when she was 17 want the royal to respond under oath to the allegations. In a letter filed in a Florida court yesterday, the lawyers asked him for an interview “regarding interactions that you had with Jane Doe #3 beginning in approximately early 2001”. The request states the interview should only last about two hours and includes a photograph of Prince Andrew, also known as the Duke of York, with his arm around the woman. The law office of Bradley Edwards, who represents the woman, said it had no additional comment. The woman alleges she was “forced to have sexual relations” with Prince Andrew, who is now 54, meeting him

in London, New York and the Caribbean at the behest of billionaire Wall Street financier Jeffrey Epstein. She claims Epstein had kept her as a “sex slave”. Epstein, a known friend of Queen Elizabeth’s second son, was convicted in 2008 of soliciting an underage girl for prostitution and served a prison term. Buckingham Palace has repeatedly and strongly denied the allegations, calling them “false and without foundation”. “Jane Doe #3” made the claim in a motion to be included in an ongoing civil case that accuses federal prosecutors of cutting a plea-bargain deal with Epstein without consulting his victims, in violation of the US Crime Victims Rights’ Act. The prince is due to speak today at a gathering of the world’s business and political

Sydney has the jitters The sudden lockdown of Circular Quay on a bustling weekday was a sign that a month after the Martin Place siege, Sydney remains a city on edge. A large area of the iconic harbour precinct was locked down for 90 minutes yesterday following the discovery of a suspicious package on a ferry. The area was reopened after the object was deemed to be of no threat. Specialist police teams, including heavily armoured bomb squad members and dogs, were deployed to Circular Quay at about 1.30pm. - AAP

Tirade proves costly A man who threatened to “bring down” a Sydney-bound Virgin flight, forcing the plane back to Perth, has been ordered to pay almost $60,000 in fines and reparations. Brenden James Tume, 23, had consumed alcohol and cannabis before boarding the aircraft, which left Perth Airport at 5pm on July 9 but returned two hours later after he became abusive towards crew members. The court heard Tume shook his fists and threw magazines around while children were seated nearby. He then yelled at staff: “I will get you. I will cause a stir and bring this plane down.” - AAP

Brain cancer risk ‘small’ Long-term use of hormonal contraceptives can double the risk of brain cancer, a study has found. But scientists have stressed the likelihood of women developing the disease was extremely small. Researchers used health data from Denmark to compare 317 women diagnosed with glioma, a type of brain tumour, and 2126 who were free of the disease. All were aged 15 to 49, and therefore young enough to be using contraceptives. Women who had used an oral contraceptive or hormonereleasing intra-uterine device, or coil, were 50 per cent more likely to develop brain cancer than those who had not. - PA

Prepped for recovery Almost one year since MH370 disappeared and with no indication of whether the wreckage will be found, the Australian government is preparing for a recovery operation. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau, which is heading the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, has asked companies to express interest in aiding the recovery of any aircraft wreckage. However, in 11 months of combing the southern Indian Ocean, officials have found no evidence of the plane that disappeared enroute from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers onboard. - AAP

Divers find bodies

Prince Andrew: A known friend of Jeffrey Epstein.

elite in the Swiss ski resort Davos, but it is not clear if he will address the allegations. A Buckingham Palace

spokesman said: “We would not comment on speculation about what the Duke might say.” - AFP

Indonesian divers have found five bodies still strapped into their seats near the main section of an AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea last month. A total of 58 bodies have now been found following the crash of flight QZ8501 which went down on December 28 in stormy weather as it flew from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore. There were 162 people on b oard. Divers had yet to reach the main section of the plane. - AFP

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In brief House prices down?

Contact signs deal with Maui

10-year low for coal

It has been running down the amount of forward contracted gas volumes it has until now, saying in its annual results last August that its gas storage allowed it to have a patient approach to contracting new gas. At that point it said it had 43 petajoules of contracted gas volumes in 2013, 29 petajoules in 2014 and only eight peta-

joules for 2015 and five petajoules for 2016. Contact also lifted the price of gas last month by an average $11 to $49 a year due to changing distribution and transmission costs it said were out of its control. Contact shares recently traded at $6.62 and have risen 26 per cent in the past year. - NZME

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ber which was in line with analyst estimates but below the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s (RBNZ) target range of 1-3 per cent. The inflation level was dragged down by fuel prices which have dropped significantly over the past month. Fuel prices make up 5 per cent of the consumer basket. Fruit and vegetable prices also fell a significant amount. The low inflation figure has given rise to much debate on what the RBNZ will do with the Official Cash Rate, with some calling for a cut. However our housing market remains over inflated, rising almost 3 per cent for the year, and remains a deterrent for the RBNZ to cut rates. According to a recent survey Auckland is one of the most unaffordable cities in the world. Despite these slightly negative data points, the Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion showed solid business confidence in 2014, describing our economy as having a goldilocks finish - not too hot and not too cold. It also showed an improvement in business confidence

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NZ economy still a rock star t has been another hard week for markets with a lot of volatility stemming from uncertainty and mixed data releases. Markets in Europe have rallied on the assumption that the European Central Bank would institute a quantitative easing program at its meeting on Thursday. This came to fruition with President Mario Draghi announcing a monthly bond purchasing plan which will last a minimum of a year. After the announcement there was little reaction on markets as it had essentially been priced in. Locally, investors have many pieces of data to digest, the first of which was the Global Dairy Trade auction. The average price at the auction increased 1 per cent, the third consecutive rise. Wholemilk powder, New Zealand’s largest selling product at the auction and the key price in determining the milk solids pay out, rose 3.8 per cent selling for US$2402. This is still well short of the US$3500 Fonterra has stated wholemilk powder prices must reach in order for them to maintain the current estimated payout of $4.70 per kilo. New Zealand’s measure of inflation the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was also announced this week. The CPI fell to an annual rate of 0.8 per cent in Decem-

The latest slump in the international price for hard coking coal is probably the lowest price in 10 years, says a coal geologist. It was reported yesterday that the spot or daily price for hard coking coal had dropped by almost US$3/tonne over the past week to US$106.35/ tonne. Westport coal geologist Stu Henley said the price was a return to levels of 10 years ago. “Up to 2005 the hard coking coal price was always below US$100/ tonne,” he said. “The current spot price for hard coking coal is probably the lowest in the last 10 years and will be a big concern to producers,” Mr Henley said. - NZME

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Contact Energy, one of New Zealand’s largest electricity generators and retailers, has signed a new deal with Maui Development Ltd to purchase between 22 and 26 petajoules of gas over a two-to-three-year period that significantly boosts its overall forward supply. The cost of the deal has not been disclosed and it replaces an agreement with MDL that expired at the end of last year. Contact generates about a quarter of New Zealand’s electricity, has 22 per cent of the electricity retail market, and is one of the largest wholesalers and retailers of natural gas. In a statement to the NZX, Contact’s chief generation and development officer, James Kilty, said the new Maui agreement, together with existing

contract gas and reserves at its Ahuroa Gas Storage facility, gives the power company more flexibility to use less gas than prior years when running its thermal power stations and to tailor the volume of use based on its needs. “It’s pleasing to have reached this agreement with MDL which extends our close relationship,” he said. Contact has 12 power stations nationwide with its thermal stations including the combined cycle Otahuhu B and Taranaki, and Te Rapa co-generation. Late last year Contact reached agreement with Genesis Energy to buy 27 petajoules of gas from its portfolio of gas contracts from January 1, 2015 through until December 31, 2020 and it has also announced a deal for 3 petajoules of swap gas.

A leading economist has backed Herald business columnist and Milford Asset Management executive director Brian Gaynor’s predictions of a house price adjustment in the next few years. Dominick Stephens, Westpac’s chief economist, said he shared the fund manager’s concerns about the sector after Gaynor said “10, 15, 20 or even 25 per cent” falls were possible and could be devastating. - NZH

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Could these be the first board members? With the upcoming reunion of Ashburton High, tech, Hakatere College and Ashburton College, organisers would love to know the names of the people in this photograph. It could be the board of the new college, as its first principal Mr Thurlow is in the front row, with a couple of high school board members. If you can help, please see contact details below:

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Kiwis head for Silicon Valley George Phillips and Mike Neumegen were a couple of Dunedin uni students when their part-time work as freelance web designers led them to hit on a business idea. Less than two years later that idea has taken them to Silicon Valley, garnered them customers in Europe and the US and been backed by big-name Kiwi investors like Trade Me founder Sam Morgan. It’s been a wild ride for the pair behind Cloud Cannon, a software company whose solution is aimed at making life simpler for web designers by automating some of their backend work. “I still have moments where I’ll sit back and listen to one of my team talking about why we should be doing something, and how it fits with the company’s philosophies, and I’m like, ‘Holy crap, this isn’t two guys just making something in their bedroom anymore’,” Neumegen says. Phillips and Neumegen were computer science students at Otago University and freelancing for local companies in their spare time when they first hit the pain point their company Cloud Cannon aims to soothe. As designers their brief was to come up with a web design

Mike Neumegen: Solving core issues for web designers.

for clients, get sign-off on it, then create the site itself. At that point clients were thinking the job was done, but in reality the designers then had to spend hours on backend coding and other work that would then allow the client to edit the site themselves. The pair began spending their evenings working on a solution. Their initial project looked at solving the core issue, but also aimed to address a whole host of web designers’ needs. But the solution ended up being bloated and unusable, says Neumegen. They scrapped all their code

and started over. The pair launched a pared-back and far more defined solution. After a handful of people started using it, they got a lucky break, featuring in tech industry blog TechCrunch. “Startup entrepreneurs would chew their own arm off to get on TechCrunch and we just randomly happened to get covered by it,” Neumegen says. “Out of that we got a lot of traction, and a few months later we put in a business model, started charging and found people were willing to pay for it.” Early last year, Cloud Cannon was among the companies accepted into the Lightning

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Lab digital accelerator in Wellington. While there the pair met John Holt, managing director of the Kiwi Landing Pad - the government-funded base for Kiwi tech companies in the US. Holt sensed their potential and organised funding through New Zealand Trade and Enterprise to put Neumegen on a plane to Silicon Valley to fasttrack networking. Neumegen returned to New Zealand in time to prepare for Demo Day - the penultimate event in each Lightning Lab intake where companies pitch for investment. Cloud Cannon ended up gaining $650,000 from 16 investors including Sam Morgan, Datacom deputy chairman Simon Holdsworth and early stage investment company Movac’s managing partner Phil McCaw. Among the investors was Laura Reitel, the former manager of the more well-known TechStars digital accelerator in Boulder Colorado, who later mentored Neumegen and Phillips at Lightning Lab. “The funny thing is I’ve never made an investment before,” Reitel says. “But I found myself thinking, ‘If I’m ever going to bet on any team it’s a team like theirs”. - NZH

Is there really a market for smartwatches? Asking about the state of the smartwatch market makes a big assumption - that there actually is a smartwatch market. This is a much bigger leap than you might think. Considering how new it all is, is it any wonder that consumer desires and behaviour

are still poorly understood? It’s going to take a lot more than saying there’s a smartwatch market to actually create one. Fewer than two million smartwatches have been sold as the category has begun gaining traction over the past few years.

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IBM income drops IBM’s fourth quarter net income has dropped 11 per cent as revenue in most categories continued to decline, and its outlook for the year disappointed investors. The New York-based company said net income came to US$5.49 billion, or US$5.51 per share, down from US$6.19 billion, or US$5.73 a share, a year earlier. IBM has struggled with declining revenue over the last three years, as business customers move away from buying big mainframe computers and traditional software. Revenue fell 12 per cent in the latest quarter. - AP

Finance staff in demand Companies are being tripped up as they upgrade their accounting systems because of a shortage of skilled and experienced staff to operate them. According to recruitment firm Hays there is a severe shortage of accounting and finance professionals such as assistant accountants, payroll officers, accounts payable managers and business advisory services managers. The trend emerged in the firm’s quarterly report of in-demand skills for the fourth quarter. Jason Walker, managing director of Hays in New Zealand, says organisations are upgrading or implementing new systems and are looking for candidates with experience and commercial acumen who can compile “insightful reports that will add value to their operations”. - NZH

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The fate of the Pritchard Shield will be determined in the final round of the senior cricket 45-over competition tomorrow. Lauriston A and Tech meet in a sudden death match for the shield in Lauriston. Lauriston ended Allenton’s shot at the Shield last weekend and a win will secure them the shield for the summer. If Tech win they will still need to settle the score with Lauriston B in a deferred game to finish ahead of Lauriston A. In the other matches Allenton host Lauriston B and Coldstream are at home to Methven.

Gallen backs Barba Paul Gallen has urged Ben Barba to forget his Brisbane nightmare and prove at Cronulla he’s still one of the NRL’s brightest talents. Barba’s endured a difficult two years since lighting up the 2012 season as fullback for Canterbury to win the Dally M Medal. His dream move to the Broncos last year soured as the club exited in the first week of the finals with Barba showing only glimpses of his best. Gallen said Barba now had a great chance to kick-start his career again with the Sharks. - AAP

Dennis grabs Tour lead Australian cycling star Rohan Dennis has taken the lead in the Tour Down Under with a surprise attack at the end of stage three. Dennis made an outstanding move in the final few hundred metres of the tough 143.2m stage from suburban Norwood to the Adelaide Hills town of Paracombe. He went past a four-man leading group in the climb to the finish that included his BMC team leader Cadel Evans and fellow race favourite Richie Porte (Sky). - AAP

LeMond takes hard line Cycling great Greg LeMond has rejected any suggestion that fellow American Lance Armstrong should receive a reduction on his life ban. LeMond says Armstrong “took a good 10 years out of my life” and deserves the ban as much for how he treated people as for his doping. The three-time Tour de France winner - the only official American winner of the race - rejected Armstrong’s argument that he has been made a scapegoat as cycling tries to clean up its act. “If there’s anybody who deserves a ban, it’s this guy,” LeMond said. - AAP

Jackson all action He’s coming off a triple-double, his parents are in town and he leads the league’s best team - life is pretty good for Cedric Jackson. But that didn’t stop the point guard from getting “grumpy” at practice yesterday, unwilling to rest after taking the Breakers back to the top of the Australian NBL. Jackson thought training had started out a little slow, as if the Breakers had glanced down from the top of the ladder and eased the foot off the accelerator. So he upped the intensity, increased the competitiveness and began talking trash. “He came in with a little bit of a grumpy attitude, which really lifted practice and made people compete,” said coach Dean Vickerman. “We were a little slow to start today but he got the quality up.” - NZME

Juniors sharpen up their tennis skills Arnica Copland (5), Madison Tourle (8) and Gus Watt work on racket control at the Mid Canterbury summer holiday coaching clinic at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre yesterday. Mid Canterbury tennis coach Chris Anderson has taken the aspiring juniors during the week to sharpen up their skills before the season resumes, with the open grade interclub back on court tomorrow and the juniors return next weekend. PHOTO DONNA WYLIE 220115-DW-011

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Mid Canterbury were sweating on the fitness of two potentially key contributors at training last night ahead of the Hawke Cup clash with North Otago in Oamaru this weekend. The experienced Richard Print was under an injury cloud with his fast bowling and explosive batting a key ingredient in past successes. The other player was Harry Jones, who made a successful return to action for Tech at the weekend after a two month layoff, but his

fitness was set to get a final test last night. Jones copped a direct blow on the elbow during the Twenty20 tournament in Ashburton that caused immediate paralysis and has taken a long time to come right. He had been in top form with the ball prior to the injury and if he returns to action, captain Matt Winter hoped he would also resume his wickettaking ways. North Otago outclassed Mid Canterbury in their annual 50over clash earlier this summer, after the visitors’ two South Af-

ricans dominated with bat and ball - Stephan Grobler made 101 not out while Fransciois Mostert made 62 and had 6/23 - but they will only face one of the dynamic duo this weekend due to New Zealand Cricket’s selection regulations. Mid Canterbury were supposed to host the game last season but a scheduling clash with Christmas in the Park gifted home advantage to North Otago and the hosts went away with a first innings win. After a loss to Otago Country and first innings win over

South Canterbury prior to Christmas, Mid Canterbury needs to beat North Otago and then Southland in Invercargill next month, with at least one outright result, to be a chance of finishing on top and earning a Hawke Cup challenge for the first time in several seasons. North Otago lead the zone with an outright win over Otago Country and first innings points against Southland and South Canterbury, however, they went on to lose outright to South Canterbury last weekend.

Malinga the missing link for Sri Lankans By andrew aLderson Regardless of how convincing New Zealand are in the final three one-day internationals of the series against Sri Lanka, one lingering doubt can’t be extinguished before they meet again in the World Cup opener on February 14 in Christchurch.

How much impact can Lasith Malinga generate? Malinga is a player with a penchant for slinging his unique brand of deliveries down against New Zealand but he will miss the current series. In 177 ODIs he has taken 271 wickets at 27.21. The 31-year-old has been se-

lected in Sri Lanka’s World Cup squad “subject to fitness”. If there’s a criticism of the Sri Lankan side it is that they lack pace bowling venom. An example came in Nelson when Luke Ronchi hit Thisara Perera for 24 in the 48th over and all but sealed the match after Sri Lanka were in a strong position.

Along similar lines is how the Sri Lankans deal with New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum’s batting today during the fifth ODI in Dunedin. One tactic has been to get Kumar Sangakkara to move up to the stumps to discourage McCullum from advancing down the pitch. - NZH

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R Blackburn Lane & Wales J McInerney L Waretini McCook & Jopson J McInerney J Dunn J McInerney

11

$1,400, c2, 295m

12

$1,400, c2, 295m

CTV DASH

1 34763 Batiatus 17.34 2 1 2 23352 Know Magic 17.38 4 3 35723 Phat Pants 17.66 4 38253 Mamalulu 17.65 5 88X72 Another Groom 17.49 3 6 23147 Norman Jewel 17.46 7 66266 Zulu Bro 17.37 DAVID EMERSON CONSULTANCY DASH 8 77865 Homebush Bruno 17.34 2:31PM $1,100, c0, 295m 9 64377 Jasper Haka 17.27 4 1 8665 Know Anternet nwtd G Cleeve 10 46277 Wonkey Donkey 17.33 2 84786 Ohoka Tori nwtd L Waretini 3 55547 Sacajawea nwtd D Stapleton 3:26PM 1 4 3 Know Lapse nwtd G Cleeve 5 Arbre Chene nwtd M & P Binnie 1 83878 Cawbourne Clock 17.55 6 7 Feral Helen nwtd M A Butler 2 2 36333 Homebush Paige 17.60 3 7 Zippora Blaze nwtd McCook & Jopson 3 3 45355 Go Tommo 17.14 2 8 5 Cawbourne Roman nwtd C Weir 4 77768 Mulberry Brook 17.51 9 76573 Homebush Happy nwtd R Maisey 1 5 52261 Know Favours 17.37 10 88862 Homebush Button nwtd J McInerney 4 6 28441 Jack’s A Jewel 17.35 CHRISTCHURCH CASINO SPRINT 7 26587 Botany Win 17.32 2:48PM $1,400, c2, 295m 8 47526 Yaldhurst Edward 17.38 1 88256 Bigtime Tip 17.55 D Stapleton 9 46267 Sweet Marylou 17.49 3 2 65756 Cronk Went Plonk 17.54 D Voyce 10 61878 Rangitata Raider 17.60

D Stapleton G Cleeve McCook & Jopson Casey & Fagan J McInerney C Roberts D Stapleton J McInerney J McInerney A Bradshaw

PROTEXIN SPRINT Mitchell & Smith J McInerney D Stapleton K Cassidy G Cleeve C Roberts J McInerney J McInerney R Blackburn D Stapleton

10

Track Information Type: All weather; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1506m; Weather: Fine. 5:09PM

6

WOODBOURNE TAVERN HANDICAP TROT

$9,500, 3yo+ c2 to c5 discrhcp trot, 2300m

1 58X34 Thebestlove (1) T Butt 2 2 X5262 Kowhai Whiz (2) T & G Chmiel 3 3 36421 Sarah Palin (3) M Nyhan 4 43431 Miss Middleton (4) S Doody 4 5 70X21 Santorini Sunset (u1) K Townley 1 6 95113 Zachary Binx (1) K Ford 7 00310 Astrapi (2) M Jones 8 1X746 Aile Rouge (3) R Holmes 9 08155 Tart N Tights (1) M Austin

J Curtin G Chmiel P Davis C DeFilippi D Dunn A Tomlinson M Jones R Holmes B Orange

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6

2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11 1-2-3, 5-6-7, 9-10-11 2-3-4-5, 8-9-10-11 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 6-7-8-9-10-11

11 Bettor Me 12 600X6 Scotlynn Justis (22) D Taylor 13 9X039 Steal A Grin (23) B Weaver 1 6:38PM

SCRATCHED C DeFilippi B Weaver

9 PETER YEALANDS WINES CUP PRELUDE PACE

$13,500, 4yo+ c3 & faster discrhcp, 2700m

1 32830 Reklaw Supreme (1) M Jones W Higgs 2 41133 Star Of Dionysis (2) J Curtin J Curtin 4 3 44222 Stradowan (3) T & G Chmiel T Chmiel 4 X0035 Rakabolt (4) M Nyhan P Davis TIP TOP MOBILE PACE 5 72163 Graduate Under Fire (5) R Dunn M Purvis (J) 5:34PM $9,500, 3yo+ c1 mob. pace, 2300m 1 6 18132 Backup (1) Purdon/Rasmussen N Rasmussen 1 78699 Pilot Officer (1) G Neill 1 B Weaver 7 39607 Dynamic Party (u1) T & G Chmiel G Chmiel 2 91326 The Persuader (2) J Curtin J Curtin 3 8 72411 Cyclone Kiwi (1) R Holmes R Holmes 3 53071 Twitter Bromac (3) J Gameson B Orange 2 9 31814 Mossdale Conner (1) G & N Hope R May 4 4X107 Media Queen (4) C Dalgety R Holmes PELORUS 4YO CLASSIC MOBILE PACE 5 431 Justoclassie (5) P Bagrie T Bagrie (J) 7:04PM $40,000, 4yo mob. pace, 2300m 1 6 13622 Cut Loose (6) Paul & Mitchell Kerr D Dunn OPT 710 1 1 X0441 Venus Serena (1) G Dunn D Dunn 7 7X803 Donegal Cam’s Card (7) D Broadhurst R Houghton 2 6006X Shakey Loch (2) R Keats C DeFilippi 8 26225 Canndew (8) M Nyhan P Davis 3 3 33111 Isaiah (3) Purdon/Rasmussen N Rasmussen Charlotte Grace (9) C Butt K Butt (J) 9 8X41 Barrier 2 4 21116 Tiger Tara (4) G Dunn G O'Reilly R May 4 10 21832 Little Lion Man (21) R Dunn M Purvis (J) 5 0X411 Chattanoogachoochoo (5) G & N Hope 4 6 31243 Te Kawau (6) S Doody J Curtin 11 73P90 Rosetta Stone (22) M Pash C DeFilippi Barrier 2 12 X7262 Millwood Pink Lady (23) T & G Chmiel T Chmiel 3 13 89122 Scotlynn Mach (24) D Taylor M Jones CRAFAR CROUCH CONSTRUCTION MOBILE PACE 14 8X8P8 Culinary Delight (25) R Dunn S Ottley 7:36PM $10,500, 3yo+ c2 mob. pace, 2300m DOUG BEATTIE MEMORIAL MOBILE PACE 1 1 12200 Dana Duke (1) P Bagrie T Bagrie (J) 6:08PM $9,500, 3yo+ c1 mob. pace, 2300m 3 2 92221 Take After Me (2) G Scott B Orange 1 1 139X4 Big Lucy (1) Purdon/Rasmussen G Pearson N Rasmussen 3 P0694 Albuquerque (3) G Pearson 2 4 10332 Happy Heidi (4) J Howe 2 15553 Taittinger Rose (2) I Thomas T Chmiel D Dunn 3 3 7P517 She’s Got It (3) R Dunn R Holmes M Purvis (J) 5 77108 Thats Bettor (5) B Weaver 1 4 X1758 She’s Extreme (4) M Pash R May J Curtin 6 47697 Franco Salisbury (6) G & N Hope 5 746P4 Lovemetwotimes (5) R Dunn M Kerr S Ottley 7 17123 Oneover (7) Paul & Mitchell Kerr 6 87701 Whoosh Factor (6) A Stuart S Ottley T Chmiel 8 45031 Donegal Jimmy Dave (8) R Dunn 4 7 20515 Fleeting Grin (7) R Todd 9 X2125 Digital Art (9) C Dalgety D Dunn R Close (J) Barrier 2 8 21 Rocker Band (8) M Jones R May 9 44786 Thunderbird Tara (9) B Rochford C D Thornley 10 37416 Betty Golightly (21) A Garters C DeFilippi Barrier 4 11 43332 All Delight (22) M Jones C D Thornley 10 71X61 Bracken Ridge (21) K Barron G O'Reilly B Orange 12 56218 Whyamibettor (23) D Pearce

7

10 11

8

2 66826 Legerdemain 17.76 3 2 3 21534 Grand Allegro 17.66 4 4 13477 Lenny Mac 17.84 5 78873 Uno Heidi nwtd 1 6 14862 Homebush Tiare 17.41 7 88158 Acapella 17.90 8 62567 Spot On Maggie 17.52 9 57866 Sheik ’Em Up 17.63 10 7X758 Miss McFly 17.71 8:04PM OPT 108

8

L Ahern L Ahern A Turnwald A Clark J McInerney D Edlin A Duganzich N Udy R Murray

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6

3 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 WELLINGTON CUP FINAL C5 (GROUP 1) 9 $21,000, c5f, 520m 10

1 44X11 Thrilling Georga 30.25 1 $2,400, c1, 520m 2 22212 Winsome Jenny nwtd A Turnwald 3 11123 Coolabah Blue 30.54 4 4 43852 Really Clever 29.82 G & S Ross S Maher 5 52123 Varga Frost 30.61 3 6 23123 Mammy Brown 29.98 M Roberts 2 7 16121 Lonesome Nitro 30.06 M Roberts M Roberts 8 54311 Cawbourne Brick 30.02 M Roberts 9 12573 Always Welcome 30.04 L Doody 10 15124 Royal Runner 29.96

UPPER HUTT HIRE 04 5284473 C1

15262 Runs For Gas 17.97 84883 Homebush Limbo 17.64 52851 Smashed ’Em Bro 17.92 26446 Cosmic Choice 17.71 36511 Cawbourne Midget 17.51 51112 Hanify Ace 17.54 F3233 Wellywood nwtd 32344 Cawbourne Beau 17.68 77254 Cold Turkey 17.55 11451 Allegro Touch 17.61

7:44PM OPT 107

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5

January 23, 2015

CAPITAL PAVING PETONE C2

21122 Taree Zarr nwtd 12 Nitro Mary 31.03 44783 Opawa Token 30.27 33111 Arcane Sabre 30.27 24611 Arcane Rampage 30.97 23222 Lagoon Mac nwtd 14432 Cawbourne Alpha nwtd 74513 Wall Age 30.92 74825 Auckland Vending 30.47 48344 King’s Selection nwtd

7:14PM OPT 106

THORNDON STAKES C3/4

4

74278 Ollie Baxter nwtd 57328 Waldo Baxter 17.77 55712 Cawbourne Matty 17.45 44362 Talk It Over 17.55 68841 Another Fantasy 17.80 77427 Kiribati Girl 17.90 51333 Cawbourne Crazy nwtd 41778 Cosmic Rascal 17.90 52857 Macgyver Rama 17.74 52687 Dasher Rum 17.69

6:47PM OPT 105

1 2 2 $1,700, c1, 305m 3 J McInerney 1 4 A Turnwald 3 5 J McInerney 4 6 L Doody 7 A Speight 8 J McInerney 9 M Roberts 10

ANGLO UPHOLSTERERS DASH C1

15F75 Homebush Olive nwtd 1131 Spring Major nwtd 63528 Homebush Dodger 18.25 44251 Manu Rama 17.70 62112 Skeleton Witch 17.73 33353 Vinnie Baxter 18.25 13256 Lagoon Fame 18.11 4F363 Nikka Century 17.82 73458 Some Genes 17.87 68554 Homebush Misha 18.08

5:45PM OPT 103

1 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 4 7 2 8 9 10

2

M Roberts G & S Ross L Ahern L Ahern L Ahern M Olden A Turnwald L Ahern J McInerney J McInerney

6:17PM OPT 104

2 5 Jamaican Archie nwtd 1 2 3 5 King Of Kicking nwtd 4 Cosmic Chelsea nwtd 3 5 36476 Cawbourne Kitt nwtd 4 6 Know Salute nwtd 7 8 Pistols Princess nwtd 8 75557 Pass With Care nwtd 9 76657 Know Rights nwtd 10 X8777 Homebush Express nwtd

1 43736 Kinloch Power 30.35 RITCHIES COACHLINES DASH 4 1 2 17123 Homebush Howard 30.62 $1,100, c0, 295m 2 3 31512 Mr. Johnny 30.47 Mitchell & Smith 3 M Flipp 4 1X544 Know Security 30.54 5 4448X Know Taste 30.85 J McInerney G Cleeve 6 74365 Stich Up 30.80 C Weir 7 48455 Goldstar Bomber 30.92 McCook & Jopson 8 37877 Gold Vipa 31.00 M A Butler 9 18678 Earn Me Some 30.45 S Hindson 10 37584 Homebush Ninja 30.79

45443 Tepirita Mega nwtd 36486 Malcy nwtd Cawbourne Gable nwtd Shakayla Rose nwtd 38534 Zahra Moon nwtd 5 Know Mention nwtd 58256 Em Cee Dee nwtd Albie Jay nwtd 65577 Coldrum nwtd 56558 Mercedes Gold nwtd

1:56PM

1

5

36666 Marty McMoth nwtd 22434 La Ventana nwtd 44558 Homebush Slinky nwtd 4 Know Cheers nwtd Cawbourne Peejay nwtd Ilabb nwtd Feral Hoki nwtd 65876 Our John nwtd 76657 Know Rights nwtd P8788 Homebush Inquiry nwtd

1:39PM

GREYHOUNDS AS PETS SPRINT

1 87 First Officer nwtd 2 2 426F6 Boltin Archie nwtd 4 3 87258 Tear Away Teddy nwtd 4 76521 Homebush Riley nwtd 3 5 Cawbourne Wilmer nwtd 6 Know Struggle nwtd 7 Wooly Whatsit nwtd 1 8 2 Tina nwtd 9 76657 Know Rights nwtd 10 X8777 Homebush Express nwtd

4

1 4 Eug The Scrooge nwtd 2 63577 Know Luck nwtd 3 3 744 Cawbourne Arney nwtd 1 4 Opawa Zena nwtd 2 5 434 Skillz Taylor nwtd 6 45764 Wrinkles nwtd 7 68273 Belfast Eejit nwtd 8 7237X Mobilize nwtd 9 65577 Coldrum nwtd 10 56558 Mercedes Gold nwtd

POWER FARMING CANTERBURY MAIDEN STAKES HEAT 1

35586 Oak Spur nwtd Know Worth nwtd 88466 Homebush Hansome nwtd Opawa Kuru nwtd 32 Benjamin Black nwtd 424 Hip Hop Sofia nwtd 5 Rattlesnake Jake nwtd 34287 Cawbourne Kenny nwtd 65577 Coldrum nwtd 56558 Mercedes Gold nwtd

12:46PM

1:04PM

January 23, 2015

POWER FARMING CANTERBURY MAIDEN STAKES HEAT 2

Compiled by

K Walsh L Ahern A Turnwald L Ahern A Speight L Ahern M Roberts M Roberts L Ahern A Turnwald

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 2-3-4-5, 9-10-11-12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 7-8-9-10-11-12

16111 Bronx’s Warrior 30.68 84423 Backyard Bully 29.85 32112 Opawa Jackie 30.54 75315 Miss Selfies 31.10 3363F Magic Arrow 30.52 88528 Thou Romeo nwtd 53576 Cawbourne Josh 31.15 53786 Pseudonym 30.82

9:34PM

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1 21188 Showem Baby 17.66 2 3P778 Cawbourne Aries 18.12 2 3 43354 Bigtime Chip 17.68 4 4 74464 Hey You 17.46 5 53854 Vicki’s Quest 17.65 3 6 53225 Cosmic Fury 17.52 1 7 34275 Bolt Allegro 17.50 8:34PM WELLINGTON CHAMPION SPRINT FINAL C5 8 57353 Empty Bank 17.59 OPT 109 $4,000, c5f, 305m 9 74486 Fastback King 17.81 3 1 16111 Winning Is Easy 17.54 L Ahern 10 66887 Another Drink 17.70 2 2 12111 Allegro Chaser 17.40 L Ahern 3 23124 Elle Packer 17.44 L Ahern 10:04PM 4 4 21112 Exponential Lily 17.29 L Ahern 1 5 12781 Allegro Class 17.18 L Ahern 1 83727 Ode To Liberty 17.54 6 23253 Enazuma 17.39 Goldsack & Denby 2 2 18374 Vision And Power 17.69 7 86263 Boston Blaze 17.49 A Turnwald 3 3 58775 Bit Coin 17.76 8 52321 What’s Up Gee 17.63 L Ahern 4 73181 Arizona Sky 17.71 9 61483 All In Berlin 17.47 B Marsh 5 36761 Another Jewel 17.52 10 73364 Stellar Force 17.49 S Gommans 1 6 45765 Allegro Master 17.52 9:04PM STORAGE UNIT STILL IN USE C2 7 24541 Semantics 18.10 4 8 62121 Wine Time 17.59 $2,700, c2, 520m OPT 110 4 1 37314 Opawa Cuddles 31.00 S Maher 9 47884 Miss Universe 17.58 1 2 72352 Jackanator 30.34 A Turnwald 10 88866 Cawbourne Porshe nwtd

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10

L Ahern G Hodgson N Udy J McInerney M Roberts D Edlin L Bell M Roberts

COMMITTEE SPRINT C3 $2,200, c3, 305m

A Duganzich M Roberts R Murray W Kite L Udy L Ahern L Ahern N Udy D T Poutama J McInerney

FAREWELL DASH C4

$2,500, c4, 305m

R Waite L Ahern A Duganzich A Turnwald J McInerney L Ahern L Ahern A Speight L Ahern M Roberts

g M6 1

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RunnerName

SC RATC HED

Barrier

Canterbury Racing Tomorrow at Ashburton

January 24, 2015

9 X3323 Clareville Flight (14) 56.5 K Tyler 2 J Morris S Doyle $17,500, 2&3yo set weight, 1200m 10 33767. Galatoire (5) 56.5 J & K Parsons 9 Keep The Lot (12) 56.5 J & K Parsons G Jogoo (a3) PX # REC Horse (Barrier) kg Trainer Jockey 11 4 12 23938 So Vital (6) 55 M & M Pitman A Morgan (a2) 2 1 3631 Steal The Thunder (2) 59 T Rae J Lowry (a4) 13 8X6 Sweet Charlotte (9) 55 T & M Stokes L C allaway 3 2 2X187. Gottagetmywoohoo (4) 59 Kevin & Pam Hughes S Doyle 14 7 Flyaway (7) 55 T & M Stokes R Bishop 4 3 24220 Signify (8) 58 A M Cowan 1 K Williams 4 8X4 Here’s To It (7) 58 L Didham MORE FM YOUR STATION FOR SUMMER MAIDEN J Morris 2:24pm $10,000, mdn, 1200m 1 5 X1420. La Veuve (1) 57 Kennedy/Furlong D Prastiyou (a2) opt 604 2 1 2 Big Hoss (10) 58.5 T & L Prendergast T Moseley 6 20165 Miss Mack (5) 57 K & L Rae A Morgan (a2) 7 8 Ezicare (3) 56 R Mauger T Moseley 2 X7X05 I Just Rocked Up (4) 57 Nicky & Rochelle Lloyd R Bishop S Doyle 8 0 Ruby Ashley (6) 56 R McKay 1 C Barnes (a1) 3 38X46. Indian Giva (3) 57 J & K Parsons 4 75 The Man (9) 57 P & K O'Malley C Barnes (a1) 1:15pm INGLEWOOD STUD SELLING AT KARAKA SELECT R75 5 Opihi Jade (6) 57 M & W Coles R Black (a1) opt 602 $18 ,500, rating 75 benchmark, 1200m 4 6 24603 Ash (2) 56.5 L Didham J Morris 3 1 95743 Dillinger (4) 61 J & K Parsons G Jogoo (a3) 7 72 Shahzadi (11) 56.5 S Young 1 L C allaway 4 2 37X23 Jazzman (2) 60.5 M & M Pitman A Morgan (a2) 8 X5603 Bens Lass (8) 56.5 J & K Parsons G Jogoo (a3) 3 66X80. Crumb (3) 60 L Didham D Prastiyou (a2) 9 Elusive Flirt SC RATC HED 1 4 31211. Red Dirt Girl (7) 58.5 M McCann S Muniandy 10 235 Dollyaday (1) 55 M & M Pitman A Morgan (a2) 5 5X5X1 A Bob Short (6) 58 P & K O'Malley T Moseley 3 11 2. Miropiko (7) 55 J Hay 1 K Williams 6 X3046 Gold Rock (5) 55.5 Champion/Murphy 1 S Doyle 1 12 2 Treat Me (5) 55 T & M Stokes D Walsh 2 7 5X421 Ripple (1) 54 M & M Pitman D Walsh 12:40pm opt 601

KARAKA 2015 STARTS MONDAY 2YO & 3YO

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2

Track Information Type: Grass; Expected: Dead; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1876m; Straight: 382m; Rail: Rail out 3m; Weather: Fine. 3:36pm opt 606

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CHRISTCHURCH CASINO DUNEDIN GOLD CUP TRIAL $25,000, opn hcp, 2100m

1 5X372 Dr Dee Bee (8) 59 J Hay 1 4 3 2 52247 King Prawn (3) 55 J Phillips 1 3 31335 My Chino (1) 54.5 J & K Parsons 4 P1X79 Needastar (5) 54 D Crozier 5 90965 Ya Dreamin Jonesy (6) 54 L Dobbs 2 6 41105 Tallyho Tui (4) 54 S Haisma 7 62814 The Hand Of Faith (2) 54 A Taylor 8 64554 Alfonze (7) 54 T & M Stokes 4:11pm opt 607

7

T Direen (a) S Muniandy T Moseley D Prastiyou (a) J Morris D Walsh L C allaway K Williams

BARNESWOOD FARM AGISTMENT R75

$18 ,500, rating 75 benchmark, 1600m

1 8X032 Ishipal (8) 60.5 N Ridley 1 C O'Beirne (a3) 2 30610 Sir Singo (2) 59.5 M & M Pitman A Morgan (a2) 3 X8016 Corbyn (7) 57.5 D Crozier R Black (a1) 2 4 97242 Capo (10) 56.5 N Coulbeck S Muniandy 5 33704 Natkingcole (9) 56.5 R McKay 1 T Moseley 3 6 X0913 He’s Gold (1) 56 Champion/Murphy 1 S Doyle T Direen (a1) VALACHI DOWNS SELLING AT KARAKA PREMIER R65 7 72244 Mels Evie (4) 55 J Hay 1 3:04pm R Bishop 1:50pm AVON CITY FORD MAIDEN opt 605 $17,500, rating 65 benchmark*, 1200m 8 95135 Edensong (3) 54 L Latta 4 9 611X3 Double Blue (5) 54 Kevin & Pam Hughes M Haruki (a3) opt 603 $10,000, mdn, 1600m 3 1 36583 Dowra (2) 59 N Ridley C O'Beirne (a3) K Williams 2 2 07X12. Rejoice (3) 58.5 M McCann 1 63435 Fair Spoken (11) 58.5 M & M Pitman S Muniandy 10 38222 Pretty Good Excuse (6) 54 A Carston D Walsh 1 2 69853 Mac Jagy (3) 58.5 J Hay 1 4 3 X0492 Dhaulagiri (9) 57 J O'Flanagan R Bishop 4:46pm K Williams SPEIGHT’S TIMARU STAKES 1 4 92132 Cinderella (5) 56.5 K Hampton 3 05X4 Morgan Bet (13) 58.5 T Hawes C Barnes (a1) opt 608 R Black (a1) $50,000, opn hcp, 1400m 3 4 63045. Stonemason (2) 58.5 L Latta 4 1 X2751 King Montrose (8) 59 N Ridley S Doyle D Bothamley 5 00415 Milk It (1) 56.5 A Taylor D Bothamley 5 760X5 Bull Creek (4) 58.5 D Crozier 2 2 28842 El Chico (4) 57.5 M & M Pitman D Prastiyou (a2) 6 700X7 Vitesse Rose (7) 55 Kennedy/Furlong D Prastiyou (a2) S Doyle 6 96X90 Fast Eddie Slevin (10) 58.5 P Rudkin A Morgan (a2) 3 64545 Pinsgold (3) 55 N Coulbeck C O'Beirne (a3) 7 6X8X5 Ask Me (6) 54.5 M & M Pitman S Muniandy 7 X880X Justacrusin (8) 58.5 Nicky & Rochelle Lloyd S Muniandy 8 350X7 Ladybird Blue (8) 54.5 M & M Pitman D Walsh 4 46461 Absolut Excelencia (9) 54.5 K & L Rae T Moseley 3 5 09405 Too Much Torque (1) 54.5 T & M Stokes 8 46 Jean’s Way (1) 57 R Beckett T Moseley T Moseley 9 X0801 Wilma Rudolf (4) 54.5 S Woodsford R Bishop

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1:42pm

1

Invercargill Harness

Tomorrow at Ascot Park Raceway SBS BANK HANDICAP TROT

$8 ,000, 3yo+ c0 to c1 spechcp trot, 2700m PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer Driver

1 87709 Sundon Invasion (1) G McEwan 2 44556 Pat’s Success (2) N Edge 3 03392 Hope And Pray (3) S Lock 4 00 Snoop Dog (4) P Andrews 5 9 Bone Of Contention (5) W Adams 4 6 62512 Space Ace (1) A Malcolmson 7 X0X80 Gee Up Neddy (2) L Pearson 8 X8571 Cheeky Pat (3) G Woodhouse 3 9 147 Brads Kenny (4) P Williamson 2 10 1X807 One Two Kenny (5) P Williamson 11 32540 Mass Invasion (6) C Barron 12 00705 Chiola Belle (u1) P Williamson 1 13 11X00 Splash Cola (u2) N Williamson 14 86788 Another Crusher (u3) C Laurenson 0 15 55007 Scarlett Lane (u4) S Lock 2:16pm

2

PGG WRIGHTSON MOBILE PACE

$10,000, 3yo+ c0 mob. pace, 2200m

1 00X04 Dissolution (1) Cox/McGrannachan 3 2 00304 Nothingforthemedia (2) D McLachlan 2 3 222 Leolas Delight (3) M G Brown 4 03658 Newmans Jet (4) S Lock 4 5 26 Zac Mac (5) B Shirley 6 32567 Rockefeller (6) C Gerken 7 8 Tact Tate (7) T Proctor Art Exhibit (8) G & C Lee 8 80875 Barrier 9 87286 Balagio (21) A Beck 1 10 22 A Damn Good Excuse (22) T Barron 2:51pm

1 4 2 3 1 4 2 5

G McEwan A Beck J Dunn A Milne C Ferguson (J) D Dunn B Barclay R McIlwrick (J) M Williamson B Williamson (J) C Barron J W C ox N Williamson B McLellan

B Barclay T Williams J W C ox R McIlwrick (J) B Shirley A Armour N Williamson G Lee A Beck D Dunn

January 24, 2015

6 7 3 8

9 Takitimu Express (6) S Baucke Skyfall (7) K Barclay Alta Las Vegas (8) R Dunn

3:26pm

4

Barrier

FORKLIFTS NZ HANDICAP PACE

$10,000, 3yo+ c1 to c2 spechcp pace, 2700m

1 7X415 Princess Arts (1) Paul & Mitchell Kerr 2 22056 Shards Phoenix (2) T Stratford 3 01044 Double Rainbow (3) S Walkinshaw 4 99164 Private Jones (4) R Dunn 5 X9030 Afellas Boy (5) M Todd 4 6 21325 Just Rusty (6) D Baynes 2 7 11X4 I’m Full Of Excuses (7) C Barron 3 8 5X193 Change The Rulz (8) G & N Hope 9 29717 Even Flo (1) B Waldron 1 10 15413 Tas Man Bromac (2) N Williamson 11 93199 Taieri Wings (3) C Gerken 4:01pm

5

BRENDAN FRANKS FARRIER HANDICAP TROT

1 315X1 Father Christmas (u1) P Williamson 1 2 51810 Moment Of Sun (1) G & C Lee 3 33476 Mr Mayfly (2) R Wilson 4 50X80 Sir Lexington (3) T Butt 4 5 P3685 Experiment (u1) T Barron 3 6 81124 Dwindle Mist (1) N Williamson 7 PX767 Jaccka Jack (2) C Smaill 2 8 X2132 Alley Way (3) N Skinner 4:36pm

6

h M5 1

B Williamson (J) G Lee J Dunn J W C ox D Dunn N Williamson R McIlwrick (J) M Williamson

SHEET METALCRAFT LTD MOBILE PACE

$10,000, 3yo+ c0 mob. pace, 2200m

Bay Of Plenty Harness Sunday at Gate Pa

D Dunn M Williamson S Walkinshaw J Dunn R McIlwrick (J) A Beck C Barron C Ferguson (J) B Orange N Williamson A Armour

$10,000, 4yo+ c3 to oc spechcp trot, 2700m

1 73803 River Patrol (1) C Laurenson 4 2 3P Onedin Playgirl (2) P Hunter CRUICKSHANK PRYDE 2YO MOBILE PACE 3 3 37 Private Jet (3) G Gibson-Smith $10,000, 2yo mob. pace, 2200m 4 0676 Sumtala (4) D Cummings 4 Tact Rousey (1) T Proctor B Barclay 5 75806 Pegasus Kommander (5) S Lock Arden’s Legacy (2) G Payne R Payne 2 6 4X333 Leigh Major (6) B McLellan Chicago Bull (3) Katrina & John Price N Williamson 1 7 22323 Thinking Smart (7) T Barron Barrier Snakes N Ladders (4) Purdon/Rasmussen T Williams 8 I Try Bite The Bullet (5) R Dunn D Dunn

3

S Walkinshaw A Armour J Dunn

R Swain P Hunter B Barclay R McIlwrick (J) J Dunn B McLellan D Dunn SC RATC HED

January 25, 2015

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1 X0644 Double Impact (1) M G Brown 2 76070 Caesars Gamble (2) G Davis 1 3 317X8 Real Intentions (3) K Barron 4 4 X2203 B D Windermere (4) J Tither 2 5 33012 Delightful Dash (5) T Barron 3 6 21214 Perissa (6) M Jones 7 4X596 Curragh’s Princess (7) H Hunter Sell A Bit (8) B White 8 33413 Barrier 9 X5701 Bootie Bromac (21) K Larsen 10 X9361 Donnamach (22) Katrina & John Price 11 0X602 Livy Franco (23) N Williamson

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4 11695 Canardly Lover (4) H Hunter 5 15833 Quick As A Trick (u1) B Negus 6 6X708 Devil May Care (1) H Hunter 2 7 50211 Johnny Fox (1) M Jones 1 8 62122 Meticulous (2) Purdon/Rasmussen 9 50750 Better To Be Bad (u1) S Ashton 10 66720 Belkmyster (1) G Anderson 11 Isaiah 6:51pm

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1 77218 Brydon Delight (1) J Young M McKendry 2 McRoyal SC RATC HED 3 46116 Pricillas Girl (2) B Hughes S Butcher 0 4 39683 Royal Taz (3) T Herlihy T Herlihy 1 5 24222 The Bucket List (4) G Small P Butcher 6 30083 Lively Nights (5) John & Joshua Dickie S Lawson 0 7 57X20 Chillysjustastrutter (6) I Small TAURANGA CITIZENS CLUB MOBILE PACE $6,500, 3yo+ 3:49pm S Abernethy c1, c2 with cond., 1950m 8 10545 Shestherealdeal (u1) A Matthews 9 4X151 Fibre Optic (u2) J Peary T Mitchell 0 1 08756 Youbetteryoubet (1) R Darby K Marshall (J) 2 21706 Brainstormer (2) D Gale J Abernethy 10 35733 Beckinsale (1) Pat & Mike O'Brien D Butcher 2 3 77361 I Am The One (3) Cooney/Hopkins M McKendry 11 52327 Take The Hint (2) J & D Butcher P Ferguson 4 44180 Master Of Escape (4) T Mitchell T Mitchell 12 11240 Lucia Bromac (3) B Weaver 5 53666 Kilkeel Lady (5) C Butler A Donnelly J I Dickie 13 15761 Ideal Success (4) A Donnelly 4 6 31430 Bourbon Street (6) A Matthews T Macfarlane 14 4510X Major Ouch (1) R Downey R Downey 7 X0080 Old Man Geez (7) B Espin S Abernethy 4 15 58324 Kippenberger (2) John & Joshua Dickie J I Dickie Desire To Fly (8) M Berger P Butcher 16 41020 Mach Cruiser (3) D Gale J Abernethy 8 47X00 Barrier 2 17 74142 Electric Chapel (1) G Small B Butcher (J) 1 9 94222 Here’s Shifty (21) Rogerson/Blanchard D Butcher 3 18 63565 Norvic Nightowl (2) S McCaffrey J Stormont 3 10 18023 Balius (22) P Scaife B Butcher (J) 0 19 00070 Millview Sarah (u1) A Matthews 11 21X09 P Tomado (23) N Chilcott A Donnelly 0 20 1540D Freespin (1) Telfer/Garlick S Phelan 12 58046 Rangi Rangdu (24) S McCaffrey A Poutama (J) 13 9469X Tina Brydon (25) B Schumacher F Schumacher (J) ULTIMATE MOTOR GROUP MOBILE PACE $7,000, 14 08259 Capital El (26) D Marshall K Marshall (J) 5:30pm 4yo+ c2–c3, c4 with cond., 1950m R & R TRACTORS F&M MOBILE PACE $6,500, 3yo+ 1 1 86923 Bettors Card (1) Telfer/Garlick S Phelan 4:25pm f&m c1–c2, c3 with cond., 1950m 2 79849 Howzat (2) M Burley P Ferguson 3 1 08723 Millwood Roxy (1) L White T Macfarlane 3 26866 Prince Tudor (3) A Hartley K Marshall (J) 2 X4094 Riverboat Sue (2) J Kriechbaumer J Abernethy 4 48144 Bandana (4) S McCaffrey M McKendry 2 3 34X23 Elisaveta (3) Rogerson/Blanchard D Butcher 5 39683 Royal Taz (5) T Herlihy T Herlihy 4 9670X Alta Michaela (4) E Clarke P Butcher 4 6 35420 Styx It To Em (6) S McCaffrey S McC affrey 5 Youbetteryoubet SC RATC HED 7 X4461 Houhora Dream (7) G Ellison S Abernethy 6 39337 Idealistic (5) D Alexander D Alexander 8 X4777 Cullies Delight (8) T Mitchell T Mitchell 7 20941 Arms Of An Angel (6) J & M Teaz S Abernethy Barrier 8 65720 Red Sky Night (7) T Herlihy T Herlihy 9 13840 Earthbound (21) S McCaffrey J Stormont Barrier D Butcher 9 00730 Extreme Carat (21) A Matthews S Kane (J) 10 54651 Playaway (22) P Scaife 2 11 X2321 Gwendene (23) D Gale J Abernethy 4 10 64621 Christy Maguire (22) Cooney/Hopkins M McKendry 3 12 57X20 Chillysjustastrutter (24) I Small F Schumacher (J,C l) 11 18090 Soul Hanover (23) D Marshall K Marshall (J) B Butcher (J,C l) 1 12 93063 Hot And Saucy (24) M Berger B Butcher (J,C l) 13 00351 Pureora Paree (25) T Hall

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In brief Burns on the move? Phoenix coach Ernie Merrick admits the club has received advances from a Chinese team about Nathan Burns but has hosed down some of the speculation surrounding any potential move. Burns, the A-League’s golden boot leader with 10 goals, has been in contact with Merrick recently and a resolution could come within the next few days. Merrrick said. “There’s a team interested but I won’t go in to the detail of it.” Reports from Australia said Burns was being offered a salary of around A$2.5m per season. - NZME

Messi does it again

Rakaia’s Jamiee Bird and Showtym Image, winners of the Team Cubitt Pony Mini Prix Series at the Ashburton Area ESNZ Grand Prix Showjumping and Showhunter Show last weekend. PHOTO ANNIE STUDHOLME

■ EQUESTRIAN

Celtic hits the front

Accumulators big attraction Rakaia’s Jamiee Bird holds a slight advantage for the finale of the Speed Pony Accumulators at the South Canterbury North Otago Area ESNZ Showjumping and Showhunter SCNO Area Championships in Waimate this weekend. A favourite with spectators and riders alike, the speed pony and horse classes can expect a course like no other from course designer Roger Laplanche, set

to include numerous elements not usually seen in showjumping courses these days including a bounce, a quadruple, a curved bounce and a style. Entries for both classes are strong with all eyes on the current accumulator leaders. After the first two shows, Bird and Showtym Image have a slight edge over Molly BuistBrown (Burnham) on Yippee Ki Yay with eight points in the

speed ponies but with 17 starters it’s still anybody’s game. Christchurch’s Louise Marriot and Concur will go into the speed horse final with a slight advantage. The speed classes kick off the action on Sunday followed by the age group classes for 6- and 7-year-olds, prior to the Grand Prix and Mini Prix classes for both horses and ponies. The ponies are set to yield a

tough competition with a big field of 11 to battle it out for honours in the ESNZ Pony Grand Prix Series class, with 17 in the Horse Mini Prix and 20 in the Pony Mini Prix Series. Just four will contest the Horse Grand Prix. All other classes are well supported across the two days of jumping and showhunter action.

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Crusaders, Highlanders in pre-season clash By Jonathan Leask

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Super rugby - that’s right rugby - returns this weekend in pre-season form when the Crusaders meet the Highlanders in Timaru. The Crusaders meet the Highlanders in a pre-season clash in Timaru, kicking off at 2.30pm. It will be played in four quarters with rolling substitutions. Crusaders Coach Todd Blackadder has named his squad for the southern derby and says the boys are itching to get out on the field and play some rugby. “The pre-season is starting to feel long to the players by about now,” Blackadder said. “They’ve been pushed to their

Lionel Messi struck five minutes from time to hand Barcelona a vital 1-0 lead heading into the second leg of their Copa del Rey quarter-final with Atletico Madrid yesterday. Atletico looked set to round off a fine day for the club after the confirmation that Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin will spend 45 million euros ($A67.5 million) for 20 per cent of the club by holding out for a 0-0 draw. However, Juanfran was penalised for kicking Sergio Busquets inside the area late on and Messi was relieved to slot home at the second attempt after seeing his penalty saved by Jan Oblak. - AFP

limits by trainers and coaches since before Christmas and now they’re just really looking forward to playing some actual rugby. “For us, this is going to be a really useful opportunity to see how the players fare under some game pressure and to learn about what our key workons should be for the remainder of the pre-season.” The game could have occurred in Ashburton but without the adequate facilities or playing surface for a first class match it was shipped further south. Mid Canterbury Rugby’s impending move to the vacant land alongside the EA Networks Centre provides the ex-

citing prospect for the future of such matches here. For this year the best local Crusaders fans can cling to is the hour’s drive north or south for live action. The team to play in Timaru is made up of current squad members, wider training group members and some players who have been involved in the preseason as part of the Crusaders apprenticeship system. But not local prop Tim Perry. Perry limped from the field in Tasman’s win over defending champions Canterbury in the ITM Cup semi-finals in Nelson in October and he won’t be back on the park until April. The competition kicks off on February 13 with the Crusad-

ers hosting the opener against the Rebels, the same day the Cricket World Cup begins at Hagley Oval. The Crusaders will play two other pre-season games, against the Hurricanes in Eketahuna on January 31 and against the Reds in Brisbane on February 6. Another Mid Canterbury product, flanker Adam Thompson, returns to Super Rugby for the Queensland Reds, who begin their pre-season against the Melbourne Rebels next weekend. The former Highlander is one of three big signings for the Reds, also welcoming former NRL and AFL convert Karmichael Hunt and Wallabies bad boy James O’Connor.

Champions Celtic went top of the Scottish Premiership as they strolled to a 4-0 win over Motherwell thanks to a second-half brace from Mikel Lustig yesterday. Celtic struggled to break down a packed Motherwell defence before Virgil van Dijk headed home the opener in the 26th minute and Leigh Griffiths nodded in a second two minutes before the break. Lustig added a third in the 76th minute. Elsewhere, Dundee United missed the chance to move to third as they were held to a 1-1 draw away to lowly St Mirren, while Kris Doolan scored four as Partick Thistle defeated Hamilton 5-0 and Dundee defeated Kilmarnock 1-0. - AFP

Faumuina aims high Charlie Faumuina still has ambitions to be the top tighthead prop in the country. His re-signing by the Blues and New Zealand Rugby until the end of 2017 was key to that aim, as was a strong desire to be part of the 2017 inbound tour by the Lions, the first to these shores since 2005. Faumuina’s decision may have been the catalyst for the departure of Chiefs prop Ben Tameifuna, a player of dual eligibility who is said to be heading post-RWC for Paris, along with Dan Carter, to the rich Racing-Metro club. That same club apparently made a big play for Faumuina. - NZH

Moala back training Blues wing George Moala will return to training with the team, the team has announced. Moala was last week found guilty of wounding with intent over a late night fight two years ago. In a statement, the Blues said the court was still to undertake a sentencing process, the outcome of which would not be known until May 1, and a conviction had not been entered. Moala’s bail conditions allowed him to fulfil all obligations as a professional rugby player. - NZME

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Serena through By RoB FoRsaith A day after Maria Sharapova was forced to save two match points, top seed Serena Williams steadied after a first-set scare to reach the third round of the Australian Open. Williams was twice broken by Vera Zvonareva in the opening set and needed to defuse three set points yesterday, before powering to a 7-5 6-0 victory on Rod Laver Arena. “She was aggressive and I was a little too passive,” Williams said. Zvonareva became the world No.2 in 2010 when the Russian reached the finals of Wimbledon and the US Open, only to tumble down the rankings to No.992 due to injury and illness. Williams, who started this month with an inconsistent showing at the Hopman Cup, predicted in the lead-up to her clash with the unseeded Russian that it would be a tough test. And so it was early, with Zvonareva threatening to break Williams’ serve at 1540 after taking a 5-3 lead in the first set. The world No.1 smacked two powerful forehand winners to reach deuce, but was again facing set point. Williams held, broke back twice and then dished out a bagel as she wrapped up the second set of the match in just 27 minutes. The 18-time grand slam champion next faces unseeded compatriot Nicole Gibbs or 26th seed Urkraine’s Elina Svitolina. Dominika Cibulkova, last year’s finalist who is seeded 11th, crushed Tsvetana Pironkova 6-2 6-0 to join Williams in the third round.

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Earlier yesterday, Venus Williams and Agnieszka Radwanska both sailed into the third round in straight sets. Sixth seed Radwanska needed only 44 minutes to dismiss Johanna Larsson 6-0 6-1, setting up a clash with Varvara Lepchenko. Williams was not quite as ruthless in her all-American outing against Lauren Davis, but still a comfortable 6-2 6-3 winner on Margaret Court Arena. Williams, who is seeded 18th, recovered well after dropping her opening service game in both sets. The 34-year-old seventimes grand slam champion went on to defeat Caroline Wozniacki in New Zealand, suggesting she could do some damage at Melbourne Park. Meanwhile, Spanish 24th seed Garbine Muguruza downed Daniela Hantuchova 6-1 1-6 6-0. - AAP

Youngsters out of champs There were early exits for a Mid Canterbury duo at the national U16 tennis championships at Wilding Park in Christchurch this week. Tessa McCann lost in the second round of the main draw and then in the third round of the consolation draw. Larissa Allan lost in the first round but collected a win to start the consolation draw before a second round defeat. The Dargue brothers, Edwin and Harry, also contested the National U12 Championships in Auckland. Edwin had three wins to advance to the quarter-finals only to fall to eventual champion, Nick Beamish. Harry exited the main draw in the first round with a loss to the sixth seeded Thomas Hartono. Edwin and Nick Schneideman were the fifth seeds in the doubles but went down in a third set in the second round. Seventh seeded Harry and Charlie Morrison were first round casualties in the doubles.

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MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road. 1.15pm “GOLF CROQUET” WAIREKA. Doubles, drawn partners. Waireka, Philip Street. 1.30pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association croquet. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

Community garden working bee and fellowship, each Saturday, 9.00am - 12.30pm weather permitting. Behind the ASHBURTON DISTRICT St Andrew’s Anglican Church, 157 FARMERS MARKET. Thomson Street, Tinwald. Local produce by local producers and hot food!!. North End West 10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. Street car park. New Zealand Alpine and 9.00am - 12.30pm Agriculture Encounter, interactive ASHBURTON CRAFT MARKET. fun for all ages. Main Street, West Street. Methven. 9.30am 10.00am - 3.00pm ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN ASHBURTON AVIATION CHURCH TINWALD.

FINAL Garage Sale Saturday from 9am at 3 Kermode Street. Last garage sale before moving so everything must go! Come and visit and get yourself a bargain.

EXCELLENT fundraising opportunity - free to hire. Community fundraising BBQ situated at Mitre 10 Mega. Visit our customer service counter today to book and for GARAGE Sale - Grove details. – Phone 308-5119. Street. General household Saturday. Signs out Guardian items. 9am.

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GARAGE SALES

GARAGE Sale. Saturday and Aitken Street. Sunday. 8.30am. Giant Garage Sale Large variety of household goods. Beds, sofas, desks, electrical, clothing and shoes. Camping and office equipment. Lower Harrison Street. Signs out 9am Saturday. MASSIVE garage sale. Two house hold lots, a bit of everything, all very cheap. 150 Rolleston Street, Rakaia, 9am Saturday 24. TUCKER Street, sign on gate. Saturday, Jan 24, 9am 12 noon. Downsizing, small household items. Something for everyone!

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

CINDY, Kiwi, 38, size 6, attractive, busty, long hair. GFE. Phone calls only. 027 448 7011. CUTE Aiko, Japanese, 26 years, small body, gentle, uniform, toys for both. Phone 022 191 0046. FIRST time in town. Pretty Asian busty 42D, 25 years, hot body, friendly service and relaxing. Phone Teena 021 084 69109. NZG. HOT and sexy, warm and friendly busty blonde, DD, 46 curvaceous and fun. Phone Terri 022 065 7059. Friday and Saturday only. Don’t miss out, book now. LOVELY gentle girl, 27 years, fascinating figure, B cup, full body to body massage and full service, enjoy your good special time. Ph 022 1900 353. LULU - cute and cuddly, attractive and busty. Specials, let all your dreams come true. Phone 021 0233 9259 (no texting). SEXY Asian, attractive, sweet, naughty, good massage. Phone Marsha 021 078 2363.

TWO lovely, Asian, naturally busty DD, caring, friendly. Gents welcome. Phone LET OR LEASE OFFICE for lease, off street Sonya 021 082 80654. parking. Available now. Phone Paul 021 554 570. FOR SALE CONTAINERS for sale or hire, ex shipping: general and LIVESTOCK, PETS BUYER of unwanted insulated. Sidelifter available animals. Cattle, bobby calves, for delivery. Wilson Bulk horse and all farm animals. Transport, Phone 308-7772. We also sell pet food. Call DEADLINES - Ashburton Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 Guardian Classifieds close 621, A/H 03 348 9439. at 4.30pm every week day, the day prior to insertion. MEETINGS, EVENTS Phone 03 307 7965.

SENIOR NET ASHBURTON INC. Annual General Meeting MSA Card Room Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 1.30pm. All welcome

INDULGE in the ultimate candle burning experience! Woodwick candles beautifully scented soy candles at The China Shop in The Arcade. JOHNSON Bros Blue Willow. 45 piece dinnerset normally $849.00 our special price $499.00 - only while stocks last. Call in to The China Shop in The Arcade.

SALE SALE SALE - Come instore to Kitchen Kapers in The Arcade and grab a bargin PLANTS, PRODUCE NEW potatoes at Farmers off our sales table everything Market, Nadine and Purple 1/2 Price. Christmas Goodies, Passion. Come and see glasses, bowls, napery and more!! farmer Brown.

PEASTRAW - small bales, $4 per bale delivered Ashburton, Orders taken for delivery early February. Phone 03 302 3825.

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YOUR STARS by Forecasters

ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) After a busy few days on the social front and even more over the coming days and week, recognise when you need some time out. TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) You’ve reached a point in your professional year where you’re miles ahead of where you would normally be, with a chance to ease back. GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) At the same time you’re hanging out for the weekend there’s also a need to keep your professional hat on and imagination engaged today. CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) It’s more than a TGIF feeling or the anticipation of the weekend ahead that has you excited, with a sense of wanderlust impossible to ignore. LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) As your financial instincts kick in this will bring a better sense of what you’re fighting for and of what really inspires and motivates you. VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) The Moon’s first visit to your relationship sector for the year is likely to stir up an emotional cocktail, making it hard to remain on the fence. LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) As you get ready for the weekend there isn’t just a sense of playfulness in the air but a sense of nostalgia and opportunity for second chances. SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) Already sensing how busy things are set to become professionally, having balance between work and play is essential. SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) There isn’t an aspect of your life that won’t benefit from the support you have right now to give your heart and unsaid words a voice. CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) The Moon’s return to your communication sector today and position here over the weekend sets the scene for a communication breakthrough. AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) The Moon’s first visit to your income sector for the year will not only come with a nose for money but will link into powerful forces already at work. PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 21) While your birthday month won’t begin until next month there’s already a sense of what excites you, your passions and fighting spirit.

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Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

BUCHANAN, Lois Marea – On January 21, 2015, at Ashburton Hospital. Dearly loved wife of the late Neville, dearly loved mum and mother in law of Tim and Jacqui, Greg and Helen, and Mic and Nic. Loved Nan – Nana of Lily, and George; Em, and Liz; and Josh, and Chloe. Messages to the Buchanan family, P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A service to celebrate Lois’ life will be held at 216 Hepburns Road, Ashburton, on MONDAY, January 26, commencing at 1.00pm. Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium. Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton Ph 307 7433

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Fine, with areas of morning cloud. Northeasterlies.

Mainly fine, areas of morning cloud. A hot afternoon in the basins. Light winds at low levels, NW developing about the tops.

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Mainly fine. Northwesterlies, strong for a time in exposed places.

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A few showers. Southerlies for a time.

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A ridge lies slow-moving over most of New Zealand over the weekend, but easterlies affect northern regions. A trough approaching Fiordland on Sunday weakens as it moves onto southern New Zealand during Monday, while easterlies spread south over the North orth Island as a low to the northeast deepens.

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6am Breakfast 9am Infomercials 9:30 There’s No Taste Like Home Today’s dishes are braised beef and onion pie. 10:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 30 11:30 Infomercials Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Charity and Declan are worried about Noah; Alicia tries to justify herself to Leyla; Megan feels guilty. 0 1pm Coronation Street PGR 3 0 2pm House Husbands PGR 3 0 3pm Four Rooms 3:55 Te Karere 2 0 4:25 The Chase 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0

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6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Little Monstar 3 0 6:35 Jungle Junction 3 0 6:55 The Amazing World Of Gumball 3 0 7:25 The Penguins Of Madagascar 3 0 7:50 Slugterra 3 0 8:15 Pair Of Kings 3 0 8:35 Jessie 3 0 9am Infomercials 11am Neighbours 3 0 11:30 8 Simple Rules 3 0 Noon Shortland Street PGR 3 0 12:30 I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here 3 0 2pm Extreme Makeover – Home Edition 3 0 3pm Mike And Molly PGR 3 0 3:27 Angry Birds Toons 3 0 3:30 Get Ace 0 4pm Win Lose Or Draw 0 4:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 5:30 My Wife And Kids 3 0 6pm Friends 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm MasterChef Australia 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 In a Mexican-themed 7:30 The Bachelor Australia elimination challenge, the PGR Now everyone has been five remaining contestants introduced, Blake takes the compete to avoid elimination. Bachelorettes on their first 0 dates. 0 8:10 Border Security 3 0 8:35 M The Ugly Truth AO 8:45 Coronation Street 2009 Romantic Comedy. Gail is in for an unpleasant Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler. surprise; Tyrone is upset by 0 Kirsty’s latest move; Roy is 10:30 M Hostel AO 2005 surprised by a familiar face. 0 Horror. Jay Hernandez, Derek 10:45 One News Tonight 0 Richardson. 0

6am 3 News – Firstline 8:30 Infomercials 10:30 Rachael Ray New York Giants star Victor Cruz helps a fan propose. 11:30 The Michael J Fox Show PGR 3 Annie and Eve compete when Ian plans to move out. Noon 3 News 12:30 Baggage PGR Game show hosted by Jerry Springer. 1pm Flipping Out PGR 3 2pm Top Chef Duels PGR 3pm The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills PGR 4pm Entertainment Tonight 4:25 The Simpsons 3 0 4:55 Beauty And The Geek Australia 6pm 3 News

11:15 The School Exams are approaching at Thornhill, and everyone feels pressured by the demands of the targets. 12:15 The Following AO 3 0 1:10 Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2 0 1:35 Infomercials

11:15 CSI AO 3 A body is found floating in a mud bath at a popular spiritual retreat centre; Hodges questions his marriage plans. 0 12:10 The Good Wife AO 3 1:10 A Gifted Man PGR 3 2:05 Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Thai Street Food With David Thompson 7am French Food Safari 7:30 My Dream Home 8:30 Beyond River Cottage 9am Secret Meat Business 9:30 Kirstie’s Vintage Home 10:30 Million Dollar Contractor 11am Kitchen Crashers 11:30 Garage Gold Noon Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey 1pm Thai Street Food With David Thompson 1:30 French Food Safari 2pm Ottolenghi’s Mediterranean Island Feast 3pm My Dream Home 4pm Jonathan Phang’s Gourmet Trains 5pm Home Of The Future 6pm Million Dollar Contractor 6:30 House Crashers 7pm American Restoration 7:30 The Million Pound Property Experiment Colin and Justin buy, renovate and sell properties across Britain. 8:30 Better Homes And Gardens 10pm Gardeners’ World Inspiration for gardeners. 10:30 American Restoration 11pm Home Of The Future

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Midnight Million Dollar Contractor 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am My Dream Home 2am Jonathan Phang’s Gourmet Trains 3am House Crashers 3:30 Oddities PGR 4am The Million Pound Property Experiment 5am Gardeners’ World

12:25 Jeremy Kyle PGR 3 1:15 Infomercials 2:15 Arrow AO 3 0 3:05 The River AO 3 3:50 Anger Management AO 3 0 4:10 ANT Farm 3 0 4:35 Dog With A Blog 3 0 5am Neighbours 3 0 5:25 Regular Show 3 0 5:35 Sonny With A Chance – So Random 3

FOUR

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Fanboy And Chum Chum 3 7:25 The Legend Of Korra 3 7:50 Fairly Odd Parents 8:20 Chuggington 3 8:30 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 8:40 Peppa Pig 3 8:50 Bob The Builder 3 9am Thomas And Friends 3 9:10 Ella The Elephant 3 9:35 Barney And Friends 3 10am Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 3:10 Humf 3 3:20 Lalaloopsy 3 3:40 Max Steel 3 4:10 Dragons – Defenders Of Berk 3 4:35 Punk’d 5:05 It Only Hurts When I Laugh 3 5:30 The Nanny 3 0 6pm Futurama 3 0 6:30 How I Met Your Mother 3 0 7pm The Block – Glasshouse PGR 7pm The Simpsons PGR 3 0 Foreman Keith clashes with 7:30 American Ninja Warrior the teams when he tells them 8:30 M Rambo – First Blood about some extra work they Part II AO 3 1985 Action. will need to do. 0 Former Green Beret John 8:05 The Graham Norton Show Rambo is released from a PGR 3 0 federal prison to recover and 9:05 Live At The Apollo AO rescue soldiers missing in Sean Lock, introduces John action since the Vietnam War. Bishop. 0 Sylvester Stallone, Richard 10:05 Would I Lie To You? UK 3 Crenna. 0 10:45 3 News 10:30 White Collar PGR 11:30 Entertainment Tonight 11:55 Infomercials

PRIME

6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am Miharo 3 2 7:30 Pukana 3 2 8am Toi Whakaari 3 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 2 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 2 2pm Ako 3 3pm Kai Time On The Road 3 3:30 Pukoro 3 2 4pm Miharo 3 2 4:30 Pukana 3 2 5pm Toi Whakaari 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2

THE BOX 6am Law And Order MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Hardcore Pawn PG 7:40 Modern Family PGL 8:05 Ax Men ML 8:55 Criminal Minds 16VS 9:45 SVU MV 10:35 CSI – New York MV 11:25 Longmire 16V 12:15 Combat Pawn PG 12:40 Combat Pawn PG 1:05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 1:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 2:20 Law And Order MV 3:10 Ax Men ML 4pm Modern Family PGL 4:30 The Simpsons PG 5pm Hardcore Pawn PG 5:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 6:30 The Simpsons PG 7pm Hardcore Pawn PG 7:30 CSI – New York MV 8:30 SVU MV 9:30 Elementary MV 10:30 SVU MV 11:30 CSI – New York MV

SATURDAY

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6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 3 12:50 The Test PGR 3 1:45 Antiques Roadshow 3 Fiona Bruce and the experts welcome 2,000 visitors bringing their family treasures, including a dog collar from Victorian days, early royal relics, and boxing gloves used by the poet Byron. 3pm Whose Line Is It Anyway? UK 3 3:30 The Late Show With David Letterman 4:30 Hot Bench 5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 3 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 N Scorpion PGR When a military plane is shot down in Bosnia, Team Scorpion must recover its stealth technology before it falls into enemy hands. 8:30 N NCIS – New Orleans AO 9:30 American Idol PGR 10:30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 11:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) Black Caps v Sri Lanka – Fifth One-Day International. From University Oval, Dunedin. Midnight Home Shopping 1:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 2am Home Shopping

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6am Tennis – Australian Open (Highlights) Day Four, Night Session. From Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne. 7am Tennis – Australian Open (Highlights) Day Four, Day Session. From Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne. 8am Basketball – NBL (Replay) New Zealand Breakers v Melbourne United. From Vector Arena. 10am Cricket – T20 Big Bash (Highlights) Sydney Sixers v Sydney Thunder. From the Sydney Cricket Ground. 10:30 L Cricket – International Blackcaps v Sri Lanka – Fifth One-Day International, First Innings. From University Oval in Dunedin. 2:35 The Cricket Show 3:05 L Cricket – International Blackcaps v Sri Lanka – Fifth One-Day International, Second Innings. 7pm Inside Cricket Covering all things cricket with analysis and previews of live cricket matches, cricket results and cricket scores. 7:30 L Basketball – NBL New Zealand Breakers v Sydney Kings. From Vector Arena. 9:30 L Basketball – NBL Wollongong Hawks v Adelaide 36ers. From WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong. 11:30 Basketball – NBL (Replay) 1:30 Basketball – NBL (Replay) 3:30 Motorsport – Toyota Racing Series (Highlights) 4:30 Motorsport – TR 86 Series (Highlights) 5am Basketball – NBL (Highlights) 5:30 Sailing – Extreme Series

SKY SPORT 2 7am Football – AFC Asian Cup (Replay) Quarter-final One – Korea Republic v Uzbekistan. 9am Football – AFC Asian Cup (Replay) Quarter-final Two – China v Australia. 11am L Squash – Tournament Of Champions Women’s Semi-finals. From Grand Central Terminal, New York City. 1pm Sailing – Extreme Series Rambo – First Blood Part II 1:30 L Squash – Tournament 8:30pm on FOUR Of Champions Men’s Semi-finals. From Grand Central Terminal, MOVIES PREMIERE MOVIES GREATS New York City. 4:18 L Cricket – International 7:10 Ender’s Game MV 2013 Sci-fi. 6:55 School For Scoundrels MLS Tri-Series Australia v England – 2006 Comedy. Billy Bob Thornton, Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford. Fourth One-Day International, First 9:05 One In The Gun 16 2010 Thriller. Jon Heder. 8:35 Spider-Man 3 Innings. From the Bellerive Oval in MV 2007 Action. Tobey Maguire, Steven Man, Katherine Randolph. Hobart. 10:35 Below The Beltway MC 2010 Kirsten Dunst. 10:50 27 Dresses 7:55 Motorsport – TR 86 Series Comedy. Tate Donavon, Noah Wyle. PGL 2008 Romantic Comedy. (Highlights) Round Three. From Mike 12:10 Allegiance MVL 2012 Thriller. Katherine Heigl, James Marsden. Pero Motorsport Park, Christchurch. 12:40 There Will Be Blood MV Bow Wow, Seth Gabel. 8:25 L Cricket – International 1:40 Ender’s Game MV 2013 Sci-fi. 2007 Drama. Daniel Day-Lewis. Tri-Series Australia v England 3:15 School For Scoundrels MLS Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford. – Fourth One-Day International, 2006 Comedy. Billy Bob Thornton, 3:35 One In The Gun 16 Second Innings. From the Bellerive Jon Heder. 2010 Thriller. Steven Man, 4:55 500 Days Of Summer ML 2009 Oval in Hobart. Katherine Randolph. Comedy. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 5:05 Out Of The Furnace 16VLC SATURDAY Zooey Deschanel. 6:30 Murder 2013 Thriller. Christian Bale, 12:30 Fox Sports News A wrap of By Numbers R16 2002 Thriller. Casey Affleck. the day’s sporting headlines, with Sandra Bullock, Ben Chaplin. 7pm Bad Johnson 16LS 2014 extensive highlights, and previews of 8:30 50 First Dates MS 2004 Comedy. Cam Gigandet. sporting action still to come. Comedy. Adam Sandler, 8:30 2 Guns 16VL 2013 Action. 1am Cricket – International Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg. Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider. (Highlights) Blackcaps v Sri Lanka – 10:10 Miami Vice 16V 2006 10:20 All Is Lost ML 2013 Drama. Fifth One-Day International. From Action. Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell, Robert Redford. University Oval in Dunedin. Naomie Harris. 1:30 The Crowd Goes Wild SATURDAY An irreverent daily sports and 12:05 The Nail 16VLS 2009 Drama. SATURDAY entertainment show. Tony Danza, William Forsythe. 12:20 No Country For Old Men 2am Football – AFC Asian Cup 1:35 Out Of The Furnace 16VLC 16V 2007 Crime. Tommy Lee Jones, (Replay) Quarter-final Three – 2013 Thriller. Christian Bale, Javier Bardem. 2:20 The Directors – Casey Affleck. 3:30 All Is Lost James L Brooks PG 2011 Documentary. Iran v Iraq. 4am Football – AFC Asian Cup ML 2013 Drama. Robert Redford. 2:50 Murder By Numbers R16 2002 (Replay) Quarter-final Four – 5:15 2 Guns 16VL 2013 Action. Thriller. Sandra Bullock, Ben Chaplin. Japan v UAE. Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg. 4:50 Miami Vice 16V 2006 Action.

6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 2 6:30 Ako 3 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 #Hakanation PGR 3 8pm Whanau Living 8:30 The Kapa 3 9:30 Fusion Feasts (Starting Today) 3 International chef and restaurateur Peter Gordon visits Hawkes Bay to gather and prepare paua and eel for a whanau feast of 50. 10pm Whanau Factor 3 Scorpion 10:30 Oruorua 3 11pm Te Kaea 7:30pm on Prime 3 2 11:30 Closedown

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Sport EMERGING TALENT SQUAD Georgia Clarke (19) - Otago (pace bowler), Amelia Kerr (14) - Wellington (leg spinner), Thamsyn Newton (19) - Canterbury (pace bowler), Natasha Van Tilburg (17) - Auckland (wicketkeeper), Leigh Kasperek (22) - Otago (off spinner), Deanna Doughty (21) - Wellington (leg spinner)

Ashburton’s Georgia Clarke has been selected into the New Zealand Women’s cricket Emerging Talent Squad. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 231214-TM-033

Hard yards paying off for Georgia BY JONATHAN LEASK

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Georgia Clarke’s cricket season keeps getting better. Clarke made the Otago Sparks this summer to make her national women’s domestic debut, and has now taken a huge step towards her goal of one-day playing for the national squad. The Ashburton 19-year-old is one of six of the country’s best up and coming women play-

ers that will take part in a development training camp next month, coinciding with the White Ferns camp as they prepare to take on England. Clarke had thought prior to Christmas that her first summer with the Sparks was a big step forward towards the White Ferns, and this selection has validated that. “Just playing in the national competition this year was huge

and then this [news] came. “I was shocked and just so stoked,” she said. “I’ve been putting in the work training hard four to five times a week and it’s paid off.” The news - which was delivered to her earlier in the week - has made for a big week as the Volts, who were struggling early in the season but are preparing to host the Women’s Twenty20 final at Dunedin’s

University Oval this weekend. Clarke and company will watch the Black Caps take on Sri Lanka, play the Wellington Blaze in the final [live on Sky], tomorrow and then see the Black Caps-Sri Lanka clash again on Sunday all on the same ground. She will then spend time training at Bay Oval in Tauranga from February 1-6 alongside the national squad, and under

the nose of the coach and selectors. “We do everything the White Ferns do except play in the series. It’s pretty exciting and a huge opportunity.” The camp will see them receive specialist coaching, conditioning work and the opportunity to play for a Northern Districts invitational side to take on the English Women on February 7.

Kiwi doubles players still in the hunt at Melbourne BY MICHAEL BURGESS For the second successive grand slam, two New Zealand males have progressed past the first round of the men’s doubles. After Artem Sitak enjoyed a

straight sets victory on Wednesday, compatriot Michael Venus toughed out an impressive win yesterday afternoon. In scorching conditions in the full glare of Melbourne’s afternoon sun, Venus and partner

Oliver Marach of Austria beat Peter Gojowczyk (Germany) and Lukas Rosol (Czech Republic) 6-3 7-6 (4) in 78 minutes. Gojowczyk is a former top 100 singles player and Rosol has an impressive CV. The Czech

famously beat Nadal at Wimbledon in 2012 and was part of a Davis Cup doubles match in 2013 that lasted more than seven hours, with the amazing scoreline of 24-22 in the fifth. “We served well all day and

if we do that we can go deep in sets,” said a delighted Venus yesterday. “We hung tough on our return game You just need to stay solid and wait for your chanc- NZH es.”

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