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By Susan Sandys

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Mt Hutt Ski Area had its busiest June day ever on Sunday.

“We are breaking records left, right and centre here,” ski area manager James McKenzie said.

The big day was hot on the heels of more than 7000 visitors the previous weekend, making it the biggest opening weekend in the skifield’s 47-year history.

The ski area’s carparks filled up early on both Saturday and Sunday as skiers with powder fever headed to the hills after the clouds cleared from a late-week snowstorm.

Those coming up later in the morning on Sunday found themselves having to queue at the information booth car-park as a one-car-up and one-cardown policy had to be intro-

duced, due to the car parks filling up.

However, no skiers had to be turned away.

The 70-centimetre snowfall last week set up the ski area, enabling it to open its triple chairlift, and all of its off-piste terrain.

It has been unprecedented times this year as Mt Hutt opens just five days per week for the month of June, leading into

opening full-time again in July.

It was caught on the back foot

by New Zealand all of a sudden moving to Covid-19 Alert Level 1, with not enough staff. It had previously taken a conservative approach to staffing, expecting a limit on skifield numbers, however additional recruitment is now under way.

Staff from the ski area’s sister skifields in Queenstown have

helped out over the last couple of weekends.

Mt Hutt has been the first skifield open in the southern hemisphere this year; Coronet Peak is to open this Friday and the Remarkables on July 4.

Kiwis have come out in their droves to support local, dusting off their skis as the international tourism industry has been crippled in the Covid-19 pandemic.

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■■SPEED LIMITS REVIEW

Call for 40km/h school speed limit

By Sue Newman

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Ashburton has an opportunity to become a national leader in introducing a blanket 40km/h speed limit on roads outside the district’s schools.

At a submissions hearing yesterday on the Ashburton District Council’s speed limit review, principal Neil Simons and three students from Longbeach School put a strong case for the council to introduce a mandatory limit outside schools.

And while that might be on the government’s radar, Simons said the council had an opportunity to get in first and show leadership in this area.

It is not the first time the school has pushed to have speed limits changed on Boundary and Longbeach roads.

Last time, he said, council told him the change could be made if something like a cafe opened up across the road, but not for a school.

“I was staggered by this when we have young lives at stake and I’m staggered that your latest proposal again doesn’t address

Putting the case for a 40km/h speed limit outside their school are Longbeach School students (from left) Yasmin Larry, Freya Jemmett and Taylor Lamont.

PHOTO SUE NEWMAN 220620-0035 this,” he said.

The council acknowledged that the stretch of road was a high risk area because Longbeach

had a sweeping bend outside the school as well as an intersection with Boundary Road.

Current proposals are for

a 60km/h limit outside rural schools and 40km/h outside urban schools, but the limit should be the same, town or country, Si-

mons said.

The issue was a district wide one and one the Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association had spoken about on many occasions, he said.

Board of trustee member Richard Wood said the council should not wait for the government to push change in school speed zones, it should show leadership and make a universal change now.

“As a board we implore you to adopt this now. Don’t wait.”

Students Yasmin Larry, Freya Jemmett and Taylor Lamont told the councillors that it was unacceptable that the school had to keep asking for the speed limit to be changed.

Visibility in the area was poor and speeds were high and that meant the risk to students was unacceptably high, they said.

Many members of the Longbeach School community supported the call for a 40km/h speed limit in written submissions.

Submissions also came from several other school communities.

Cut, don’t raise Lake Hood Drive speed limit

By Sue Newman

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Unless speed limits are reduced on Lake Hood Drive, someone will be killed, say people living along that road.

Residents of the Lake Hood settlement are appalled at a proposal by the Ashburton District Council to lift the speed limit from 70 to 80km/h and in submissions to the council’s proposed speed limit review several asked that the speed limit stay at 70 or be reduced to 60.

Nick George’s home has a 200 metre boundary along Lake Hood Drive and he said it was only a matter of time before there was a fatal crash on that stretch of road.

The curved nature of the road and uneven camber mean it sim-

ply cannot be driven in safety at the current 70km/h and would be impossible to drive safely at 80km/h, he said.

“There have already been two bad crashes there with speeds on bends and it shows even the current speed limit comes with plenty of carnage.”

In addition there is a deep swale on one side of the road and if a vehicle went into that at speed, there was likely to be a fatality, he said.

Most people living along that stretch of road had young families, school buses made three stops during the week and at the weekend it was extremely busy with walkers and cyclists. All of that created a mix that was a recipe for a major accident, George said.

“We’re all just waiting for this to happen. Increase the speed limit and you increase the risk. I just don’t see where common sense comes into this.”

And it was ludicrous to be looking at reducing the speed limit on Huntingdon Avenue, that had no houses down its length, to 50 but to be considering lifting Lake Hood Drive to 80km/h, he said.

“Nothing is adding up. This is a very passionate plea to keep speed limits at 70km/h or less on Lake Hood Drive. I voted you guys in to make common sense decisions.”

Fellow resident Jane Pearce said out-of-control vehicles had already ended up in her fence and others had spun off onto the grass verge.

“The current limit of 70 is too

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fast. Reduce it to 60, but 50 would be better,” she said.

Poor cellphone coverage at Lake Hood meant cars coming out of the area to the first rise on Lake Hood Drive often pulled over as soon as their phones started pinging with messages.

Add to that the number of cars towing boats that pulled up to check their load and the number of vehicles on grass verges created additional hazards, Pearce said.

Vehicles coming into Lake Hood Drive often did so at 100 kilometres an hour and didn’t slow down until they hit the 50km/h limit at the end of that road, and not only was the road the main entrance to Lake Hood, it was a road that was well used by bikers, and pedestrians, par-

ticularly at weekends, she said.

Lifting the speed limit to 80km/h went against all of the principles of creating safer roads, resident John Skevington said.

“The current limit of 70km/h appears to be at the upper end of an acceptable speed limit. If change is necessary for consistency, then it should be reduced to 60kmh. Increasing this just doesn’t make sense,” he said.

While George, Pearce and Skevington put the case in person to councillors at yesterday’s submissions hearing they were supported by written submissions from Lake Hood Drive residents.

The council will take submissions into account when it decides whether to implement the wide ranging changes to road speed limits across the district.

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■■COVID-19

Club 206 back after lockdown

By Susan Sandys

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“Thank goodness,” said Betty Weastell as she returned to Club 206 yesterday.

The three-day-a-week social programme for over-60s at Age Concern Ashburton was put on hold for a whole 13 weeks throughout the Covid-19 alert levels.

Weastell has been coming to Club 206 for about 10 years, and not being able to see her friends there for such a long time had been difficult.

“It’s really boring on your own,” she said.

“It’s company, somebody to talk to, somebody to argue with,” she joked.

Ninety-six-year-old Dot Font, the oldest there yesterday, was just as happy to be back, but said she had not minded lockdown so much.

“You get so used to being in your house that you don’t really want to leave,” Font said.

About 20 turned up for the first day back yesterday, enjoying activities such as housie, as well as a cooked lunch.

On the menu was chicken legs, roast pumpkin, silverbeet, spuds and gravy, with lemon meringue pudding for dessert, courtesy of volunteer cook Julie Begg.

Club 206 has 14 volunteer cooks and more than 20 others who help with the programme generally, and is on the lookout for more.

Attendees pay just $10 for the day, which goes from 10am to 3pm and also includes morning and afternoon tea.

Club 206 turns 30 this year, and there are plans for celebrating later in the year.

In the meantime, everyone is just happy to be enjoying the programme and each other’s company.

Director of day services Adair Pethig said she had kept in touch with clients throughout the 13 weeks, and all had been just bursting to get back.

“The isolation has been pretty tough on a lot of them, particularly in the first four weeks,” she said.

Club 206 members (from left) Lorraine Bowd, Elaine Lattimore and Ethel Powell are happy to be back.

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■■PRESBYTERIAN SUPPORT

Budget advice welcomes inroads on predatory lenders

By Susan Sandys

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Think twice before taking on additional debt, says Presbyterian Support Upper South Island Ashburton Budget Advisory Service.

Financial mentor Jeannette Molloy said potential borrowers could access online platforms that help sort money, phone the MoneyTalks helpline or get in touch with Budget Advice.

“Feel free to come and have a face-to-face consultation,” she said.

“Too often we see people who have compromised their most basic living costs, like food and pow-

er, by taking on additional debt and we would love to help them avoid this.”

Molloy welcomed the Government’s recent moves to tighten up restrictions for predatory lenders, such as capping interest and fees at a maximum of 0.8 per cent per day on high-cost loans.

“This still takes us to 292 per cent interest, but I’m pleased that it is now capped,” she said.

She was also pleased to see compound interest banned, and charges on borrowing in addition to an original loan limited. She continued to have reservations around how some lenders ascer-

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tained credit worthiness as the service was still seeing people who already had huge amounts of debt

getting additional loans.

Another pleasing development was an absence of mobile traders

and truck shops around Ashburton recently.

“The trucks are attractive to people that can’t afford the upfront cost of an item, but can afford to pay them off over time,” she said.

“There is more competition from things like Pay Pal now, that don’t have the interest component, and this may be attracting people that may otherwise shop with the mobile traders.”

And government has ensured that from June 1 mobile traders and truck shops are covered by responsible lending laws meaning they must assess affordability before selling goods on credit.

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■■ASHBURTON DISTRICT COURT

Drink drivers appear in court A young man who was found asleep in his car that was running with its headlights on in the middle of the day has been sentenced for drink driving in the Ashburton District Court.

Travis John Howden appeared before Community Magistrate Sally O’Brien on Monday on one charge of driving with excess breath alcohol.

He was spoken to and breath tested by police at 1.55pm on May 17 on Pudding Hill Road after members of the public had reported the car being pulled up on the side of the road with the headlights on and engine running.

Once police arrived and managed to wake Howden, he was breath-tested, returning a result of 650mcg. The adult legal limit is 250mcg, but as a person under the age of 20, he should not have been driving with any alcohol in his system.

His lawyer told the court he had been to pick up and drop off a friend and obviously felt tired and that he should not be driving and pulled over to sleep.

“You were lucky you stopped when you did and you were lucky you didn’t end up in a ditch or impacting another member of the public,” O’Brien said.

O’Brien said it happens too often that people appear in the court having thought they were not that impacted by the alcohol they had consumed or were not likely to be caught.

“I can tell you 100 per cent of the people who appear in this court have gone through that thought process,” she said.

She fined him $600 and disqualified him from driving for six months, and also ordered a caution letter be sent to the owner of his vehicle, his grandmother, stating that if he is caught on a driving infringement again in the next four years in a vehicle

owned by her, the vehicle may be seized.

“That might make her think twice about lending you her vehicle again,” she said.

Also appearing before the community magistrate were ...

Samuel James Benny appeared on one charge of driving with excess breath alcohol.

He was stopped by police on May 31 at 1am and was breath-tested.

He returned a result of 752mcg, more than three times the legal alcohol limit.

He admitted to police he had drunk eight beers before driving.

He was fined $680, ordered to pay court costs of $130 and disqualified from driving for seven months.

A man who had been drinking at a nightclub and then opted to drive home instead of waiting for a friend to come and pick him and other friends up has received his first criminal conviction.

Kees William Donaldson appeared on one charge of driving with excess breath alcohol.

He was stopped by police on Victoria Street at 2.25am on June 14. They could smell alcohol in the vehicle and breath-tested him.

He blew 708mcg.

His lawyer Gretchen Hart told the court he had been drinking at a nightclub and after leaving had entered the vehicle with friends to get away from the cold and to call a friend to pick them up.

However, he then decided to drive the vehicle home instead and was caught by police, a mistake he would not be making again, Hart said.

O’Brien said it was clear he did not intend to drive but as is well known, alcohol clouds decision making, which is clearly what happened in this case.

She fined him $630, ordered him to pay court costs and disqualified him from driving for seven months, and ordered a caution letter be sent to the registered owner of the vehicle.

A man who had three beers after chopping wood for a fundraiser has had his second drink driving conviction entered.

Richard Michael Print pleaded guilty to a charge of driving with excess breath alcohol.

He was stopped by police on May 31 at around 3.50pm for driving without his seatbelt on.

He was breath-tested, and returned of reading of 545mcg.

His previous drink driving conviction was seven years ago, and his lawyer told the court that he was pretty shocked to be in this situation as he felt fine.

O’Brien said he should have known that three beers was too many and how easy it was to get over the legal limit.

“Your lawyer has made it clear to you what will happen if you are caught again which will be your third offence,” she said.

She fined him $520, ordered him to pay court costs of $130 and disqualified him from driving for six months.

A man has avoided being disqualified from driving but will still have to pay a fine after being caught drink driving.

Tony Christopher Bryant appeared before the Community Magistrate for sentencing on one charge of drink driving following an incident earlier this year.

Bryant’s lawyer had made an application to the court under section 81 that the mandatory period of disqualification not be imposed.

The application was based on the fact that Bryant was driving as he had been told that the cows on his farm had, or were at risk

of escaping and getting on to a neighbouring road.

He drove across the farm to get to the cows, but instead of returning across the farm to get home, he opted to take the public road, at which point he was stopped by police and breath- tested.

He returned a reading of 600mcg.

O’Brien said it was clear that due to the time and situation presenting a potential threat to public safety if the cows got on the road, Bryant’s decision to drive at that time was reasonable.

The application was not opposed by police.

O’Brien granted the application, and fined him $500 and ordered him to pay court costs of $130.

A 19-year-old woman who was stopped while driving a friend around who was in emotional distress has had a criminal conviction entered for drink driving.

Piper Jones was stopped by police on May 15 on Cameron Street at 3.12am on May 15 and was breath-tested, returning a breath alcohol reading of 241mcg.

The legal limit for anyone under the age of 20 is zero.

Duty lawyer Paul Bradford told the court Jones had picked up a friend who had been in distress over a personal bereavement.

She had been drinking earlier that evening with friends.

O’Brien said while the reading might not be of particular concern, she was still in breach of her driver’s licence, but that she understood the circumstances of providing assistance to a friend in distress.

“Unfortunately this is going to result in a conviction for you,” she said.

She ordered Jones to pay a fine of $200 and disqualified her from driving for three months.

The government is extending a ban on cruise ships and updating its health order to make clear that travellers may be required to take multiple tests, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.

The Prime Minister revealed the moves at her weekly post-Cabinet media briefing yesterday.

Ardern said the government has renewed its health order, which had been due to expire at midnight last night, and included a new measure to clarify that incoming people must return a negative test before leaving quarantine, and may be required to take multiple tests.

People in managed isolation were previously required to meet the “low risk indicator” before leaving isolation, but more recently had been required to return a negative test. Ardern said the changes to the health order were making those expectations “absolutely explicit”.

The government also extended the cruise ship ban beyond June 30, for a further 60 or 90 days, Ardern said.

There are exceptions to the ban, including for cargo vessels to load and unload and fishing vessels to unload and resupply.

However, any crew arriving in New Zealand would need to spend 14 days in quarantine in New Zealand unless they had been on the boat for 28 days prior to arriving.

This is a tightening of the current rules, she said.

“Overall, you can see, that we are continuing to assure ourselves and the New Zealand community that we are doing everything it takes to maintain our priveleged position that every New Zealander has worked so hard for whilst the world enters into a phase where this pandemic grows, not slows.”

A week ago there were no reported cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand. Yesterday, there were nine. All confirmed cases are people who were staying in managed isolation after arriving in the country, although the first two revealed last Tuesday were sisters who had been granted a compassionate exemption to leave and travel to Wellington due to their parent’s death.

Ardern has come under pressure in recent days over the incident and other examples of laxness in management of the border. She has rejected any personal responsibility over it and has fought back against claims the mishandling will hit growth and cost jobs.

Yesterday she said New Zealand was seeing more cases at the border because more people were coming home and the pandemic was growing, and some of the flights were arriving from hot spots.

The WHO had called the rapid spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus a “dangerous new phase”, Ardern said.

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OUR VIEW

Sue Newman

SENIOR REPORTER

Speed limit debate sparks emotion

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peed limits, they’re there for a reason and even though that reason might sometimes seem random, we have to trust that the right limits are on the right roads for the right reasons.

But things change and when speed limit review time comes around, the community has a chance to tell those who set the limits, the council, whether we think they’re right or wrong.

And that’s where we are right now in the Ashburton District. The council’s carried out a review and made a raft of recommendations.

Some that are logical but others that appear to defy common sense. The community has had a chance to have a say and there’s plenty they’ve found wanting in what’s on the table.

One area where change is an absolute is school zones. The council proposes two limits only – 60km/h in the country and 40km/h in town However you look at that option it’s flawed.

Schools want a universal speed restriction of 40km/h. And they’re right. Children need to be given every protection possible when it comes to getting to and from school in safety. If that means rural traffic needs to drop from 100km/h to 40km/h for a few hundred metres than so be it.

The council will win brownie points if it concedes on that one and in the rural sector it can be simply implemented by having staged speed reduction areas on either side of a school.

And you have to support to the call by the people of Mt Somers for tighter restrictions in their village – 50km/h is what they want on every urban street. But perhaps the most critical for them is a call for a limited speed zone on the Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road that runs past their three entry streets. That’s common sense. Mayfield has one, so why not Mt Somers?

Decisions that are made now will be with us for around five years and often it’s the people on the ground who know what actually works rather than the people sitting at a desk in an office.

Rushed reform adds uncertainty T

he Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading Reform) Amendment bill passed its third reading in Parliament on June 17.

Whether it was the rush to get it through in time for election campaigning purposes, a clash of viewpoints, or something else, the result is that the concerns raised

by Federated Farmers and others during the consultation process have not been addressed.

While the bill causes uncertainty for farmers in New Zealand as to how agricultural emissions will be treated in the future, this uncertainty is dwarfed by the potential impacts the bill may have on the wider economy.

The number of carbon credits in the market 2021-25 has been capped at 160 million, with each unit representing the right to emit one tonne of carbon-dioxide equivalent (Co2e). Of these, 90 million will be auctioned into the market somewhere between $20 per tonne and the ceiling price of $50 per tonne.

With businesses and households all around New Zealand squeezed by the fall-out from Covid-19, more cost pressure for consumers – and for farmers – on prices for electricity, petrol, diesel and the like will go down like a cup of cold sick.

There has been no analysis

Andrew Hoggard FROM THE FARM

undertaken since the pandemic on how these changes to the ETS will impact our economy, our international competitiveness, and therefore the standard of living enjoyed by all New Zealanders.

The biggest bone of contention for farmers is the incentive this legislation sends to those who would ramp up the conversion of productive farmland into fenceline to fenceline pines, planted not for wood but for carbon credits.

Some 70,000 hectares of productive sheep and beef land has already been converted to forestry since 2019, and carbon-related investment has been a major driver for this. We know from going through the last 12 months of Overseas Investment Office decision summaries that we’re averaging a loss of 1-2 sheep and beef farms every month to conversion to forestry by foreign investors alone.

With pine forests grown just to clip the carbon credit ticket, there’s no pruning gangs, no sawmilling

jobs at the end of it. The mostly absentee owners/investors will just plant the trees and close the gate, effectively abandoning the land from ever re-entering productive use.

Farm production and export dollars are lost. Farm workers and contractors lose their jobs, families move out, there’s less spending in rural townships, rural school rolls suffer as do sports clubs and all the rest of the district’s community networks.

Instead of big polluters being incentivised to look at new technologies to drive down their fossil-fuel burning for the long term, they can take the easier path of stop-gap offsetting.

One positive – instead of putting agriculture into the ETS under a pointless processor-based levy system that would have done nothing to encourage farmers to invest in ways to reduce livestock emissions, the government and iwi agreed to the Primary Sector Climate Change Commitment put up by our sector.

Otherwise known as He Waka Eke Noa, it involves a series of commitments, with milestones, to get to a point where farmers can practicably measure on-farm emissions, and have workable and affordable options to reduce these without reducing food production.

Unfortunately, the reform leg-

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islation fails to even deal with the primary sector’s simple request to align the agreed He Waka Eke Noa milestones with the farm production year, rather than the calendar year. This is important because farmers’ software systems are production year-based and having to do a whole lot of back calculations for a calendar year platform is complicated and time-consuming.

It’s also disheartening, and hardly good faith as we set out on the He Waka Eke Noa partnership, to find the “fall-back” (read “threat”) of putting agriculture in the ETS is still written into the legislation.

Increasing the costs of inputs that do not currently have an alternative in most of New Zealand via the ETS, will quickly hurt farmers, consumers and the wider economy. It makes much more sense to see more investment in innovative projects that will help the New Zealand economy recover while accelerating the transition to a climate friendly future.

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MARKET REPORT

The markets

By Guy Trafford

T

he latest Global Dairy Trade auction has continued the positive trend of the last two sales and this time WMP has been on the positive side of the ledger as well.

Overall, the weighted average lift was up 1.9 per cent building on the previous two sales of 0.1 per cent and 1.0 per cent before that.

The all-important WMP price was up 2.2 per cent and SMP 3.1 per cent, the only product that went backwards was butter, that was down 1 per cent, continuing its decline.

The general view is that the impact of Covid-19 has almost passed but the global recession created by it is still going to put plenty of bumps along the road ahead.

The caveat around Covid-19 is that the risk of a “second wave” is very real.

China has just gone into lockdown level 2 mode on the back of the current outbreak in Beijing. So, as long as the ports and the domestic logistics businesses are able to keep operating, the impact on New Zealand’s trade should not be too badly impacted.

However, it is a reminder there is a lot of uncertainty around.

Westpac yesterday come out with a revised forecast for the farmgate dairy price of $6.50.

This is up 20¢ on their previous figure and ahead of the Fonterra mid-point of their very broad range of $6.15.

The latest Covid-19 outbreak in China came out of a fish market and, from a New Zealand perspective, the fact that the virus was found on a chopping

The meat markets continue to steadily strengthen with most grades of meat receiving some sort of lift.

The exception this week was the venison schedule which has remained static. Cows received the greatest lift, coming up nearly 20 cents per kg.

Saleyards

block used for cutting up imported salmon is unfortunate as this had meant just when New Zealand exports of salmon were making good headway they are likely to be back off the menu.

China imports about 80,000 tons of chilled and frozen salmon each year, from Chile, Norway, Faroe Islands, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.

Most ends up in sushi.

Positive news about Fonterra has become a bit of a habit lately.

The latest piece of news relates to a joint venture Fonterra and Chinese company GoldMax owned by Hainan Govking Group.

GoldMax did an online launch of a new infant formula product (GoldMax Love) and had over 4.5 million viewers from around the world.

This is not Fonterra’s first association with the Hainan Govking Group.

Last year Susan Reelick, Fonterra Director of Paediatrics, participated at the Shanghai Children, Baby, Maternity Expo and had 10 million listeners hearing about the grass-based farming systems New Zealand uses on its dairy farms.

Fonterra did have a bit of a reputation about what it was ‘gonna-do’ but were projects that often fell flat. It is now notching up points for things done.

On the local front, the Government has now passed the Emissions Trading Reform Bill.

It has moved the capped price for carbon up to $35 for this year and to $50 for 2021.

Climate Change Minister James Shaw has said that he believes it may get up to $100.

Both Federated Farmers and Beef and Lamb New Zealand believe that agriculture is getting the short end of the stick and the transport sector is being let off the hook and the policy will do nothing to reduce the faster growing emissions sector.

They believe that the fuel companies will purchase land to plant trees on to offset the sector emissions and the tree sequestration values will match any carbon price increases and make it a zero-sum game for them.

The only true carbon reductions will come from the destocking of land of livestock to enable trees to be planted.

The social result will be a lower rural population and less exports.

In the meantime, farmers are not allowed to use trees as an offset of animal methane emissions.

The local carbon price has recently been up over $31 per tonne but yesterday moved back down to below $30.

As the election closes in it increasingly appears that livestock farming is going to receive no favours from Government and farmers will end up being pushed to go with either NZFirst or National with their vote.

Even if they agree with what has happened in regard to Covid-19 the issues around the ETS and water may tip the balance.

Much will depend upon on what these parties roll out in the next few weeks. To date there has not been a lot of detail from either party.

National did put out an agricultural document last year but, given the changing environment we are currently in, some updating is needed.

NZFirst can be judged by their performance in the current government; good, bad or otherwise.

There was a general lift in saleyard stock with lambs leading the way with improvements.

There appears to be a disconnect starting to occur between what lambs are being purchased for at saleyards, prime and store, and what their value is on schedules.

However, we have seen it all before and it must make those that lock themselves into contracts wonder why they bother.

Wool

No miraculous recovery in the wool markets unfortunately. Although lambs’ wools had a slight improvement from a very dark place.

Dairy

As stated, last week’s GDT has injected some confidence into next season MS projections. It’s still very early days but more commentators are picking the price to exceed the Fonterra forecast for 2020/21.

As usual much will depend upon how active China remains at the GDT auctions.

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The Mataura Valley Milk plant in Southland.

A2 Milk to buy Mataura Valley Milk?

NZME A2 Milk has confirmed it’s in talks to get involved in manufacturing but declined to respond to speculation that it was about to buy Southland’s Mataura Valley Milk for $400 million.

An Australian newspaper said a2 Milk was believed to be positioning itself to capitalise on its buoyant share price, with the business understood to be one of the final contenders to buy Mataura Valley.

A2 Milk, a marketing company specialising in dairy and infant formula products that contain only the A2 beta protein, noted media speculation in relation to potential corporate activity involving the company.

“While it is a2 Milk’s policy to not respond to media speculation, a2 Milk confirms it has had, and continues to have, various discussions with a number of parties in relation to potential strategic options relating to participation in manufacturing capacity and capability as stated in our half-year results announcement on February 27, 2020.”

The company said it was in compliance with the NZ listing rules and those that

cover continuous disclosure obligations.

A2 Milk’s managing director and chief executive Geoff Babidge said at the company’s first-half result in February that due to the increasing scale of its infant nutrition business, the company was looking at participating in manufacturing capacity and capability.

As it stands, a2 Milk is supplied by Synlait Milk, in which it has a 19.8 per cent stake.

Synlait last traded at $7.35, down 10¢. A2 Milk shares were down 88¢ at $19.45.

Mataura Valley Milk was last year put up for sale through Macquarie Capital and DG Advisory, with an information memorandum circulating in the market.

The company is majority owned by China Animal Husbandry Group and New Zealand company Bodco Dairy.

Gore-based Mataura, which moved into production in 2018, said last year it needed an additional $12m in funding to cover expected production and operational costs.

Accountant Aaron Moody and alternate director for Mataura Valley Milk and minority shareholder, local business personality Ian “Inky” Tulloch, last year confirmed the company was seeking a strategic investor to provide an equity injection.

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 - Skippers and Metalmarks are types of which insect? a. Spiders b. Butterflies c. Ladybirds

2 - Which country would you be in if you were visiting the Cristo Redentor statue? a. Rio de Janeiro b. Athens c. Rome

3 - What was the name of Tarzan’s chimpanzee? a. Baloo b. Mowgli c. Cheeta

4 - What was the name of New Zealand’s first popular music show on TV? a. Let’s Go b. In the Groove c. C’mon

5 - Where is the New Zealand Open golf tournament played?

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6 - Which car manufacturer produced a model called the Celsior? a. Mazda b. Honda c. Toyota

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Compulsory Training 1957

8 - Who are the reigning New Zealand Basketball League champions?

Back row, left to right: Roger Tarbotton, Jim Lawton, (Christian name unknown) Lamb, Nigel Owers, Brian Marsden, Ian Kingsbury.

Middle row, left to right: Fred Ruddenklau, Bevan Stroud, Peter Sheate, Clive Lovett, Eddie Robb.

Front row, left to right: Graham McJarrow, Bernie McCartin, Dave Murison, Ian Naismith, Sam Moore.

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a. Wellington Saints b. Canterbury Rams c. Southland Sharks

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Winter – friend or foe?

By Connor Lysaght

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n March 1878, the Evening Echo received an anonymous letter from someone under the pseudonym “Utile Dulci” complaining that there was not enough to do in Ashburton during the winter.

“Sir, The long winter evenings are now drawing upon us, and I have observed that Ashburton is particularly barren of anything in the shape of recreation of a superior order wherewith to wile away some of the winter hours.

Is there no public-spirited gentleman in the neighbourhood qualified to take the initiative in the formation of a music class as the nucleus of a Choral Society?

I am sure that such an institution would be beneficial to many, and doubtless in time a concert or two would be given in aid of one or other of the public institutions of the town.

This is merely a suggestion, but trusting that it will be acted upon, I remain, etc., Utile Dulci.”

Thankfully, we are now living in a time where there is much more to do during the winter, as we are virtually spoilt for choice when it comes to activities involving the great outdoors, or the world wide web.

For many of us, winter is a time of shivering through our time spent outside, finding refuge in a cosy blanket and a hot drink whenever we have a minute to relax.

We may sometimes find it hard to muster up the will to leave the house on a cold morning, dreading to check whether the car windscreen has iced over or not, but winter is a great time of year despite all its downsides.

Stark or scenic?

Winter can present us with some breathtaking sights across the district.

Some may call snow-covered paddocks and foggy hills drab or depressing, but there is something truly special about the big difference

winter makes to our scenery.

The sight of snow on the mountains every morning can be an extraordinary sight, but across the district heavy snowfall has proven a practical nuisance in the past, and still can today.

The snows of early July 1918 proved particularly tough, as described by a number of contemporary accounts from the Ashburton Guardian at the time.

According to the Guardian, on the morning of July 1 the snow fell particularly towards the hills, and was piled up to 30cm on top of the Springburn train’s carriages.

The snow was 46cm thick at Springburn, 30cm at Mt Somers, and 35-41cm at Staveley that morning.

The next day, phenomenal winter weather had been reported across Canterbury, with snow piling up to 1.22m deep in places.

The train from Springburn had considerable difficulty that day – it was meant to arrive in Ashburton at 9.15am in the morning, but ended up arriving at 4pm in the afternoon amid cheers from a number of railway employees on the platform.

According to the guard, the first challenge of the morning was getting the engine out of the shed at Springburn, as the doors were blocked by a 1.5m drift of snow.

Progress was slow throughout the day, and several stops had to be made to clear the path.

The train left Ashburton at 5pm in the afternoon, arriving back at Springburn only two and a half hours later.

Despite all the difficulty many may face working in industry, farming, and other sectors, no one can deny that winter can still be a beautiful time of year.

Safety blanket It is important to note that in the past, and today, not everyone has the privilege or ability to be able to stay warm all winter.

Be sure to check on your friends and whanau this winter, and don’t forget about your animal friends too.

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3. Winter at the Ashburton isolation ward, June 19, 1927.

4. Springburn train in the July 1 snowfall of 1918.

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CONTACT Material for this page is co-ordinated by the Ashburton Museum.

Articles from other organisations are welcomed, as is any feedback on what appears.

Email museum@adc.govt.nz Mail: PO Box 94, Ashburton 7740 Phone: 307-7891.

Copies of many of the photos on this page are available for purchase from the Ashburton Museum

1. View of Aorangi and Hooker Glacier, across from where Hooker Lake is now situated following its formation in the late 1970s.

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■■ RUGBY

Combined crushed by champs

By Adam Burns

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It was more than just a severe reality check that Mid Canterbury Combined received in its UC Championship opener at the weekend.

There are some walking wounded among a battered Combined squad, after Nelson College ran riot in their opening UC Championship matchup in Nelson.

The defending UC champions ran in 13 tries during a 75-3 rout, as Nelson again look to set the benchmark during the secondary school competition.

Head coach Shane Enright said it was a significant step up with 16 of the 22 Combined players making UC debuts.

“It really showed the difference in standard from what most of the lads had been playing last year U16 Rugby for the Mid Canterbury club teams in the Ellesmere competition,” he said.

Combined made a good fist of things during the opening exchanges, with Nelson up 5-3 after 10 minutes.

However a sole penalty off the boot of Sam Ree were the only points Combined registered.

Mistakes then began to creep into Combined’s game which Nelson punished as the home team raced out to a 27-3 lead by the break.

“We really struggled and started to fall off our tackles, and our lack of fitness really started to hit home with quite a few of the players,” Enright said.

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RESULTS ■■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club Monday Evening – June 15th, Duplicate N/S 1st Ruth Logan & Pauline Scott, 2nd Kate White & Colin Clemens, 3rd Bruce Leighton & Sheryl Reid.

E/W 1st Sue Smith & Dee Murdoch, 2nd George Brown & David Fisher, 3rd Graham & Anne Gilbert Tuesday Evening – June 16th, Duplicate N/S 1ST Mike Holdaway & John Fechney, 2nd =Trish Small & Rona Brownlie and Paul Fergus & Maryke Blignault, 3rd John & Margaret Shearer.

E/W 1st Val Palmer & Pat Jordan, 2nd Mary Buckland & David Sewell, 3rd Rewa Kyle & Pauline Fergus Wednesday Afternoon June 17, Duplicate 1st Trish & Peter Downward, 2nd Sue Rosevear & John Fechney, 3rd Judith Edmond & Maree Moore.

Thursday Evening –June 18, Duplicate.

N/S 1st Peter Downward & Rewa Kyle, 2nd John & Margaret Shearer, 3rd Mary Buckland & Trish Downward.

E/W 1st Val Palmer & Pauline Fergus, 2nd=Colin Clemens & Maryke Blignault and Maree Moore & Kay Robb, 3rd John Fechney & David Sewell.

■■ Cycling Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers Winter Series Training Ride No 2. Good number of starters 27.

Line finishes: 1 Steven Hands F/T. 22m48s.

2 Roger Wilson 28m19s. 3 Ross Templeton 28m20s. 4 Tony Ward 2f/t. 22m 51s.

5 Emma Hudson 28m21s. 6 Rachel Reid 28m22s. 7 Andrew Shepherd 28m23s. 8

It was a tough first day at the office for Mid Canterbury Combined in its UC Championship opener against defending champions Nelson College.

PHOTO NELSON COLLEGE RUGBY a rotten run of injuries during the game.

Combined lost midfielder Aiden Bennett to a leg injury midway through the first half, before Otto Mareko also went down right on half-time.

Further injuries in the second half to Mark Gabriel and Chris-

tian Thompson, the latter to a head knock which will keep him out of action for at least three weeks, compounded the misery for Combined. “(Thompson) is a huge loss to the team, but it gives others the chance to step up and own that number 2 jersey,” Enright said.

Nelson did not take the foot off the gas after halftime and added another 48 points to complete proceedings.

Although Thompson will miss the best part of a month’s rugby, Bennett, Gabriel and Mareko will have to prove their fitness for this weekend’s home game against

Waimea Combined.

The side are also still without skipper and Fijian import Michael Hennings, who suffered a knee injury in the pre-season game against Timaru Boys’ High.

Hennings was expected to travel to Christchurch yesterday for an MRI scan.

Brad Hudson 3f/t. 22m56s. 9 Kristine Marriott 25m04s. 10 Rob Hooper 25m04s. 11 Dave Shurrock 29m51s. 12 Pam Harcourt 29m52s. 13 Colin Teahan 29m52s. 14 Brian Ellis 29m52s. 15 Liz Wylie 29m53s. 16 Nigel Leary 29m54s. 17 Janette Hooper 32m55s.

18 Brent Hudson 29m55s. 19 Alan Johns 32m55s. 20 Kevin Opele 4f/t. 23m26s. 21 Doug Coley 26m57s. 22 Simon Chapman 25m28s. 23 Don Morrison 26m58s. 24 Nick Grijns26m59s. 25 Andy Skinner 30m48s.

26 Debbie Skinner 33m54s. 27 Mark Summerfield 5f/t. 24m59s.

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Pharmacy Fay Redfern, No. 17 Open Methven Travel Heather Santy, No. 6 Open The Surprise Hole Jenny Senior. No. 13 Br B & Open Methven Foursquare Nola Hydes. No. 6 Saturday Girls Supervalue Ellen Kemp.

Mens Results June 20 Semi-finals of the Duff & Middleton trophies Senior: Craig Middleton 79-5-74 by lot. Intermediate: Neil McArther 78-14-64. Junior A: Michael Gray 88-18-70. Junior B: Russell Currie 94-25-69.

Other Good Scores: 69 Tim Robinson. 71 Phil Elliott. 72 Phil Johnson, Andrew McNeur, Peter Kemp. 73 Rod Carson. 74 Dayle Lucas, Frank Sandys.

Twos: Rod Carson, Craig Middleton, Neil McArther, Phil Johnson, Simon Wareing, Andrew McNeur.

Dubliner Best Nett: Neil McArther. Methven Foursquare Second Best Nett: Russell Currie by lot. Methven Travel Best Gross: Dayle Lucas 77.

Closest to the Pins: Bar Voucher No 4: Neil McArther. Bar Voucher No 6: Neil McArther.

Ski Time No 13: Alister Maxwell. Green Parrot No 17: Andrew McNeur. Hunters Wines No 14: Frekkie Greybe.

Next Week 27th June: Finals of the Duff & Middleton Trophies.

Middleton Trophy Finalists: Michael Kemp & Ben Rutter v Phil Elliott & Ross Breach.

Duff Trophy Finalists: Frikkie Greybe & Richard Maw v Simon Wareing & James Anderson.

Dave King. Gluyas Ford # 6; Percy Kelsall. House of Travel # 12; Michael Thomas. Ace Auto Electrical # 16; Myson Teata. G & R Seeds 2nd shot #11; Chris Bell.

Twos; Myson Teata, Wayne Mellish. Net Eagle; # 8 Not struck.

Players progressing to the 2nd round of the RSA Trophy are Alex Roa, Myson Teata, Percy Kelsall, Tony Sheppard, Pete Marshall, Clarrie Whiting, Jeff Naish, Adam Wilson.

Those through in the Cup section are Cameron Miller, Randall Feutz, Rod Harris, Raui Tare, Craig Meyrick, Wayne Mellish, Andrew Barrie, Lindsay Jackson.

■■ Golf

Vivian; Docks Bar and Seafood Grill: Adrian Hopwood; Value Plus Processing: Peter Walker; South Island Seeds: Terry Molloy; Property Brokers #6: Ron Carlson; Ton’s Thai Longest Putt #9: Steve McCloy; Tinwald Tavern Spot Prize: Kevin Smith.

Net Eagles Jackpot Hole: #11 Birdie Jackpot Hole # 13 Nine Hole Results: The Harvey Bakehouse player of the day was Laurence Hanrahan Snr 33.

Other winning scores were: Laurence Hanrahan Jnr Darren Peace, Paul Baird and Peter Woods all 35 on c/b from Gavin Johnstone Saturday June 27 The finals of the Presidents Trophy and PLate match play will be played. A stroke round will be played for those not in the match play.

The draw for the match play is #1 Tee at 12.00 Steve McCloy v Terry Kingsbury; Paddy Bradford v Blair Franklin.

Starting Times: Morning 8.30 (frost dependent) and afternoon report at 11.30 for a 12.00pm start.

Nine hole golfers from 12.30.

Tinwald Cycling U17 Development Sunday June 21. Open 5km T.T. Fords Road.

1st Zoe Nichols 12m 21s. 2nd Konrad Artz 12m 29s. 3rd Eliza McKenzie 12m 42s. 4th Tineke Artz. 12m 50s.

2nd Ride 5km Teams of two. 1s. Zoe Nichols & Tineke Artz riding time 12m 14s. 2nd Team Eliza McKenzie & Konrad Artz 13m 21s. Next week Fords Road again.

Saturday June 20 The highlight of the day was a hole-in-one for Peter Walker on #14 hole.

The Presidents Trophy finalists are Steve McCloy and Terry Kingsbury and the finalists in the Presidents Plate are Paddy Bradford and Blair Franklin.

The Radius Care player of the day was Hiro Kekada with 76-6=70 nett and 38pts.

Other good scores were: Don McQuarters 38; Peter Walker, Paddy Bradford, Murray Moorehead and Tom Blacklow 37; Chris Ralston, Terry Molloy and Bruce Day 36; Phil Wilson, Eric Parr, Brent Clarke, Josh Ackerley and Greg Fleming 35.

Twos: Jeff Hewitt, Ian Snowball and Peter Walker with an ace.

Nearest The Pins: Braided Rivers: Steve

Methven Ladies Golf Results Wednesday 17th June.

LGU Silver.

Sara Gallagher 90-16-74, Tania Wilson 9520-75 Bronze A: Jan Lane 100-25-75, Ruth Smith 100-22-78.

Bronze B: Sharon Burrell-Smith 99-30-69, Heather Santy 102-28-74, Sarah Maw Sharon Burrell-Smith 40, Heather Santy 35.

3rd Waddington Plate: Sharon BurrellSmith 69.

Aqua Japanese Resturant Best Nett of the day:- Sharon Burrell-Smith 69 Twos and nett eagles: Jodie Monk, Ellen Kemp.

Nearest the Pins: No. 4 Open Methven

Tinwald Golf Club Saturday June 20 Stroke Leading scores in the stroke round for the 1st round of the Alan Teale Memorial played on Saturday; -12 Tony Sheppard, Alex Roa 72, Jeff Naish 74, Dave Allan 75.

Women; Bronwyn Flannery 69, Emily Wilson 73, Belinda Kirdy 78.

Nearest the pin; Tinwald Liquorland # 2;

■■ Squash Celtic Squash Club Results from last week’s round of the Celtic Squash Club’s winter league competition: Team 2 lost to Team 3 11-15: Billy Nolan lost to Lee Barker 0-3, Jimmy Hunn beat Nathan Forbes 3-1, Brendan Clark lost to Rob Giles 2-3, Kirsty Clay lost to Mike Keen 1-3, Hayden Robinson beat Jan Lee 3-2, Megan Bell lost to Maggie Clark 2-3.

Team 6 beat Team 1 13-11: Chris O’Reilly lost to Jason Feutz 1-3, Ron Carlson beat James McCloy 3-2, Chris Lima lost to Craig Donaldson 1-3, Shane Muckle beat Rebecca Abernethy 3-0, Riley Broker beat Jayden Henshilwood 3-0, Jane Kingan beat Kate Williams 3-2.

Team 7 lost to Team 5 7-15: John McDonnell beat Mick Hooper 3-0, Chris Thompson lost to Jimmy Hunn 1-3, Chris Lima lost to Tim Kuipers 0-3, Nicky Dryland lost to Amy Muckle 2-3, Kate O’Reilly lost to Robbie Kok 1-3, Tate Dryland lost to Sarah Forbes 0-3.

Team 8 lost to Team 4 9-10: Paul Cousins lost to Ben Kruger 2-3, Harry Stanway beat Wouter Myburgh 3-1, Ian Dolden lost to Jordie Hooper 1-3, Reece Wallington lost to Hamish Trott 0-3, Chrissie Stratford beat Sian Hurley 3-1.

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DRAWS ■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club Saturday June 27 The finals of the Presidents Trophy and PLate match play will be played. A stroke round will be played for those not in the match play.

The draw for the match play is #1 Tee at 12.00 Steve McCloy v Terry Kingsbury; Paddy Bradford v Blair Franklin.

Starting Times: Morning 8.30 (frost dependent) and afternoon report at 11.30 for a 12.00pm start.

Nine hole golfers from 12.30.

■■ Hockey Mid Canterbury Hockey Association 26 June to 1 July 2020 SMALL STICKS DUTY CLUB: Rakaia Friday 26 June Kiwi Sticks [Yr 5] 3.45 pm Rakaia v Allenton [Turf a] G Muir/Coach Methven v Wakanui Blue [Turf b] H Kidd/R Kidd 4.30 pm Wakanui Back v Tinwald Foothills [Turf a] H Kidd/R Kidd Tinwald [Bye] Kiwi Sticks [Yr6] Methven Black v Tinwald Foothill [Turf b] G Muir/Coach 5.15 pm Collegians D & E v Tinwald [Turf a] R Kidd/L Ellis Allenton v Methven White [Turf b] L Cameron/D Law 6.00 pm Rakaia v Wakanui [Turf a] L Cameron/D Law 1st Grade Women 6.50 pm Hampstead v Wakanui [Hampstead Blue/Methven] 8.00 pm Hampstead Blue v Methven [Hampstead/Wakanui] Connetics SSL Div 1 Boys Marist Park St Bedes 5.50 pm Chch Boys High 2nd XI v Ashburton College 1st XI Small Sticks Duty Club: Hampstead Saturday June 27 Mini Sticks 10.15 am Methven Yr 3 v Hampstead [Turf a] Coaches Wakanui Blue v Wakanui Black [Turf b] Coaches Tinwald Foothills v Tinwald [Turf c] Coaches Allenton v Methven Yr 4 [Turf d] Coaches Senior Women Ash NBS 1.00 pm Wakanui v Craighead 1st XI [K McIntyre/J & B Gray] Senior Men Ash NBS 2.40 pm Wakanui v Temuka [C Hastie/C

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Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club at Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 23 Jun 2020 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 3.15pm (NZT) THE FITZ SPORTS BAR STAKES C1 C1, 520m 1 46564 Homebush Fudge nwtd..............J McInerney 2 22236 Ripslinger Roxy 30.34................ A Bradshaw 3 52235 Making News nwtd............................ B Dann 4 4x281 Van Nindi 30.29...................................C Weir 5 55466 Goldstar Montana 30.34 S &............B Evans 6 13635 Great Work 30.46 J &.......................D Fahey 7 67867 Jinja Toni 30.73.................................A Joyce 8 x7768 Ascott 31.20.....................................C Steele Emergencies: 9 x1868 Tom Fox 30.61 J M........................... McCook 10 48387 Opawa Al 30.53...............................R Wales 2 3.32 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TREVOR WILKES SPRINT C1 C1, 295m 1 64424 Jinja Cream Fizz 17.27.....................A Joyce 2 6168x Curly Bill 17.37........................... M Dempsey 3 34347 Goldstar Vale nwtd S &....................B Evans 4 52487 Come A Guster 17.30...................... M Grant 5 68786 Jingili Jill 17.42 M &............................. Smith 6 16251 Mitcham Queen 17.58................J McInerney 7 81323 Bold Bidder 17.31 M &.....................P Binnie 8 68857 Homebush Sayer 17.54.............J McInerney 3 3.50pm KOLORFUL KANVAS DASH C1 C1, 295m 1 x6685 Homebush Hotshot 17.46..........J McInerney

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Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incorporated Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 23 Jun 2020 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 12.02pm (NZT) FORMPRO RATINGS FREE EVERY TUESDAY C0 C0, 410m 1 Big Time Juda nwtd.............................L Cole 2 64662 Diller nwtd..................................J McInerney 3 47242 Wit And Wisdom nwtd................. G Hodgson 4 47855 Mitcham Liam nwtd....................J McInerney 5 2433 Big Time Beat nwtd.............................L Cole 6 75754 Freckle nwtd...............................J McInerney 7 82 Big Time Penny nwtd..........................L Cole 8 36333 Chic In Time nwtd....................... G Hodgson 9 86 Allegro Sade nwtd...............................L Cole 2 12.20pm J P PRINT, PETONE C1 C1, 457m 1 62313 Big Time Rocket nwtd.........................L Cole 2 53521 Goldstar Hadlee nwtd................. G Hodgson 3 1416 Thrilling Neve nwtd........................... K Walsh 4 23623 Here’s Hemi 26.33.....................J McInerney 5 85456 Big League Diva 25.95 G &.... S Fredrickson 6 46472 Plan Stan nwtd................................ L Pearce 7 31241 Grunty Mama 26.80 S &............C Blackburn 8 36811 Big Time Jewel nwtd...........................L Cole 9 85375 Bigtime Diesel 26.18 G &........ S Fredrickson 10 5F575 Shrewdy nwtd........................ L E Dunkerton

Tuesday, June 23, 2020 Watson] Sunday June 28 2nd Grade Girls Ash NBS 1.40 pm Wakanui v Cambridge [J Cameron/ Wakanui Snr Women] Tim TA 2.05 pm Geraldine v Tinwald Umpires supplied 1st Grade Men 4.00 pm Tinwald Orange v Wakanui [Hampstead Wakanui/Hampstead Lowcliffe] 5.25 pm Tinwald Black v Allenton [Tinwald Orange/Wakanui] 6.50 pm Hampstead Wakanui v Hampstead Lowcliffe [Tinwald Black/Allenton] Monday June 29 2nd Grade Boys TIM AE 5.00 pm TBHS Ravens v Wakanui [Umpires supplied] TIM TA 5.00 pm Mackenzie v Allenton [Umpires supplied] TIM TA 6.00 pm TBHS Falcons v Allenton [Umpires supplied] TIM TA 6.30 pm Wakanui v Mackenzie [Umpires supplied] Teams – please refer Sth Canterbury draw for umpiring duties Tuesday June 30 Kwik Sticks [Yrs 7 & 8] 4.00 pm Wakanui Black v Allenton [L Ellis/B Greer] 5.15 pm Wakanui Blue Collegians v Methven [M Wilson/G Oates] 6.30 pm Tinwald Orange v Tinwald Foothills [A Mitchell/Wakanui Snr Women] Wednesday 1 July SSL Div 2 Girls Nunweek Park 2 6.10 pm Rangi Ruru Girls 3rd XI v Ashburton College 1st XI [Umpires supplied]

■■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby Saturday 27th June 2020 Seniors – Watters Cup * Max Gilbert Trophy * Methven PWL Seniors V Celtic, Methv1, 2:30 pm H Grant, J O’Connor, N Forbes Southern V Hampstead, Hinds1, 2:30 pm K Faalogo, A McGirr, M Southby Rakaia Bye Senior B – Michael Duff Memorial Trophy Methven V Celtic, Methv2, 1:00 pm J O’Connor, L Bell, C Marshall Rakaia v Collegiate, Rakaia1, 2:30 pm C Kelland Southern v Allenton, Hinds1, 12:30 pm A McGirr Mt Somers bye Senior Women Celtic v Lincoln Uni Hoggets, Celtic1, 2:45 pm S Bennett, G Barr, J Robinson COLTS Combined Methven/Rakaia Combined v Springston, Meth3, 12:45 pm N Forbes Celtic/Southern v Prebbleton, Hinds2, 1.00 PM P Everest

1st XV UC Championship MC Combined v Waimea Combined, Methv1, 12:00 pm S Bennett, G Jopson, M Southby Under 18 Combined: Rolleston v MCRU Alps Under 16 Combined MCRU Plains v MCRU Alps, Celtic1, 1:00pm G Barr Under 14.5 Combined: MCRU Alps v MCRU Plains, Celtic2, 1:15 pm J Robinson Under 13 Celtic/Rakaia v Collegiate, Rak1, 1:00pm Club Referee Methven v Celtic, Methv2, 12:00pm Club Referee Southern/Tinwald v Allenton, Hinds2, 12:00 pm Club Referee Under 11.5 Methven Black v Celtic Green, Methv3A, 11:45am L Bell Methven White v Celtic White, Methv3B, 11:45 am C Marshall Rakaia v Collegiate, Rak2A, 1:00pm Club Referee Southern v Hampstead, Hinds3, 1:00pm Club Referee Under 10 Methven Black v Allenton, Methv4, 12:00pm Methven Red v Celtic Green, Methvn4, 1:00pm Methven White v Celtic White, Methv5 1:00pm Rakaia v Tinwald, Rakaia4, 1:00pm Southern v Hampstead, Hinds3, 12:00pm Under 9 Methven v Celtic, Methv5, 12:00pm Rakaia v Tinwald, Rakaia4, 12:00pm Southern v Coll/Hamps, Hinds4, 1:00pm Allenton bye Under 8 Methven v Celtic Green, Methvn1A, 1:30pm Methv/Mt Somers v Celtic White, Methv1B, 1:30pm Rakaia v Tinwald, Rakaia2A, 1:00pm Southern v Colle/Hamps, Hinds 4, 12:00pm Allenton bye Under 7 Methven v Celtic, Methv4, 11:15am Methven/MtSomers v Tinwald Black, Methv4, 11:15am Rakaia v Tinwald Orange, Rakaia 2A, 12:15pm Southern Blue v Allenton Gold, Hinds 5A, 1:15pm Southern White v Allenton Maroon, Hinds5B, 1:15pm Collegiate bye Under 6 Methven Black v Mt Somers, Methven 1A, 11:00am Methven White v Tinwald Blue, Methven 1B, 11:00am Rakaia v Tinwald Black, Rakaia 2A, 12:15pm Southern Blue v Allenton Maroon, Hinds 5A, 12:30pm Southern Red v Allenton Gold, Hinds 5B, 12:30pm Southern White v Hampstead, Hinds5A, 11:40am Celtic Green v Tinwald Orange, Celtic3A, 1:00pm Celtic White v Collegiate, Celtic 3B, 1:00pm

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■■FOOTBALL

Hiccup for Liverpool Liverpool may have to wait a little longer for their Premier League title celebrations after they were held to a 0-0 draw at Everton in the behind closed-doors Merseyside derby.

But it could have been worse for the leaders after Tom Davies hit the post in the 80th minute for Everton, who will feel a little disappointed that they did not take full advantage of a below-par peformance from the European champions.

Juergen Klopp’s Liverpool side went into the game, their first competitive match in 103 days, knowing a victory would allow them to secure their first league title Juergen Klopp in 30 years on Wednesday with a win at home to Crystal Palace.

With eight games remaining of the season which has resumed after the novel coronavirus stoppage, Liverpool need five more points to be sure of their first title of the Premier League era, unless Manchester City lost overnight.

Liverpool have 83 points from 30 games, while Pep Guardiola’s second-placed City are on 60 from 29.

“It was very intense,” said Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk.

“Both sides created small opportunities, they had the big one against the post. Everyone is just happy to be back, we didn’t lose and it is another point towards our goal.”

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway

2 488x8 Dyna Naya nwtd S &........................B Evans 3 57358 Replica Casino 17.80......................B Pringle 4 75672 Cold Affair 17.37........................... L Waretini 5 43322 Goldstar Power 17.49 S &................B Evans 6 35211 Bees Are Buzzing 17.28 J M............ McCook 7 87657 Impressive High 17.88...............J McInerney 8 44172 Horse Range 17.73.......................... M Grant 4 4.08pm AVONHEAD TAVERN STAKES C1 C1, 520m 1 27868 Jinja Twinkle nwtd.............................A Joyce 2 78767 Tikao Jackie nwtd M &......................... Smith 3 33421 Speedy Lucy 30.92....................... L Waretini 4 22718 Homebush Carter 30.96............J McInerney 5 44132 Mighty Muscle 30.20 J &..................D Fahey 6 65564 Goldstar Whitey 30.35 S &...............B Evans 7 617 Young Mase 30.71 J M.................... McCook 8 43415 Barrel Runner nwtd.................... A Bradshaw Emergencies: 9 x1868 Tom Fox 30.61 J M........................... McCook 10 48387 Opawa Al 30.53...............................R Wales 5 4.26pm CULVIE BOY’S SYNDICATE SPRINT C1 C1, 295m 1 41678 Lakota Wichapi 17.59...................... H Cairns 2 86554 Twizel Storm 17.55........................... M Grant 3 82446 Tonkawa 17.42 M &.............................. Smith 4 55687 Mitcham Manering 17.69...........J McInerney 5 37858 Smash Gator 17.39.......................... M Grant 6 55867 Father Leo nwtd.........................J McInerney 7 58754 Goldstar Beau 17.71 S &.................B Evans 8 12 Jackie 17.59.................................. L Waretini

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4.44 KIWIKIWIHOUNDS.CO.NZ ADOPTION STKS C1 C1, 520m 1 65663 Know Anxiety 30.82........................G Cleeve 2 1517 Seductive Kiwi 29.98...........................C Weir 3 21124 Opawa Boys Paid 30.41 J &.............D Fahey 4 76848 Ain’t He Lucky 30.82...................N Wanhalla 5 5F28F Kia Tere 30.48 S &...........................B Evans 6 14422 Run Run Rover 30.36................ A Bradshaw 7 18882 Gracias Maestro 30.42..................... M Grant 8 34563 Lakota Micco nwtd.......................... H Cairns Emergencies: 9 x1868 Tom Fox 30.61 J M........................... McCook 10 65466 Goldstar Dawson nwtd S &..............B Evans 7 5.01 CHRISTCHURCHGREYHOUNDS.CO.NZ DASH C1 C1, 295m 1 67747 Nippa Enough 17.70..................J McInerney 2 48488 Paringi Pam 17.39 M &........................ Smith 3 6667x Homebush Dolphy 17.80............J McInerney 4 66623 Ghost Mode 17.51 H &........................Taylor 5 37172 Horse Range Gold 17.47................. M Grant 6 5878x Caramel Rose 17.52.................. M Dempsey 7 x5243 Precious Payton 17.49 S &..............B Evans 8 77556 Goldstar McQueen 17.58 S &..........B Evans 8 5.19pm MY REDEEMER DISTANCE C0D C0d, 645m 1 33555 Goldstar Spook nwtd S &.................B Evans 2 87232 Opawa Cutie nwtd J &.....................D Fahey 3 4x434 Opawa Deal nwtd J &......................D Fahey 4 56777 Goldstar Mauney nwtd S &..............B Evans 5 23475 Goldstar Alaska nwtd S &................B Evans

6 47273 Max Volume nwtd....................... A Bradshaw 7 38235 Longshanks nwtd....................... A Bradshaw 8 47743 Goldstar Truman nwtd S &...............B Evans 9 76777 Goldstar Chief nwtd S &...................B Evans 9 5.36pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER DASH C1 C1, 295m 1 77577 Rosies Choice 17.81...................N Wanhalla 2 x7587 Batty Who 17.73 M &........................... Smith 3 44474 Goldstar Avalon 17.31 S &...............B Evans 4 21752 Stylish Stepper 17.18....................... M Grant 5 22733 Cash No Stash 17.85 S &................B Evans 6 76884 Impressive Gift nwtd..................J McInerney 7 83254 Lakota Scout nwtd.......................... H Cairns 8 48317 Homebush Sonja 17.54.............J McInerney 10 5.53pm POWER FARMING CANTERBURY DASH C1 C1, 295m 1 13516 Sneaky Snitch 17.33 H &.....................Taylor 2 18777 Impressive Mood 17.59..............J McInerney 3 58578 Goldstar Rebel 17.81 S &................B Evans 4 8847x Frosty Kate 17.71....................... M Dempsey 5 64565 Smash Calling 17.34........................ M Grant 6 44435 Mitcham Ryder 17.48.................J McInerney 7 22715 Button It 17.43 J M........................... McCook 8 88486 Bashful Buffy 17.17....................J McInerney 11 6.11pm SPECTATOR’S BAR & BISTRO SPRINT C1 C1, 295m 1 23221 Homebush Ivy 17.61..................J McInerney 2 31288 Horse Range Opal 17.59................. M Grant 3 75657 Nykara 17.49 J M............................. McCook

4 56742 Goldstar Galaxie 17.40 S &.............B Evans 5 85668 Grey Wind nwtd...........................N Wanhalla 6 57765 Absent 17.27...................................G Cleeve 7 27688 Cosmic Jase 17.42....................J McInerney 8 28712 Justin Lincoln 17.46 S &..................B Evans 12 6.28pm PROTEXIN SPRINT C1 C1, 295m 1 35843 Smash Dragon 17.49....................... M Grant 2 73688 Homebush Fairy 17.85...............J McInerney 3 33F58 Black Eye Bill 17.47................... M Dempsey 4 68335 Cash A Roo 17.27 S &.....................B Evans 5 64688 Goldstar Hurley 17.47................... L Waretini 6 78566 Know Cause 17.29..........................G Cleeve 7 887x5 Punch On Woody 17.38.............J McInerney 8 88521 Lady Sobers 17.49.....................J McInerney SELECTIONS

5 63727 Big Time Jackson nwtd.......................L Cole 6 26261 Big Time Fairy 23.13...........................L Cole 7 37723 Big Time Jonie 24.00..........................L Cole 8 83352 Big Time Kevin 23.34..........................L Cole 9 15586 Big Time Frosty 23.33.........................L Cole 10 82878 Bigtime Stella 23.51............................L Cole 9 2.29pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C4, 410m 1 72433 Allegro Lexxi nwtd...............................L Cole 2 32636 Harpoon Harry 23.91..................... M Gowan 3 21727 Bigtime Charlote nwtd.........................L Cole 4 82884 Bigtime Pearl nwtd..............................L Cole 5 44441 Big Time Pluto 23.28...........................L Cole 6 55164 Bigtime Bee 23.51...............................L Cole 7 65116 Big Time Angel 23.08..........................L Cole 8 1367x Bigtime Kiss 23.08..............................L Cole 9 64257 Big Time Lebron 23.38........................L Cole 10 53551 Toca Madera nwtd........................A Turnwald 10 2.48pm PNGRC SECTIONAL TIMES @ PNGREYHOUNDS.KIWI C3 C3, 410m 1 21562 Little Scamp 23.33........................ D Denbee 2 21764 Fool’s Russian 23.33...........................L Cole 3 28841 Bees And Birds 23.64.........................L Cole 4 3222F Giraffe Club 23.65...............................L Cole 5 2F735 Bigtime Banjo 23.10............................L Cole 6 64544 Sub Twenty Three 23.48.....................L Cole 7 11566 Silent Dismissal nwtd...................A Turnwald 8 31233 Bigtime Daisy 23.61............................L Cole

9 56246 Bigtime Jetty 23.29.............................L Cole 10 77734 Running Freer 23.47........................M Olden 11 3.06pm TOTAL BODYSHOP SUPPLIES C2, 410m 1 55521 Mother’s Touch 23.41 J &.....................D Bell 2 66x12 Pick A Pascal 23.87 G &......... S Fredrickson 3 65714 Bigtime Chris 23.44 G &......... S Fredrickson 4 23436 Belmonts 23.45...................................L Cole 5 33554 Morning Sun 23.62....................J McInerney 6 35857 Double What 23.65 J &........................D Bell 7 72452 Light Cruiser nwtd..........................G Atwood 8 84863 Dynamite Danger 23.55 G &... S Fredrickson Emergencies: 9 22558 Spring Fox 23.63............................ M Gowan 10 74524 Big Time Spot 23.43............................L Cole 12 3.24pm GREYHOUND AS PETS C1 C1, 410m 1 86633 Triple What 23.66 J &...........................D Bell 2 47123 Wifi Wilbur 23.97 G &.............. S Fredrickson 3 24476 Ohana Lad 23.59...................... K Gommans 4 41233 Yasawa Lights 23.74....................A Turnwald 5 75332 Allegro Rory 23.62..............................L Cole 6 84678 Bigtime Kate 23.38 G &.......... S Fredrickson 7 23231 Big Time Dusty 23.76..........................L Cole 8 15 Big Time Queen nwtd..........................L Cole 9 35642 Born Fab 23.73................................S Maher 10 86534 Mitcham Nikorima nwtd..............J McInerney

Race 1: Van Nindi, Ripslinger Roxy, Making News, Tom Fox Race 2: Bold Bidder, Jinja Cream Fizz, Curly Bill, Goldstar Vale Race 3: Bees Are Buzzing, Homebush Hotshot, Cold Affair Race 4: Mighty Muscle, Speedy Lucy, Homebush Carter, Tom Fox Race 5: Jackie, Tonkawa, Mitcham Manering, Goldstar Beau Race 6: Seductive Kiwi, Run Run Rover, Gracias Maestro Race 7: Nippa Enough, Precious Payton, Homebush Dolphy Race 8: Opawa Deal, Goldstar Mauney, Goldstar Spook Race 9: Stylish Stepper, Homebush Sonja, Lakota Scout Race 10: Bashful Buffy, Button It, Frosty Kate, Smash Calling Race 11: Justin Lincoln, Homebush Ivy, Absent, Horse Range Opal Race 12: Lady Sobers, Cash A Roo, Black Eye Bill, Know Cause LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway 3 12.38 RED SNAPPER SEAFOODS, CHRISTCHURCH

C1/C2 C1/2, 457m 1 36563 Bigtime Tank 25.91..............................L Cole 2 45476 Woman No Cry 26.43..................A Turnwald 3 13762 Bigtime Alfie 26.25..............................L Cole 4 133x1 Thrilling Baxter 26.02....................... K Walsh 5 28F82 Big Time Trae 26.11............................L Cole 6 24523 Bigtime Bailey nwtd.............................L Cole 7 32263 Big Time Odette 25.96........................L Cole 8 86777 Big Time Dynasty 26.16......................L Cole 9 47437 Thomas William 25.97................... D Denbee 10 54874 Zipping Luther nwtd J &.......................D Bell 4 12.56 PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C3/4, 457m 1 67624 Bigtime Benji 25.74.............................L Cole 2 88448 Bigtime Leads 26.03...........................L Cole 3 17345 Broke Brad 26.03.........................A Turnwald 4 36715 Meandering 26.34........................A Turnwald 5 35778 Bigtime Bret 26.21..............................L Cole 6 84643 All About Space 25.68........................L Cole 7 47555 Big Time Anton 26.16..........................L Cole 8 52657 Funky Facts nwtd G &............. S Fredrickson 5 1.14pm DOUG BRADLEY PAINTERS C4 C4, 457m 1 31636 Thrilling Morris nwtd......................... K Walsh 2 64512 Bigtime Levi 25.75..............................L Cole 3 37656 Big Time Kobe 25.89...........................L Cole 4 26171 Novo Ollie 26.15.................................L Cole 5 1785x Big Time Elsa 26.12............................L Cole

6 13335 Electrical Storm 26.30...................M Goodier 7 55514 Big Time Chad 26.50..........................L Cole 8 26322 Big Time Harley 25.92.........................L Cole 6 1.32pm KERNOW CONSTRUCTION C5 C5, 457m 1 31465 Big Time Baby 26.01...........................L Cole 2 23181 Big Time Brie 25.80............................L Cole 3 32516 Diddilee 25.92..............................A Turnwald 4 72173 Bigtime Brody 25.64............................L Cole 5 67711 Bigtime Archie 26.26...........................L Cole 6 42612 Big Time Mac 26.02............................L Cole 7 25122 Emgrand Park 25.92....................A Turnwald 8 51244 Big Time Vegas 26.29.........................L Cole 7 1.50pm CREATIVE CATERING DISTANCE C2d, 660m 1 1x322 Thrilling Nina nwtd........................... K Walsh 2 56546 Rich Lister nwtd............................. M Gowan 3 88777 Bigtime Chloe nwtd.......................M Goodier 4 68763 Waitohi 39.43...............................A Turnwald 5 46127 Kamada Park 38.50.....................A Turnwald 6 24232 Double That 38.85 G &........... S Fredrickson 7 47344 Hot Platter 38.72..........................A Turnwald 8 36311 Emgrand Rose 38.33...................A Turnwald 8 2.09pm STEVE ‘THE AUCTIONEER DAVIS’ C4/C5 C4/5, 410m 1 77412 Allegro Will 23.26................................L Cole 2 63178 Allegro Curtis 23.27............................L Cole 3 46362 Big Time Gwyn 23.22..........................L Cole 4 31836 Big Time Amie 23.17...........................L Cole

LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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■■RUGBY LEAGUE

‘Players at fault’ The Warriors and Kiwis rugby league forward Tohu Harris believes the blame for coach Stephen Kearney’s “undeserved” sacking lies with the players.

Harris was the first player to speak publicly since Kearney’s abrupt sacking by the club on Saturday.

He described Kearney as “the one person that was holding this team together” after the Auckland-based club relocated to the NSW Central Coast to keep playing in 2020.

“It’s been a huge shock and we’re still pretty upset by the news,” Harris said.

“I’m feeling for Mooks (Kearney) and his family now. I feel personally that it wasn’t deserved, especially with the players and how we feel that we let him down.”

Kearney’s sacking came after Friday’s heavy 40-12 loss to South Sydney.

However CEO Cameron George has stressed the decision was based on poor results over the past 12 months, not just the Warriors’ efforts since the NRL resumed late last month.

“I think the majority of the squad has taken it particularly hard,” Harris said.

“The majority of the squad are here because of Mooks.

“For me personally, he’s the one who gave me my first test jersey.

“I’ve known him since early 2013,” said Harris.

the right person for the job Tohu Harris says the players are responsible.

“If he wasn’t in Auckland, me and my family, we don’t come here … In this situation, he’s the one person that was holding this team together.

“We’re still in shock and left scrambling.

“As players, because we feel responsible for the result, it feels very harsh.

“To have the decision made after the result we felt responsible for, we feel it’s really harsh. But there’s a lot of stuff we don’t know about and there’s guys that have to make those decisions and we just have to do our job.”

Assistant coach Todd Payten has stepped into the breach to lead preparations for Friday’s clash with Melbourne.

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2020 9.30am - 4pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. For men of all ages and abilities, join us for a cuppa. 8 William Street.

1pm - 2.30pm R AND R LINE DANCING ASHBURTON. Weekly beginner line dance class. MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street.

3pm - 4.30pm R AND R LINE DANCING ASHBURTON. Weekly intermediate line dance class.

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

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10.30am STEADY AS YOU GO FALL PREVENTION. Otago Medical School gentle exercises designed to strengthen muscles and improve balance in a supportive environment. Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817. Buffalo Lodge Hall, Cox Street.

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

1.30pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Euchre with prizes and raffles. All welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, the domain, Philip Street.

6.30pm - 9pm THE MID CANTERBURY LINEDANCERS. 6.30pm - 7.30pm beginners learn to line dance following onto easy intermediate level, 7.30pm - 9pm. Instructor Annette Fyfe 0274 813 131.

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How many words of three or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed.

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Good Verywords Good of 16 three Excellent 22 How 13 many or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed.

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Previous solution: awl, awls, awn, awns, law, lawn, lawns, laws, sal, san, saw, sawn, slaw, swan, wan, was

ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Relationships heal with awareness. Knowing what you’re feeling is stage one, and then things really come together as you get better at recognising what’s going on with others.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): In the past, there have been times when certain people took advantage of your soft heart. Now you’re a little more guarded but not jaded. Compassion is still your best guide.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Usually, the calm comes before the storm, but today, the order will be reversed. The excitement will hit without warning, followed by a calm that stretches for hours beyond.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You know the emotional landscape and aren’t afraid of fluctuations.

Highs and lows bring out the best in you, as they help you come to an understanding that otherwise wouldn’t be possible.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): The road of love isn’t always smooth, so you have to celebrate the times like right now, when love is bringing you comfort and excitement without asking for too much in return.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Everything in your life serves a purpose but not always an obvious one. When you want something for no apparent reason, perhaps the reason is primal or belongs to a future known only to your intuition.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Listening well is easier within set parameters. Be judicious. Sure, people need to be heard. But you’re not the only one in the world assigned to the work of listening.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Neatness is not the same as style, but when things are neat, clean and organised, it is easier to see your way to choices that could lift the scene to a stylish level.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): The surprising and silly things that happen are what make a good story. You can’t force such things, but when you’re open to them, they tend to land in your life.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You’ll enjoy your time alone even more than usual, recognising the stellar features of your own company. It’s so much easier to be a good friend to others when you’re first a good friend to yourself.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): “Someday” doesn’t really exist, and that is why it never shows up.

There is only today. As you make your plans and act on them, you’ll line up something solid for a future “today.”

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You’re warm and welcoming, and people will be disarmed by your lack of pretention. You don’t have to worry about earning respect. You’ll have it automatically.

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DEATHS

DEATHS McOMISH, Benjamin Blackwood Reid – On June 17, 2020 at Rosebank Resthome, Ashburton, aged 87 years.

Beloved and treasured husband of June, dearly loved father and father-in-law of Cameron and Denise, Struan and Virginia, Scot and Anna-Lisa (Philippines).

Special Poppa Ben of Connor, and loved Poppa of Stuart and Kim, Rachael and Viggo (Brisbane), Ben and Jen (Townsville), Callum, Fraser and Lexi, Sarah, Katharine, Hamish and Addie (Philippines), Lachlan and Coen. Loved eldest son of the late Christina and David McOmish (Scotland), also loved clan member of family in Scotland and Australia.

Special thanks to the Rosebank staff for their wonderful care of Ben during his stay there, Dr Tarry, and the Netherby Pharmacy. Also the Mehlhopt family of Southbridge for their loving support.

June, The life that I have is all that I have The life that I have is yours.

The love that I have of the life that I have Is yours and yours and yours.

A sleep I shall have, a rest I shall have, Yet death will be but a pause.

For the peace of my years, In the long green grass Will be yours and yours and yours, Ben A private funeral for Ben has been held.

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HURST, Keith Lester (Jim) – Dearly loved husband of Beverley. Dearly loved son of the late William and Ada Hurst (Barrhill). Loved brother and brother-in-law of Bill (deceased) and Diane, Eric and Lorna (both deceased), Dot and Doug Turton (both deceased), Betty and Cyril Reeves (both deceased), Thelma (deceased) and Eric Brophy, Arnie and Clare (both deceased), Ray (deceased), Ollie and the late Heather, Alf, Clarrie and Jan and Bev and Alan Dickson. Fondly loved uncle Jim of all his nieces and nephews.

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STREET, William Geoffrey – 05-07-2011 – 23-06-2013 Our loving memory of dearest wee William.

Your presence we all miss so very much.

Your memories we treasure.

Loving you always and remembering you daily.

With our love.

Grandma and Grandad Murchie, Grandma and Grandad Street and all your family.

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FZL: Lowering to 1600m in evening

Fine to start, then cloud increasing with scattered light rain in the evening north of Arthur’s Pass.

Wind at 1000m: Light.

Wind at 2000m: Light but SE 30 km/h north of Mt Hutt rising to 50 km/h overnight.

Areas of morning cloud then fine breaks developing. Mostly cloudy with drizzle from evening about Pegasus Bay. Light winds.

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 9.1 9.6 Max to 4pm 3.6 Minimum 3.0 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm June to date 54.6 Avg Jun to date 46 2020 to date 208.0 328 Avg year to date Wind km/h N4 At 4pm Strongest gust NE 19 Time of gust 1:20pm

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A ridge over the South Island spreads north across the rest of the country today. A low approaches the country from the west, spreading an associated front onto the upper North Island from tomorrow through Friday, while a ridge remains in the south. On Saturday the low and associated fronts start sinking south.

mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers fine showers clearing showers

Scattered rain developing. Northeasterlies.

McOMISH, Benjamin Blackwood Reid – Passed away June 17, 2020, at Rosebank. Dearly loved brother-in-law of Joy Nicholas, and loved uncle and great uncle of Lisa, Kelven, Amy and Libby. Ben will be greatly missed but is free of pain at last.

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6:30 Code Fun 0 6:40 Rescue Bots Academy 3 0 6:50 MyaGo 3 0 7am The Tom And Jerry Show 3 0 7:25 Teen Titans Go! 3 0 7:50 Super Dinosaur 3 0 8:15 Puppy Dog Pals 3 0 8:35 PJ Masks 3 0 9am Infomercials 10am Neighbours 3 0 10:30 Murphy Brown PG 0 11:20 Army Wives PG 3 0 12:15 Sun, Sea, And Selling Houses PG 1:15 Judge Rinder PG 3 2:10 Cougar Town PG 3 0 2:35 Home And Away 3 0 3:05 Shortland Street PGL 3 0 3:35 Peppa Pig 0 3:45 Get Clever 0 4:10 Get Arty 0 4:35 Friends 3 0 5:05 The Simpsons PG 3 0 5:35 Home And Away PG 0 6:05 The Big Bang Theory 3 6:30 Neighbours 0

7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 N Eat Well For Less PG Gregg Wallace and Chris Bavin are in Buckinghamshire with the Venter family, where fitness instructor Kim is on a mission to get her husband Martin eating healthily. 0 8:40 F High School Mums PG 0 9:45 20/20 0 10:45 1 News Tonight 0

7pm The Project 7pm Shortland Street PGC 0 7:30 Bondi Rescue – Coast To 7:30 My Kitchen Rules – The Coast 0 Rivals PG 0 8:30 NCIS – LA M 0 8:35 How To Look Good 9:30 NCIS – LA M 3 Naked PG Super stylist Gok Wan returns 10:25 NewsHub Late 10:55 The Blacklist 16 3 0 to transform the low selfesteem of sisters-in-law Donna and Katie. 0 9:35 Station 19 PG 0 10:25 Two And A Half Men PG 10:55 Mom M 3 0 11:20 Paradise Hotel 16L 11:55 Infomercials 12:10 The Resident M 3 0 12:55 Shortland Street PGC 3 0 1:20 Infomercials 2:20 Beyond M 3 3:05 Japandemonium 3 0 3:30 The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air 3 4:15 Emmerdale M 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:15 Sunday 3 0 12:10 World’s Busiest Train Stations PGC 3 0 1am Emmerdale PG 3 0 1:50 Te Karere 3 2 2:15 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

6am The AM Show 9am The Café PG 10am Infomercials 11:25 Millionaire Hot Seat 3 0 12:25 Face The Truth PG 3 More about Patty, who claims new daughter-in-law Heather is violent towards her son, but she is the one who broke into Heather’s house and assaulted her.

12:50 Dr Phil PG 3 1:50 Australian Ninja Warrior 3 0 3:25 Tropical Gourmet Queensland 3 4pm The AFN Fishing Show A guide to fishing in Australia.

4:30 NewsHub Live At 4:30pm 5pm Millionaire Hot Seat 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

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BRAVO 10am Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry PG 3 10:55 Snapped M 3 11:50 The Kelly Clarkson Show 12:50 The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills PG 3 1:50 Below Deck M 3 2:50 Keeping Up With The Kardashians PG 3 3:45 Don’t Be Tardy PG 3 4:15 Dance Moms PG 3 5:10 Judge Jerry 5:35 Hoarders PG 3 6:30 Love It Or List It 7:30 Botched M Dr Dubrow lifts a woman’s spirits and her sagging breasts; Dr Nassif operates on a woman with a ‘pig nose’; a woman wants help with her ‘big backside’ problem.

8:30 Undercover Boss 3 9:30 Killer Siblings M In the summer of 1991, two half-siblings create panic in southern California with random murders targeting people out doing everyday tasks.

10:30 Snapped M 3 11:20 60 Days In M 3 12:10 Infomercials

6:58 Boundaries MLSC 2018 Comedy.

Christopher Plummer, Vera Famiga. 8:40 Doe MVLC 2018 Thriller.

Timothy Davis, Tatyana Ali. 10:18 Born Guilty 16LS 2018 Comedy. Jay Devore, Strike Back Rosanna Arquette. 12:03 6 9:45pm on Prime Below MC 2017 Drama.

Josh Hartnett, Mira Sorvino.

Sky 5 1:41 Boundaries 6am Jeopardy! PG MLSC 2018 Comedy.

6:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG Christopher Plummer, 6:45 The Simpsons PG Vera Famiga. 3:26 The 7:10 Parking Wars PGL Farewell PGC 2018 Drama.

8am The Force MC Awkwafina, Tzi Ma. 5:06 Cold 8:25 Storage Wars PG Blood Legacy 16VLC 2019 8:50 Storage Wars PG Action. Jean Reno, Sarah Lind.

9:15 Hardcore Pawn PG 6:36 Judy MLC 2019 9:40 Hawaii Five-0 MV Drama. Renee Zellweger, 10:25 SVU MV 11:10 Parking Jessie Buckley.

Wars PGL Noon Raw Live MVC 8:30 Domino 18VLC 2019 3:05 Parking Wars PGL Thriller. In a world affected 4pm The Simpsons PG by terror and suspicion, a 4:30 Jeopardy! PG Danish police officer goes 5pm Wheel Of Fortune PG rogue to get justice for his 5:30 Hardcore Pawn PG partner’s murder by a member 6pm Storage Wars PG of Isis. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, 6:30 Storage Wars PG Guy Pearce.

7pm The Force MC 10:05 Stella’s Last Weekend 7:30 Hawaii Five-0 MV 16LSC 2018 Drama. Nat Wolff, 8:30 Trucking Hell M Alex Wolff.

9:30 The Cops MV 11:45 Welcome To 10:30 SVU MV 11:15 Storage Acapulco 16VLC 2019 Wars PG 11:40 Storage Action. Michael Kingsbaker, William Baldwin.

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3:40 SVU MV 4:25 Hardcore 4:25 Domino 18VLC 2019 Pawn PG 4:50 Hawaii Five-0 Thriller. 5:52 Welcome To Acapulco 16VLC 2019 Action.

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CHOICE

6am Ben 10 – Omniverse 3 0 6:50 Krypto The Superdog 3 0 7:40 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 0 8:05 The Thundermans 0 8:30 Game Shakers 3 0 9am Antiques Road Trip 3 10am The Doctors PGC 11am The Chase Australia 3 0 Noon The Neighbourhood PG 3 0 12:30 Madam Secretary PG 3 0 1:30 Married… With Children PG 3 2pm The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PG 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm A Place In The Sun – Winter Sun 3 5pm Frasier 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Pawn Stars 3 6:30 Netball Zone 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Joanna Lumley’s Silk Road Adventure PG 3 0 8:30 Years And Years 16VLS 0 9:45 Strike Back 18VLSC Section 20 confronts Magyar Ultra survivalists to save Mac and capture Dr Markov.

10:45 The Breakdown

6:30 Paia 6:40 Pukoro 2 7:10 He Rourou 3 7:20 E Kori 3 7:25 E Ki E Ki 7:30 Mahi Pai 3 7:40 Tamariki Haka 7:50 Huritua 8am Tapatahi 9am Easy Eats 3 9:30 Ako 3 2 10am Whakatauki 3 10:30 Tamaki Paenga Hira 3 11am Kuia 11:30 Whaikorero 3 Noon The Ring Inz MLC 3 12:30 Game Of Bros PG 3 1pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 1:30 Ako 3 2 2pm Toku Reo 3 2 3pm Nga Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua 3 3:30 Playlist 4pm Swagger 5pm Paia 5:10 Pukoro 2 5:40 He Rourou 3 5:50 E Kori 3 5:55 E Ki E Ki 6pm Mahi Pai 3 6:10 Tamariki Haka 6:20 Huritua 6:30 Te Ao Marama 7:30 F Exotic Delights 8pm Funny Whare – Gamesnight PG 3 8:30 Matau Bros Gone Fishing PGL 9pm F Piri’s Tiki Tour PGC 9:30 Hunting With Tui PGC 3 10pm Waka Ama Sprints 10:30 Marae 2

6am Britain’s Most Historic Towns 7am Hugh’s Three Good Things 7:30 Rachel Allen – All Things Sweet 8am Hope For Wildlife 9am A Taste Of South Africa 9:30 Money For Nothing 10:30 Mysteries At The Museum 11:30 Salvage Hunters 12:30 The Nile – 5000 Years Of History 1:30 The Greek Islands With Julia Bradbury 2pm Travel Man – 48 Hours In 2:30 World’s Greatest Hotels 3:30 Tribes, Animals, And Me 4:30 Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals Jamie shows how to make Asianstyle salmon, noodle broth, beansprout salad, and a lychee dessert in under half an hour.

5pm Choccywoccydoodah 5:30 Mysteries At The Museum 6:30 Salvage Hunters 7:30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 8:30 Property Brothers – Forever Home 9:30 George Clarke’s Old House New Home 10:30 Salvage Hunters

11:55 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PG The best of Stephen Colbert’s satire and comedy, discussing politics, entertainment, business, and more.

12:55 Closedown

11pm Whawhai – Fight Night 3 Series that brings together the fighting styles of boxing, kickboxing, and MMA. 11:30 Closedown

11:30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 12:30 Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals 1am Choccywoccydoodah 1:30 A Taste Of South Africa 2am The Water Brothers 2:30 The Water Brothers 3am Tribes, Animals, And Me 4am George Clarke’s Old House New Home 5am Mysteries At The Museum PGC

MOVIES GREAtS

Sky SPORt 1

7:40 Changing Lanes MVL 2002 Thriller. Ben Affleck, Samuel L Jackson, Toni Collette.

9:20 Legend 18VL 2015 Biography Crime. Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Taron Egerton.

11:30 Jumper MVL 2008 Adventure. Samuel L Jackson, Hayden Christensen, Rachel Bilson. 1pm Grown Ups 2 PGVLS 2013 Comedy.

Adam Sandler, Kevin James.

2:45 City By The Sea 16VL 2002 Drama. Robert De Niro, Frances MacDormand, Eliza Dushku. 4:40 Space Cowboys PGL 2000 Comedy.

Clint Eastwood, James Garner, Donald Sutherland, Tommy Lee Jones. 6:55 Our Idiot Brother MLS 2011 Comedy. Paul Rudd.

8:30 Barbershop ML 2002 Comedy. A South Side Chicago barber regrets selling his shop to a local loan shark when he gets to know his eclectic staff and clientele.

Ice Cube, Anthony Anderson, Cedric The Entertainer.

10:15 Sherlock Holmes MV 2009 Action. Robert Downey jr, Jude Law, Rachel McAdams.

6am Rugby Nation Highlights and analysis of the latest rugby action.

7am Loosehead Footy 8am Ranfurly Shield 2010 (RPL) Southland v North Otago.

From Rugby Park Stadium in Invercargill.

10am Super Rugby Aotearoa (RPL) Hurricanes v Crusaders.

From Sky Stadium, Wellington.

Noon Rugby Nation Highlights and analysis of the latest rugby action.

1pm Loosehead Footy 2pm Super Rugby Aotearoa (HLS) Chiefs v Blues.

2:30 Super Rugby Aotearoa (HLS) Hurricanes v Crusaders.

3pm All Blacks v Ireland 2012 (RPL) 5pm Super Rugby Aotearoa (HLS) Hurricanes v Crusaders.

From Sky Stadium, Wellington.

5:30 Super Rugby Aotearoa (RPL) Chiefs v Blues.

From FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton.

7:30 Rugby Nation 8:30 The Breakdown 9:30 Loosehead Footy 10:30 The Breakdown 11:30 Pacific Brothers

12:25 Jumper MVL 2008 Adventure. Samuel L Jackson, Hayden Christensen, Rachel Bilson. 1:55 Grown Ups 2 PGVLS 2013 Comedy.

Adam Sandler, Kevin James.

3:40 Space Cowboys PGL 2000 Comedy. 5:55 City By The Sea 16VL 2002 Drama.

12:30 Ranfurly Shield 2008 (RPL) Poverty Bay v Auckland.

2:30 All Blacks v Ireland 2012 (RPL) 4:30 The Breakdown 5:30 Super Rugby Aotearoa (HLS) Chiefs v Blues.

5:45 Super Rugby Aotearoa (HLS) Hurricanes v Crusaders.

Wednesday

Wednesday

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

UktV 6:10 Father Brown MVC 6:55 EastEnders PG 7:25 The Graham Norton Show M 8:10 The Bill MVC 9am Lewis M 10:35 Death In Paradise M 11:30 Father Brown MVC 12:15 Midsomer Murders M 1:50 The Bill MVC 2:40 Inspector George Gently M 4:20 The Graham Norton Show M 5:15 Who Do You Think You Are? PG 6:20 Qi M 6:55 Hold The Sunset PG 7:30 Qi M Stephen Fry quizzes Charlie Higson, Andy Hamilton, Rob Brydon, and Alan Davies.

8pm Would I Lie To You? PG With Jonnie Peacock and Shaun Williamson, Jo Brand and Emma Bunton.

8:35 Heartbeat MVC When Lady Victor’s representative Edward Wilson makes a complaint about some gypsies, PC Mason decides to keep a close eye on the Grange.

9:30 Father Brown PG Sid returns to Kembleford to ask his old family to help save his new one.

10:25 Father Brown PG 11:20 Midsomer Murders M

Wednesday

12:55 Qi M 1:25 Qi M 1:55 Would I Lie To You? PG 2:30 Who Do You Think You Are? PG 3:30 Heartbeat MVC 4:20 Father Brown PG 5:05 Father Brown PG 5:55 Death In Paradise M 23Jun20

DISCOVERy 6:35 Fast N’ Loud PG The Cutting Krew. 7:30 Codes And Conspiracies PG 8:20 Top Gear – The Races PG 9:10 Vegas Rat Rods PG Stevel Darneval. 10am How Do They Do It? PG 10:25 How Do They Do It? PG 10:50 How It’s Made PG 11:15 How It’s Made PG 11:40 Outback Opal Hunters PG 12:30 The Perfect Murder M The Honeymoon Killers. 1:20 People Magazine Investigates MVLSC What Happened to Baby Lisa?

2:10 Top Gear 3pm Alaskan Bush People PG Head Above Water. 3:50 Gold Rush PG Frankenstein Machinery.

4:45 Fast N’ Loud PG Scout’s Honor. 5:40 Outback Opal Hunters PG 6:35 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 7:30 BattleBots PG 8:30 Legends Of The Wild PG Executioner of the Andes. 9:25 Mysteries Of The Deep PG 10:15 Curse Of The Bermuda Triangle PG Ghost Ship Terror. 11:05 Naked And Afraid MC 11:55 How It’s Made PG Wednesday 12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 The World’s Deadliest Weather Caught On Camera PG 1:35 Gold Rush PG 2:25 Moonshiners – Whiskey Business PG 3:15 Alaskan Bush People PG 4:05 Codes And Conspiracies PG 4:55 Naked And Afraid MLC 5:45 Gold Rush PG

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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Sport

16 Ashburton Guardian

Combined crushed by champs

Reds hit a hurdle

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Mid Canterbury United centre back Vivek Naicker clears possession during the division 4 side’s 4-0 win over Hornby at the Ashburton Domain at the weekend.

PHOTO DOUG BOVETT

METHVEN MARCHING ON

By Adam Burns

adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

Methven’s senior men’s footballers made further competition advancements in what was a mishmash of results for Mid Canterbury teams at the weekend.

The senior division 2 side secured a 4-2 win over FC Twenty 11 at the Methven Domain on Saturday to maintain their unbeaten start to the season.

It is now all set up for a topof-the-table blockbuster in Christchurch this weekend where Methven take on division 2 leaders Ferrymead Bays.

Both teams are tied for top spot alongside Western AFC with seven points apiece, however Ferrymead have a slightly better goal differential.

Mid Canterbury United’s CCL team were pounced upon in

their game against Universities in Christchurch.

UC went on a goal-scoring spree, hammering the visitors 7-0.

The result means United falls to seventh spot in the standings after a win and two losses.

The reserves’ defensive woes also continued, with the side on the end of an 8-0 drubbing earlier in the day.

The side have now conceded 25

goals from just the three competition starts.

On the positive side, United continued their excellent run as they secured a comfortable 4-0 win over Hornby at the Ashburton Domain.

The team is now in second spot in the division 4 standings, two points behind competition leaders Cashmere Tech.

The division 6 struggles contin-

ued for Methven however as they crashed to their third consecutive defeat of the season.

Their 2-1 loss to Papanui-Redwood in Christchurch leaves the Mid Cantabrians without a point in division 6 alongside Selwyn UFC. A reversal of fortunes in their game at home will be the goal this weekend for Methven and its supporters.

All the sports draws and results for the district

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