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Christchurch’s new multi-million dollar, multi-use stadium, could be built and supported with funds from the pockets of Ashburton District ratepayers.

That option has been proposed by the Committee for Canterbury think tank, and it’s one that

several Canterbury mayors have given tentative support. But while her counterparts, Selwyn’s Sam Broughton and Hurunui’s Winton Daley might be keen, Ashburton Mayor Donna Favel is not sure the funding option would find support from her ratepayers.

The idea has been around for a while, initially discussed at a Can-

terbury mayoral forum, but it’s an idea Ashburton’s councillors were less than enthusiastic about when she raised it at a council meeting in May. At the time Favel said she didn’t think there was an appetite for the district to support the idea as the council had invested heavily in its own stadium.

The issue had not been an agenda item and had not been fully debated, she said.

“However, when I’ve talked around the community and asked people’s feelings, I’ve been surprised to find a few were in support.”

While she stopped well short of committing the council to a

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■ ASHBURTON COLLEGE

Should we have to pay for the Christchurch stadium?

A world of scientific opportunities opens

By Sue NewmaN

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Ashburton College student Diana Barbu will remember her Year 13 year as one where opportunities just kept on coming.

She won a place on a midyear four-week international XLab science camp in Germany, one of just two New Zealanders among the 40-strong group, and next month she will be part of a Powering Potential event for science students in Wellington.

Add to that a scholarship for a German study programme and it’s been a huge year.

Barbu applied for the Powering Potential event last year, missed out, and was determined to win a place in Year 13.

Place secured, she says she’s excited about the opportunity to spend three days mixing with like-minded students and being mentored by scientists and PhD students.

“It’s different to anything else that’s offered because it’s not about lectures. We’ll be working in teams of five on a given scientific problem or issue that’s facing New Zealand,” she said.

With plans for a career in biomedical science, Barbu said she’s excited by her study topic, obesity and diabetes.

The Powering Potential event involves students researching, investigating and then working collaboratively to provide recommendations from their findings.

To be selected each student was required to submit an indepth application and video focused on their science strengths and how they have contributed to an area of science in their school or community.

Students were selected because they were serious about going on to study science at a tertiary level and had demon-

Ashburton College Year 13 student Diana Barbu, heading off to New Zealand’s prestigious Powering Potential event for the country’s top science students. PHOTO SUE NEWMAN 211118-SN-0035-1 strated a passion for science.

Barbu said that opportunities such as X-Lab camp and Powering Potential were exciting because students with the same passion were able to work together.

‘I’ve gone out of my way to seek out opportunities and this will be a really intensive three days because we’re so like minded, we’re all so interested in and serious about science.”

Maths was her first love, but at college, her focus changed and this year she’s studied physics, chemistry, calculus, statistics

and German. Time out at XLab mid year meant too much catch up work was needed to sit scholarship exams in anything other than German.

Next year Barbu will study health science but hopes to be able to keep up her German language studies as well.

Like many students, she’s applied for several scholarships and counts herself fortunate to have picked up an academic excellence scholarship from Otago University, one of the most valuable on offer. It’s worth $35,000 - $15,000 next year and $10,000

for the following two years. She was also the inaugural winner of MP Andrew Falloon’s local STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) scholarship.

Add to those scholarships, money saved from working as a lifeguard at the EA Networks Centre pools and Barbu said she is relieved to be looking at first year study without a student loan.

In wrapping up her years as a student at Ashburton College, Barbu won Year 13 awards for German and statistics.

From P1 It was the role of the Committee for Canterbury to take a Canterbury wide approach and to develop a vision for the whole of Canterbury for the betterment of Canterbury, its chief executive Garry Jackson said.

And in terms of the Christchurch stadium, users and beneficiaries would be region-wide and that meant it was important to float the idea that the responsibility for funding it could be region wide, he said.

“If we had the vision that we’d all enjoy the benefits of this multi-purpose stadium then may be all of Canterbury should contribute.”

His organisation was independent and its job was to come up with ideas, Jackson said.

“No individual mayor would go out on a limb and say this, it would be a very brave step but we can because we’re essentially a think tank.”

Committee for Canterbury simply wanted communities to start thinking about the possibility of some form of regional rating for the stadium, he said.

“We just want the idea out there in the hope that mayors and council’s will pick it up, think about it and discuss it.”

A format for Canterbury-wide support for a facility had already been established with the Canterbury Museum Trust.

All Canterbury local authorities originally contributed to this but Ashburton withdrew support many years ago when its own museum was established.

The multi-use stadium is anticipated to cost $474 million to build.

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■ CDHB MIDWIVES

Midwives go on strike, but it’s deliveries as usual

BY SUE NEWMAN

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Ashburton Hospital’s CDHB employed midwives have joined their counterparts around New Zealand in taking rolling strike action over the next two weeks.

They will stop work for two hours every day during each shift as they take a stand over stalled pay negotiations where the key stumbling block is their claim for a pay differential with nurses.

For women due to deliver and for mothers and babies in the maternity unit, the strike will have little impact; it will virtually be business as usual, Ashburton Hospital general manager Bernie Marra said.

“We’re supporting the midwives’ industrial action but women will still safely be able to be in the unit. Births will continue and there will always be a midwife on site and in the unit,” she said.

At times midwives would not be completing all of their duties but extra health care staff would be rostered on to pick up the extra work.

For mothers and babies, however, all the normal support functions of the unit would continue, Marra said.

“Our main message for women who

are due to deliver is to keep speaking with your lead maternity carer (LMC) if they have any concerns; they’ll be doing everything as usual for women and babies. We’re ensuring mothers and babies are not put at risk.”

Ashburton midwives are among more than 1100 District Health Boardemployed (DHB) midwives who are taking part in the two-week industrial action.

This is the first industrial action ever taken by midwives and underscores the high level of concern about the future workforce.

A recent Ministry of Health report showed the sector was in crisis, the midwives industrial co-leader Jill Ovens said.

Each day of industrial action DHBs will receive daily notification of the times of the two-hour strikes.

“The two-hour strikes are a lot less disruptive than a 24-hour strike but they are over a longer period and they’ll be at different times of day and night across various shifts,” she said.

During their two-hour strikes, midwives would remain at the hospital but would not perform all their usual tasks during each two-hour period, Ovens said.

■ ASHBURTON GUARDIAN CIRCULATION FIGURES

Latest audit shows rise continues For the fifth consecutive quarter, the Ashburton Guardian has shown a positive result with an increase in circulation from the latest round of the ABC (Audit Bureau of Circulation) figures.

It is also the third consecutive quarter where the Guardian has been the only paid daily newspaper in the country to show an increase in circulation.

The news comes on the back of the recent results from a Nielsen Survey which showed the Guardian with a readership across all platforms which had almost reached the population of the Mid Canterbury district.

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to be able to say that we are continually bucking the trend.”

Markham said one of the major selling points, in his opinion, was that the Guardian placed a real importance on news that really matters to the people in the community and also a strong focus on local sports – a declining section in many other newspapers.

“It’s a hard call to judge what people deem as being important to them, but we have a firm belief that in this district the desire is to read about things which are going to impact on their life, and to read about people whom they know and can associate with.

The latest ABC figures were officially released at lunch time yesterday and Ashburton Guardian editor, Matt Markham said the continued success of the newspaper was a direct result of the Mid Canterbury community who support it.

“We are incredibly lucky that we live in a community which still has a strong belief in the power of a daily newspaper,” he said.

“While other newspapers around the country seem to be on the gradual decline in terms of the number of people picking up their product each day and reading its content, it’s really pleasing

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“We don’t run a lot of national news during the course of a week – but that’s not really our niche, we’re trying to focus on delivering everything you might find in a community newspaper – in a daily version instead.

“You could consider us a community newspaper, pumped up on steroids.”

The momentum carried throughout 2018 which saw the Guardian nominated for a Newspaper of the Year title at the acclaimed Voyager Media Awards and also score an impressive haul at the New Zealand Community Newspaper Awards, including the

most improved newspaper in the country, will be carried through into 2019.

“We can’t afford to rest on our laurels, other newspapers are trying everything they can to get the results that we have been fortunate enough to gain over the past 12 months and further so it’s a case of trying to keep ahead of the game,” Markham added.

Next year will also mark a special occasion for the Guardian with the newspaper turning 140 years old in September.

“We’ll be certain to have something pretty special happening to mark such a huge occasion.”

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■ ASHBURTON INTERMEDIATE

Students’ work will raise money for charity

BY SUE NEWMAN

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The best creative efforts of Ashburton Intermediate students could be filling Christmas stockings around Ashburton.

Over recent weeks the students have become entrepreneurs as they’ve planned and promoted a school market day they hope will not only provide the community with a shopping opportunity but will also raise money for charity.

The market day is an annual event and students use their technology classes to make a range of goods to sell, from art and craft works to food.

Each class decided a theme for their market creations.

Each year students vie, by class, to win a flier design competition with the prize being choosing the market day’s beneficiary.

This year it will be the Ashburton Cancer Society.

Food stalls will be set up in the school’s courtyard and craft stalls on the playing fields.

The event is really well planned and everyone is really enthusiastic about making things for the stalls, said student Lorraine Paterson.

The fair is open to the public and the students hope people will use it as an opportunity to buy Christmas presents, she said.

The Intermediate Market Day will be held on Friday, December 7 from 11am to 2pm.

Right – Ashburton IntermediateYear 7 students (from left) Lorraine, Paterson, 12, Emma Ledingham, 11 and Emily-Jane Elliott, 11 with some of the craft work created for their school’s market day.

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■ NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT AGENCY

Aiming to improve highway safety

BY SUE NEWMAN

SUE.N@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Safety improvements on Stage Highway One between Selwyn and Ashburton could be driven by people living in the Ashburton District.

The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) is holding a public drop-in session in Ashburton today and Rakaia tomorrow, where staff will be looking for community input on proposed road safety improvement measures planned for that stretch of the highway.

Those measures include installing a wire rope barrier to divide the two lanes of traffic, closing some side road access, speed reviews and adding turnaround

areas. Yesterday Ashburton’s district councillors were left scratching their heads when they looked at the difference between what was proposed during discussions between NZTA and the council in the past and what was included in the new proposal.

“Nowhere in that earlier plan was there a two-lane road with a wire rope down the middle,” Stuart Wilson said.

If that was put in place traffic would be moving at snail’s pace behind slow vehicles because there would be few opportunities to overtake, he said.

The closure of access to some side roads would have a big impact on many people who would

have to travel longer distances to and from their homes, Mark Malcolm said.

He suggested the council might need to encourage larger, slow vehicles onto secondary roads to keep the highway moving.

“If we do that it’ll end up being at our expense and we’ll be solving NZTA’s problem,” he said.

No one could argue that the highway needed to become a safer place, Neil Brown said, but whatever solution was used, providing safe passage had to be done properly.

“We need to go back to them and say they haven’t listened to us and to ask how they developed this out of that.”

Council roading manager Brian Fauth said the original plan was to improve traffic flows from Rolleston to the Rangitata River.

That plan appeared to have been parked, he said.

“We have a case to go back to them and ask what happened to these workshops and to the information gathered there.

“Yes, there are safety aspects in what they’re proposing but it’s very different to what was brought up in the various workshops.”

If the objective was to slow traffic down then a wire rope in the centre of the road would certainly do that – far more than they might anticipate, he said.

Fauth said there was also a concern that people would “go like hell” when in a passing lane and the number of vehicles trying to pass slow moving traffic might be too great for the length of the lanes to accommodate.

While councillors will attend tomorrow’s drop-in session as individuals they hope to meet with NZTA in early December to have collective input into the proposed safety measures.

Ashburton’s information session will be held from 10am to 1pm today in the old Ashburton Information Centre and a session will be held in Rakaia at Salmon Tales from 11am to 2pm tomorrow.

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■ QEII NATIONAL TRUST

Trust members visit the district

By Linda CLarke

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Farmers preserving some original pieces of the Canterbury plains received some special visitors when members of the QEII National Trust went walkabout in the Ashburton District this week.

The wild weather was no deterrent as they visited four spots, including a swampy area beside the Rangitata River that is being protected by dairy farmer Ian Thornton.

Thornton spotted the area down a steep terrace and saw potential to enhance the native wetland, and protect it under a QEII covenant.

National trust chair James Guild said the Canterbury Plains was one of the most modified areas in the country so preserving original areas was important.

In Mid Canterbury, the swampy plains were drained and turned into farmland – native flora and fauna vanished.

Guild said there were 20 areas on the plains protected by covenants and enthusiastic landowners.

A covenant protects the land forever.

Some landowners were younger generation farmers keen to preserve their heritage and others were older farmers who were trying to redress earlier modifications.

Guild said there had been a change in attitude to protecting these areas as more people recognised they were part of the nation’s heritage.

“They are looking after something old and historic and looking after birds, rare flora and fauna.

They have a sense of responsibility and feel a moral obligation to look after it.”

The Mid Canterbury spots visited on Tuesday were beside rivers or waterways.

Other protected areas are in the foothills and high country.

Guild said funding was the trust’s biggest challenge and the organisation worked hard to reduce the burden on landowners by lobbying for rates relief on protected land and helping with fencing and other costs associated with looking after the land.

The board met in Methven on Monday for its regular meeting then members put on their gumboots for the field trip.

James Guild, QEII national trust chair, Paul Kirby, QEII land and legal manager, Alice Shanks, QEII regional rep and Mike Jebson, QEII CEO, brave the weather at the protected Harris wetland.

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Latino workshop for Spreading the anti-violence volunteers final of the year

■ ZONTA ASHBURTON

against women message

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

For 16 days Zonta Ashburton will be championing the message of their Zonta anti-violence campaign.

The campaign is focused on saying no to violence against women and girls worldwide.

Extra focus will be put on the issue of child marriage this year, which is one of the worst obstacles girls are facing globally and a severe human rights violation.

Co-convenor of the campaign in Ashburton Elizabeth Stuckey said they have multi-

ple plans to spread the campaign’s message around Ashburton.

“We have six businesses lined up that will have window displays, the Somerset Grocer have printed serviettes with the message on them and the (Ashburton) clocktower will be lit up orange,” she said.

“Members of the group will also be volunteering at the Light up the Night event and we will have a stall set up there.”

The campaign will run from November 25 to December 10, and there will be a daily quote posted on the group’s Facebook page which is called Zonta Ashburton.

The Latino culture will be highlighted in Ashburton’s final cultural awareness workshop of the year.

The workshop is for volunteers and managers of volunteers and will cover the languages spoken in Latin America.

Participants will learn some key phrases in Spanish and will learn skills in interacting with Latino people.

The Latino area covers the countries in Central and South America and is very much a multicultural culture.

For Latinos food, music, dance and colourful dress are all important aspects of their culture.

Facilitator for the workshop is local Latino, Mercedes Walkham.

The workshops are run by Volunteering Mid and South Canterbury, Ashburton District Council Welcoming Communities and Mid Canterbury Newcomers’ Network and will be held on November 29 at 1pm in Community House, Cass Street, Ashburton.

Registrations are essential and close at mid-day on November 28.

To register contact Adi Avnit at Mid Canterbury Newcomers’ Network phone 308 1395 ext 239 or 027 220 8791 or email newcomers@saferashburton.org.nz

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■ ASHBURTON MOTORCYCLE SHOW

Much more than just another motorcycle show

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

This Saturday some of the finest machines on two wheels will roll in to town and call Ashburton home.

The annual Ashburton Motorcycle Show is being held at the Ashburton Racecourse, and organiser Gerald McKenzie is pushing it as more than just a motorcycle show.

“It will be a good family day out,” he said.

“There will be bouncy castles and stuff set up for kids, they will be free, and there will be hot-rods and other stuff to see as well.”

McKenzie said they expect to see about 100 motorcycles on display, along with trophies being presented, bands, tattooists, trade stalls and a tattoo show.

The show begins at 10am on Saturday and will run until 6pm. Adult entry is $15 and $30 for families, with gate entry, bike registration, and the tattoo show and bar sales all being cash only.

Right – The Ashburton Motorcycle Show has been a crowd pleaser in the past, and this year’s edition promises to pack plenty of entertainment.

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■ EA NETWORKS CENTRE

January closure for pool work

By Sue NewmaN

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It might be peak holiday time, but locals and visitors to Ashburton will have to strike the EA Networks Centre pools off their activity list for two weeks in January.

The pool complex will be closed from January 7 to 20 while maintenance work is carried out.

This will include grouting and sealant replacement of three out of the four pools. The main pool will remain open but will be avail-

able for swim squad training only as changing rooms will also be closed for maintenance.

While there is no ideal time to close swimming pools, Ashburton District Council sports facilities manager Steve Prescott said at this time people would have options with outdoor community pools and with the heated, council run pool in the Tinwald Domain.

“If we’d opted to do this in the winter there would be nowhere

for people to go,” he said.

Over the past three years, those two weeks had lower swimmer numbers because many people were still on holiday, Prescott said.

“This will have the least impact on revenue.”

The centre’s court area will also be closed for a time in January from the 14th to 25th to allow for an additional curtain division to be installed.

Prescott said the pool closure

was being kept to a minimum, with this type of work usually taking up to five weeks to complete.

During the closure the Tinwald pool will be open for longer hours – from 9am to 7pm to provide swimmers with an alternative venue.

Learn to Swim classes will also be run at the Tinwald pool during this time.

EA Centre holders of Gold and Platinum memberships to the EANC pools will receive a credit

on their membership fee in the following payment cycle. People with a Silver pool membership will not be charged their membership fee during the closure.

The gym and café facilities at the centre will not be affected during the temporary closures.

The pools and changing rooms are expected to reopen at 5.45am, Monday, January 21, while the stadium will be open to the public from 7am, Saturday, January 26, 2019.

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■ UNITED STATES

Billions for Space Force US President Donald Trump’s Space Force, a new military department dedicated to fighting war in space, would cost the Pentagon between $1.5 to $2.7 billion ($4b) in additional money over five years.

That’s according to a study released this week by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think-tank.

That estimate is far below the $13b price tag that Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson recently reported to Pentagon leaders and is certain to continue to fuel the debate over the cost and necessity of what would become the first new military service branch since the Air Force was created in 1947.

While the White House has pushed aggressively for the establishment of the Space Force, which Trump has championed in rallies, a new military department would need to be approved by Congress.

It is unclear whether there is enough support for it to pass.

Many in the Pentagon, including Defence Secretary Jim Mattis, initially said they were against the idea.

Leaders of the Air Force, which now runs most of the Pentagon’s space operations and would have the most to lose if a new service were to be created, also came out against the proposal.

Speaking last week at a conference held by DefenceOne, Wilson said the $13b estimate “was the cost of a fully fledged, stand-alone department and also a unified combatant command”.

But she added that the level of funding would ultimately be dictated by the legislation proposed by the White House.

“The costs will be really based on what are the elements in the model in that proposal,” she said.

Last week, Deputy Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan told reporters that the cost to

create a Space Force would be much lower than that, possibly as little as $5b, which is much closer to the think-tank’s estimate.

In presenting the report, Todd Harrison, a defence analyst at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, said that the Space Force would mostly pluck people from across various departments in the Pentagon who work on space issues and gather them under a new department.

“Most of this is a simple matter of reorganisation,” he said.

“I don’t think cost should have a big factor in [Congress’] decisions.

“I think a bigger factor is whether or not you think it is needed.”

Harrison estimated that the annual budget of a Space Force would be about $21.5b,

which is more than the Coast Guard’s $11.7b budget but less than that of the Marine Corps, $29.2b.

Its total work force would be less than 50,000 – or about the same size of the Coast Guard.

Nasa has ordered a safety review of the two companies it has hired to fly astronauts to the International Space Station, a months-long assessment that would involve hundreds of interviews designed to assess the culture of the workplaces, the agency said.

The review, to begin next year, would look at both Boeing and SpaceX, the companies under contract to fly Nasa’s astronauts, and examine “everything and anything that could impact safety” as the companies prepare to fly humans for the first time, William Gerstenmaier, Nasa’s associate

administrator for human exploration, said.

The review was prompted by the recent behaviour of SpaceX’s founder, Elon Musk, according to three officials with knowledge of the probe, after he took a hit of marijuana and sipped whiskey on a podcast streamed on the Internet.

That rankled some at Nasa’s highest levels and prompted the agency to take a close look at the culture of the companies, the people said.

Nasa spokesman Bob Jacobs declined to comment on what prompted the review.

But in a statement, he said it would “ensure the companies are meeting Nasa’s requirements for workplace safety, including the adherence to a drug-free environment”.

Nasa Administrator Jim Bridenstine said in an interview that the agency wants to make sure the public has confidence in its human-spaceflight programme, especially as the companies are getting closer to their first flights, scheduled for next year.

“If I see something that’s inappropriate, the key concern to me is what is the culture that led to that inappropriateness and is Nasa involved in that,” he said.

“As an agency we’re not just leading ourselves, but our contractors as well. We need to show the American public that when we put an astronaut on a rocket, they’ll be safe.”

SpaceX said in a statement that “human spaceflight is the core mission of our company.

There is nothing more important to SpaceX than this endeavour, and we take seriously the responsibility that Nasa has entrusted in us to safely and reliably carry American astronauts to and from the International Space Station.”

So far this year SpaceX has launched 18 times – tying its record from last year – and says it is getting close to launching Nasa’s astronauts.

- PA

Threats against Kylie Kylie Minogue has reportedly taken some extreme security measures following a threat against her. The star performed in Germany earlier this week where she was reportedly guarded by 20 police officers armed with submachine guns. According to DW.com, German newspaper Bild reported a man made threats against the Australian pop princess. Pictures of the man were plastered around the venue and Belgian police were also contacted about the threat.

Ariana, Piers go toe to toe Pop star Ariana Grande and Piers Morgan have become embroiled in a Twitter spat over the TV presenter’s recent comments.

Morgan sparked controversy when he criticised a nude image of the girl group Little Mix that was intended to champion body positivity, claiming they had swiped the idea for the shoot from US band Dixie Chicks and were “using sex to sell records”. He also had a pop at Ellen DeGeneres’s chat show, tweeting: “Ellen drooling today over famous men’s bodies on #InternationalMensDay2018. Yet I’ve been abused all day for complimenting @hollywills on her legs. The hypocrisy of modern feminism laid bare.”

■ AUSTRALIA

Bali Nine survivor back in Australia After 13 years in an Indonesian prison, Renae Lawrence is back on Australian soil.

But the Bali Nine drug mule’s freedom will forever be tainted by the knowledge that certain people here want her gone.

Lawrence was the only member of the Bali Nine to walk free.

Three others are dead – two executed by firing squad and one of terminal illness – while the remaining five are in prison for life.

Now, the valuable information she gave the authorities

to reduce her sentence in the first place could come back to bite her.

The Bali Nine were arrested in April 2005 over a plot to smuggle 8.3 kilograms of heroin out of Indonesia.

Questioned by authorities the day after their arrest, ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran denied any wrongdoing on the advice of their lawyers. They were the only two not caught with any heroin.

But Lawrence immediately co-operated with Indonesian officials.

On the advice of her legal team, she named those involved in the drug plot, offering up critical information explaining how the plan unfolded.

Lawrence received a shorter sentence of 20 years for her honesty, and managed to whittle it down a further seven due to her good behaviour.

But while her decision to tell the truth saw her freed from prison early, she may be made to suffer the consequences on the outside.

According to Seven News re-

porter Chris Reason, Lawrence was flanked by about 50 Indonesian police members as she was escorted from prison to Bali International airport – for her own protection.

“Of those 50, about a dozen were bristling with very serious weaponry,” he told 2GB radio.

“I think they are taking that threat extremely seriously.

“A very high contact in one of the ministries said, ‘We just want to see her get out of here alive. What happens in Australia is not our problem.’” - AAP

Williams back on tour Broken-hearted troubadour Marlon Williams has announced a slew of new tour dates adding three more winery gigs and visits to the regions over summer. Having walked away with three wins at last week’s music awards, the coveted Album of the Year as well as Best Solo Artist and Best Video, Williams has decided to extend his summer tour adding five new shows. He also announced that his support act will be Emily Fairlight and Kiwi music icon Don McGlashan. Williams will start at the Neudorf Vineyard, on February 8, before appearing at various vineyards and venues before finishing up at the Christchurch Town Hall on Sunday, March 3.

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This is a beautiful family home set amongst attractive manicured lawns and easy care gardens on a 8,358m2 title, close to all amenities. Built in 2007

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TAKE YOUR POOL OUT OF

winter mode

A backyard pool is one proven way to have lots of visitors over summer and watersports are not usually compatible with digital screens, so it’s a great way to make sure your kids are off their devices.

The weather experts are predicting temperatures to be a bit above average for the next three months so get ready to take your pool out of winter mode.

Here’s a handy check list of things to do:

Check the pool pump Your pool pump, sand filter and salt water chlorinator need to be working well, so the rest of your pool can run properly. Check the pump is in good working order and water is flowing through the filter. Check the pressure on the sand filter. If it’s high and the water flow coming out of the pool jets is low, it might need backwashing. If

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Add chemicals to the pool The amount of chemicals you need to add to your pool will depend on how clean it is and how regular you have been with maintenance. If the pool isn’t very clear, it might need a dose of chlorine. After that, it might also need algaecide and stabiliser.

Clean the pool After adding the chemicals, use your scoop to remove all the leaves you can.

Use a brush to scrub the sides and the bottom of the pool. Regular brushing prevents algae, removes dirt and keeps the pool surface smooth. Have the pump running when you brush, so that the debris will be pulled into the filter, and removed from the water. As a final step, vacuum the pool to remove any remaining leaves and debris.

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the salt chlorinator is covered in whitescale, clean it in a hydrochloric acid mix.

Empty out your skimmer box Your skimmer box is designed to collect floating debris as well as connect to your pool hose. Make sure you empty it out regularly so the water flows freely through to the filter.

Test your pool water There are several different kinds

of pool test kits you can use to test the level of chemicals in your pool.

Always test your pool chemical levels after backwashing the filter. Follow the instructions on the kits to conduct the tests and add the recommended amount of acid or chlorine.

A good idea is to get your water professionally tested. Take a water sample to a swimming pool store, where they’ll likely be able to test it while you wait and recommend any product that could help.

Test your salt level Standard pool test kits won’t tell you how much salt is in your pool. After winter and heavy rain, you want to make sure it’s at the right level before you go swimming. Use the salt test strip kit to check your salt levels. Follow the instructions on the kit and if needed, add as many bags of salt recommended for your size of pool.

Be patient The whole process of getting your pool ready for summer can take a couple of weeks. The work and the wait will be worth it.

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Mitsubishi L200

TRITON

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THE NEW TRITON IS COMING EARLY JANUARY

386 Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch.

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Triton challenges ute market

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itsubishi New Zealand is so confident about its new Triton utes it expects a 25 per cent increase in sales during the next 12 to 18

months.

The company aims to push the Holden Colorado out of the third-best selling ute position with what it says is the most advanced ute on the New Zealand market.

The new Triton has a more robust profile, greater ground clearance and is fitted with some of the latest driver assist and safety technology that have traditionally be found on sedans.

However company officials say the new model retains the strengths of the existing model - durability, price competitiveness and a 10-year warranty.

The new Triton goes on sale next month, with some models around $1000 dearer than the current Triton, the 2 wheel drive models of which are being run-out at a discounted $29,990 plus on road costs.

The top of the line Triton VRX models will sell for $49,990, the same price as the existing Triton VRX utes.

Mitsubishi New Zealand says the existing Triton is the fastest-growing mainstream 4WD ute on the New Zealand market, claiming 12.2 per cent of the ute market during the nine months to the end of September.

“More and more Kiwis are looking to combine the luxuries of a lifestyle vehicle with the performance of a ute and Triton’s

increasing popularity reflects its ability to deliver that,” said Reece Congdon, Mitisubishi New Zealand head of marketing and corporate affairs.

Mitsubishi was aiming to take the third best-selling ute position from Holden Colorado within the next year.

According to Motor Trade Association registration figures, Triton was trailing Colorado by fewer than 100 units during the year to the end of October.

While the Triton has traditionally ap-

pealed to fleet and price-sensitive individual buyers, Mitsubishi New Zealand believes the new models will have broader appeal.

The new Triton boasts a more rugged appearance than the existing models, offers more rigidity, and improved off-road performance.

The top-end 4-wheel-drive models are equipped with a new off-road mode with gravel, mud/snow, sand and rock settings, offering greater all-terrain performance.

The new Triton models are fitted with hill descent control functions, and all of them will have a new six-speed automatic transmission, which offers smoother acceleration and less engine noise at high speeds.

The existing range’s high durability ladder-type frame and high impact protection cabin structure is retained, but there are a host of active safety and driver assistance systems added to the Triton for the first time.

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Top gun. Again.

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he world’s favourite sports car has reaffirmed its prized reputation, nabbing the title of Best Convertible in the 2018 Drive Car of the Year awards.

Extensive testing by a team of motoring experts was undertaken to determine the winner, with the Mazda MX-5 GT variant claiming top spot after the comprehensive review.

The iconic MX-5 stays true to the very essence of what a sports car should deliver – a thrilling, top-down driving experience.

And while unfalteringly faithful to maintaining its authenticity, 2018 saw important upgrades across powertrain, dynamics and safety - further delighting the car’s loyal fans and new-purchasers alike.

In September, the MX-5 saw advanced technologies applied to each of its engines, SKYACTIV-G 2.0 and SKYACTIV-G 1.5, to extract maximum power balanced with linear response.

To match the extra power under foot, manual and automatic transmissions were revised to deliver a sharper response and more direct driving feel.

Plus, shift timing at turn-in and torque control at turn-out were tuned for greater precision in sporty driving situations.

The super-transporter T

he manoeuvrability and bespoke design of a Renault Master closed transporter conversion is proving to be a winning formula for the logistics division of Renault Sport Formula One™ Team.

Constructed to the team’s exact specification via the Renault Accredited Convertor programme, the Renault Master single-car transporter is used primarily by Renault Sport Formula One™ Team for the transportation of its show vehicles throughout Europe.

Its addition To Renault Sport Racing’s transportation fleet, which is supported through an official partnership with the specialised Renault Pro+ commercial vehicle division, enables the team to generate significant savings in terms of cost, efficiency and manpower in comparison to its previous methods of moving static display vehicles to circa 200 events a year.

Built by newly-accredited Renault converter, Advanced KFS, the transporter is based on the FWD, 3.5-tonne Master Platform Cab and is powered by the 170hp dCi 170 2.3-litre diesel engine, which utilises twin turbo technology to deliver strong performance while returning up to 37.7mpg, matched to a six-speed manual transmission.

The conversion has been engineered to allow a Renault Sport Formula One™ Team show car to be loaded or unloaded by a single person in as little as 15 minutes.

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A fine tradition endures

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yundai knows a thing or two about creating SUVs, and especially so the Santa Fe. With some 20,000 of the first three generation models being sold in NZ it clearly shows that they suit our lifestyles.

So they have made sure the new fourth generation models, which come in three variants, Entry, Elite, Limited, and with either diesel or petrol power, are very well set up to carry on this tradition.

All seat seven and have Hyundai’s latest generation all-wheel-drive system.

As well they are larger than the previously and the exterior is dressed to impress, with with a similar frontal image to that of the Kona with interesting headlights and a cascading grille.

There’s a sleek look about both the side profile with the 19-inch alloys and the tidy rear.

Prices range from $59,990 for the 2.4-litre petrol Entry model to $82,990 for the 2.2-litre diesel Limited as driven (both plus on-road costs).

That may seem to be getting up there for the Limited diesel, but you need to reflect on what it comes with.

Things like the spacious, leatherfurnished cabin filled with its innovative comfort and convenience features.

These include heated/ventilated front seats, heated middle row seats, three-zone climate-air, an 8-inch colour touchscreen display complete with sat nav and new connected AutoLink system.

The Limited’s premium version of this, with its embedded SIM, has an amazing array of easily accessed functions.

As well there’s all the latest in SmartSense semi-autonomous active safety and driving assistance technologies.

These include automatic emergency

braking (it even senses cyclists and predestrians), an excellent adaptive cruise control, blind spot warning, lane-keeping assistance and a 360-degree camera with semi-automated parking functionality.

Then from the practical use point of view, the bigger body brings more space, and a larger load area too.

The overall cabin ambience is one of class, complete with an appropriately very inviting appearance, enhanced even more by the Limited’s panoramic sunroof.

The front seats proved impressively comfortable.

There’s lots of adjustment for both, as well as for the driving position – whether you like to sit low or up high for a commanding view of the road.

Liked the head-up display to, with its projection of driving and safety info onto the windscreen.

Lots of adjustment available for those in the second row as well.

Then, while the third row is long distance best for those of smaller build (where according to the TV ad they are likely to sit peacefully), adults can fit over short distances.

As well as the many charging points for both phones and small devices, there’s lots of additional technology, even some that alerts the driver when those in the rear are attempting to leave.

This system will also lock the rear doors if it detects there is not a safe gap in the traffic. then will also remind you if the infantry, or pets therein, have been forgotten!

All seats in use, there’s still usable, preferably soft luggage space.

Fold the third row and there’s 547 litres available, and easily loaded via the powered tailgate.

While there’s also the 2.4-litre, petrol

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motor available, I reckon the heart of the Santa Fe as driven was the excellent 2.2-litre turbo diesel.

While it is carried over from the previous model with the same 147kW and 440Nm of torque, it is now ideally mated up with a very smooth, and efficient eightspeed auto.

For different driving conditions there’s selectable modes for Eco, Smart, Comfort and Sport.

But except for some winding Peninsula roads where Sport was tried, the Smart setting lived up to its name.

It constantly ensured a nice balance of quick responses as needed (and accompanying changes in screen colour) but with decent economy.

Hyundai claims 7.5L/100km overall which was achievable during driving on the plains, although enjoying winding hilly roads of course increases this.

We liked the way both the ride and handling have been set up for Anzac conditions.

While sitting relatively flat and surefooted through corners, it still pretty much glides over rougher seal and shingle roads with the all-wheel drive system apportioning drive to front/rear wheels as needed. During normal driving its mostly to the front, but with more to the rear when Sport is selected, or automatically happens in Smart.

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Quoted Economy: 7.5L/100km Safety: Expected 5 star ANCAP, comprehensive driver assist and safety systems.

Length: 4770mm.

Turning Circle: 11.4 metres Tows: 2000kg.

Warranty: 3-year/100,000km. (also for roadside assistance) ,plus tenyears/200,000km body corrosion warranty.

FINALE With this new Santa Fe, Hyundai have come up with an appealing driver and family friendly, all-wheel-drive SUV with excellent safety features and higher ride height.

While it sits very well in any car-park where looks may matter,they clearly have, in all respects paid close attention to what NZ drivers, particularly those with active lifestyles expect!

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Bikes take centre stage L

ots of enthusiastic bikers from all around the country will be displaying their bikes at the Ashburton Motorcycle Show being staged at the Ashburton Racecourse tomorrow.

They know the bike show is going to be great and they can’t wait to take part, no-one more so that Willie Little.

Willie has entered two bikes, including his classic 1977 Harley Davidson Sportster 1000cc Iron Head.

The bike is totally original, and eight years after buying it Willie is still glad he owns it.

“I had bikes before I had a car,” says Willie and he’s kept the Sportster longer that any of the other bikes he’s owned.

Ironic really, because he hardly ever rides the Sportster, but having it means a lot to Willie, as does being able to give others an opportunity to see it.

And that’s exactly what the Ashburton Motorcycle Show is all about.

Willie is a member of the Originals, the group which has organised the show.

He says interest in the show has been phenomenal.

The family-orientated event is not just about bikes, it will also include a tattoo show, hot-rods, hot food, a bouncy castle and music.

The show opens at 10.00am tomorrow morning entry is $15 for adults or $30 for families.

Rarity heading our way

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ever heard of a Velie?

That’s not overly surprising.

The company was founded by a grandson of John Deere, Willard Velie, and operated from 1908 to 1928, when the founder died and his son dropped the car line in favour of aircraft.

So, it’s no surprise there aren’t many about, and this one – sold new here on July 1, 1925 – is the only Velie in New Zealand.

Alan Roberts bought the car when current owner, son Wayne, was born, in 1964.

“I used to sit in the centre, between Mum and Dad, and my daughters did the same when they were small,” says Wayne.

Alan had owned an Austin 7 Silver Swallow, but wanted something for his growing family, and this car fitted the bill.

He paid £140 for it (around $4700 today), not bad considering it had cost £575 when new, at a time when Chevrolets cost £250.

Back then it had never been restored – it still hasn’t – though the polished aluminium body was a bit tired, and to refurbish that would cost a fortune, so it was painted gunmetal grey with black trim, as you see it today.

The car is powered by a six-cylinder, 21kW (28hp) engine to propel around 2.5 tons, and would cruise at 70 or 80km/h, although Wayne’s happy with 65km/h.

That motor was rebuilt in 1972, and again in the 1980s.

Other than that, “it’s stripped the fabric timing gear once.”

The Warner (later BorgWarner) three-speed gearbox and Columbus diff are original.

“The head was done in about 1959, before Dad bought it, and the upholstery in 1974.”

He’s just had the rocker cover nickel redone.

“It still had Dad’s name engraved on it from 1966, when he had it done the first time.

“It cost him £6, and us more like $600.”

As for spare parts, Wayne has his sources.

“I go to Dad’s.

“He’s got most of what I need under his house.”

Folk know he has a Velie, and when parts turn up, that’s where they go.

Mind you, the new hubs had to be made when one broke on a Hawerato-Auckland drive three years ago.

Wayne had his first ride in it in a carry cot, so it’s appropriate that he bought it from his Dad in 2000.

Over the time the family has owned it, Wayne reckons it’s done at least around 322,000km, or nearly 6000km a year.

His parents took the car as far as the South Island.

Wayne’s not been further than Hawera, but he and his wife, Carrie, plan to drive south to an Ashburton vintage and veteran rally next year.

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on’t be fooled by the name: The MSO 720S Stealth Theme from McLaren Special Operations will ensure that one McLaren 720S owner stands out from the crowd even more than usual, in a striking car produced as a bespoke order for McLaren retailer, McLaren London.

The McLaren 720S can be ordered as standard in one of three specification levels, with MSO Defined options among the additional features offered to customers who want their new car to be unlike others.

Beyond this there are opportunities to further personalise a McLaren through MSO’s Bespoke services, where areas such as paint and interior stitching can be developed as themes to create a car that is often, quite literally, one-of-a-kind.

‘Stealth’ was one of the MSO Bespoke themes visualised for the McLaren 720S on its global debut at the 2017 Geneva International Motor Show; examples of the Velocity, Track and Pacific themes have already been produced as MSO Bespoke orders.

The MSO 720S Stealth Theme was commissioned by McLaren London to be visually even more purposeful than a standard 720S in Performance specification.

The scope of the Stealth theme encompasses MSO Defined Sarthe Grey exterior paint – a colour inspired by the McLaren F1 GTR that was victorious at the famous Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe in 1995 – and Vermillion Red contrast paint to accentuate the lines of the 720S body. The red detailing – on the front of the car and the bonnet and extending back along the bodysides to the rear deck – was hand-painted by master craftsmen and craftswomen in a near-200-hour process.

The theme of red accents is continued on the 10-Spoke Super Lightweight alloy wheels, which are finished in MSO Bespoke Satin Black with the outer rim and a single spoke in contrasting Vermillion Red. McLaren 720S Performance specification provides a sports-oriented interior with carbon fibre switch and centre panel surrounds and Alcantara® trim material.

MSO Bespoke additions further develop the purposeful theme, with red leather and Apex Red stitching on the fascia and seats.

Vantage tops podium T

he new Aston Martin Racing Vantage GTE recorded its maiden FIA World Endurance Championship victory with a perfectly-judged performance by Danish drivers Nicki Thiim and Marco Sørensen in the 6 Hours of Shanghai.

The 2016 FIA WEC GTE Pro champions navigated their way through no less than five

safety cars, and had to contend with two red flag stoppages (for 90 minutes) because of torrential and persistent rain, to bring home the win for the #95 Vantage GTE. Aston Martin was the class of the GTE Pro field all day in difficult conditions and ran one-two, with the sister #97 car driven by Maxime Martin (BEL) and Alex Lynn (GB) also leading at different stages of the event.

With an hour to go there was a possibility of a clean sweep at the top of the podium, but earlier in the race the team had chosen to split the two cars’ strategy to optimise its chances for victory.

But following on from a typically committed and hard-charging middle stint from Thiim, Sørensen maintained his composure and delivered an historic victory.

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ATTITUDE INJECTION T

oyota has restyled the 14 wide-bodied variants of its 21-ute range as the iconic workhorse of choice celebrates its 50th anniversary globally.

These SR and SR5 extra and double cab variants come with a similar tough looking stance first introduced with the range topping SR5 Cruiser earlier this year.

“Most of our Hilux range now looks even tougher to back up its long-established reputation for being resilient with the ability to perform in demanding conditions,” said Neeraj Lala, Toyota New Zealand’s General

Manager of Product Planning and New Vehicle Sales.

“Like the SR5 Cruiser, these utes make a bold statement that will appeal to even more customers.”

The front-end design includes a bold new honeycomb grille with a chrome surround, redesigned front bumper, black bonnet garnish, chrome fog light garnish with SR variants gaining halogen fog lights.

SR5 Cruiser variants will change to Dunlop Grandtrek AT25 tyres with white lettering to further enhance their looks.

The Hilux was introduced to the Japanese market in 1968 and exports began the following year, with the

first Hilux arriving in New Zealand in 1976.

The current model is the eighth generation. More than 18 million have now been sold world-wide in 170 countries.

In 1997 the first turbo diesel engine made its debut in the sixth generation, while the seventh generation in 2005 introduced a common rail turbo diesel engine and 4.0 litre petrol V6.

Motorists have bought more than 130,000 Hilux since 1976, making it New Zealand’s most popular one tonne ute over the last 42 years. Sales across the Tasman have surpassed one million.

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Friday, November, 23, 2018

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OUR VIEW

We’ve got something to crow about S

ometimes you just need to stand up and start shouting from the rooftops – no matter what the reaction might be.

It’s not really something we like to buy into much here, but what’s the point in going about day-to-day life if you’re not going to celebrate your successes.

Not everyone gets excited about a few numbers sitting on a piece of paper in front of them. But to us, numbers are the necessity of life.

So, when the Audit Bureau of Circulation release their quarterly circulation figures, we pay a large amount of attention to what they actually say.

For more than a year now, they’ve made for good reading.

Spectacular in fact.

And over the past nine months, they’ve put this little old newspaper at the top of the pile.

Another quarter past and another rise in circulation for the Guardian and, yet again, the only paid daily newspaper

in New Zealand to produce that result.

If that’s not a reason to heap a bit of self-praise around, then what is?

Of course, it’s not possible without all of you.

The people who, everyday, wander out to their mailbox and retrieve their copy of the Guardian, or the people who walk into their corner store or supermarket and grab one off the news stand.

These results are a direct impact of your decision everyday to read our product.

It’s also a nod in the direction of those businesses and indi-

viduals who choose to spend money with us as advertisers.

Your faith is unsurmountable and a key ingredient to our incredible success.

So, forgive us today while we stand up and beat the Guardian chest around a bit.

It’s the results we strive to achieve, but in the same breath, they are the results we will never fully achieve.

There’s always the need to be better and to continue to improve, because without that, what’s the point in keeping statistics and figures in the first place?

So, we won’t stop for long to

pat ourselves on the back here at the top of Somerset House.

There’s still work to be done and news to be shared but we really wanted to take the opportunity to thank all of you for your input into a result which again makes us the envy of the newspaper industry here in New Zealand.

So, from us, give yourself a pat on the back as well – you are playing your part in something quite remarkable.

It is your faith in what we do which has got us to here and, hopefully, it is your continued faith which will see us go even further.

In 2006, former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko died in London from radiation poisoning after making a deathbed statement blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Ten years ago: The government unveiled a bold plan to rescue Citigroup, injecting a fresh $20 billion into the troubled firm as well as guaranteeing hundreds of billions of dollars in risky assets.

Five years ago: President Barack Obama said a nuclear deal reached with Iran during talks in Geneva was an “important first step” toward addressing the world’s concerns over the Islamic republic’s disputed nuclear programme.

One year ago: Papua New Guinea Police storm the Manus Island refugee camp, forcibly removing asylum seekers.

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Friday, November 23, the 327th day of 2018. There are 38 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On November 23, 1963, President Lyndon B Johnson proclaimed November 25 a day of national mourning following the assassination of President John F Kennedy.

On this date: In 1765, Frederick County, Maryland, became the first colonial American entity to repudiate the British Stamp Act. In 1804, the 14th president of the United States, Franklin Pierce was born in New Hampshire.

In 1889, the first jukebox made its debut in San Francisco, at the Palais Royale Saloon.

In 1903, Enrico Caruso made his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, appearing in Rigoletto.

In 1936, Life, the photojournalism magazine created by Henry R. Luce, was first published.

In 1947, A civic funeral for the 41 November 18 Ballantyne’s fire victims was held. The bodies of the 41 victims were buried at Ruru Lawn Cemetery in Bromley, Christchurch.

In 1959, the musical Fiorello!, starring Tom Bosley as legendary New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, opened on Broadway.

In 1971, the People’s Republic of China was seated in the UN Security Council.

In 1980, some 2600 people were killed by a series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy.

In 1986, the first and so far only visit to New Zealand by a Bishop of Rome, Pope John Paul II saw the pontiff celebrate mass in Wellington.

In 1996, a commandeered Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 crashed into the water off the Comoros Islands, killing 125 of the 175 people on board, including all three hijackers.

In 2000, in a setback for Al Gore, the Florida Supreme Court refused to order Miami-Dade County officials to resume handcounting its election-day ballots.

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Minding our Ps & Qs I

popped home for breakfast/ lunch on Wednesday and still had no idea what I was going to write this column about.

With a hint of frustration I said to Manda, “What the fire truck am I going to write my column about this week?”

I didn’t exactly use the words fire and truck either.

Yep, I dropped an F-bomb.

I’m not a big swearer (I was expecting the spell checker to underline swearer), well, not compared with some of my mates.

I guess my job has a bit to do with that. Although sometimes I feel because I can’t/shouldn’t swear on the job, I could make up for it away from the microphone.

I’m not strongly against swearing and when used at times swear words can certainly add humour to a story or conversation. They can also add impact and enthusiasm as well.

In saying that though I am not a fan of the C-bomb and very rarely let it slip from my lips.

I am not a fan of people swearing in front of women (who don’t bomb away themselves).

But overuse or using them to fill a sentence is not on. If you can’t get through a sentence without a couple of F and C bombs, then maybe it’s time to invest in a thesaurus or an equivalent app.

But, they are only words eh!?

Anyhoo, back to my story re

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column frustrations and lighting the fuse on an F-bomb.

I got the ‘look’!

All hitched fellas know the ‘look’.

Men reading this will be nodding with raised eyebrows and a silly smirk just now.

Not because Manda is all lady-like and doesn’t approve of swearing at all. She has been known to drop the odd one herself, strangely enough, more frequently since meeting me.

The ‘look’ was followed by a “Phill, we really are going to have to watch our language around Maddy now”.

“OK, yeah,” I said.

All married women know the “OK, yeah”.

It’s a dumb arse (is dumb arse swearing?) auto response used when us blokes know we have stuffed up again, not a major stuff up, but bad enough to get the ‘look’.

We want out of this conversation and away from the ‘look’ as soon as possible.

We think we have smoothed the situation expertly but deep down we know we will probably cause another situation in

the near future. Mainly because we are too busy escaping and smoothing to take on board how we stuffed up in the first place and how to avoid it in the future.

Jeez, (not a swear word) I get off track easy eh?

Maddy is a few weeks off turning two. Strangely enough, she is a pretty good wee talker, must be from her mother’s side.

She is a parrot, who gets the words absolutely bang on that we don’t want her to repeat and make little mistakes with words we do want her saying.

Clock is a prime example of the latter. For some reason, she drops the ‘l’.

Her father, brother, grandfather and uncles find this very amusing.

All women reading this are thinking to themselves – all the dumb-arses in her life.

Talking about her brother, Josh used to do similar when he was a wee bloke. He loved all vehicles especially trucks. For some reason he would drop the ‘t’ and ‘r’ and replace them with a ‘f’ when he was talking about them.

He would get very excited when he saw one, especially a large one. He’d yell with a thrilled tone in his voice, “Look Dad, there’s a big F#@K!” This always seemed loudest when there were plenty of other people in the vicinity.

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I have a great idea! I’ll teach Maddy to say lorry.

Although that sounds a lot like sorry and all us blokes know that women find this almost impossible to say!

All women reading this have probably just dropped the Fbomb!

Till next week, Hoo roo.

Phill Hooper, dumb arse.

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YOUR VIEW St John Well done, Peter Mac on your opinion in this paper yesterday – November 22, 2018.

You have hit the nail directly on the head. Now the rest of Ashburton’s ratepayers need to voice their support and hammer this home.

St John are the one of our lifelines and should be sold this land for $1.00.

Are ADC procrastinating because of losing car parks?

Perhaps creating an easement over this land could accommodate both car parks and St John’s guaranteed access.

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Fonterra plays cool on Tip Top sale Fonterra has declined to be drawn on speculation that its ice cream company Tip Top may be up for sale as the co-operative looks to streamline its operation and reduce its debt.

An Australian newspaper this week said Fonterra is believed to be weighing up a sale of its South American operations, as well as Tip Top, amid a strategic review aimed at boosting its returns.

The paper said investment bank Macquarie Capital has been hired to sell Tip Top, thought to be worth about $400 million.

Goldman Sachs, the bank typically used by Fonterra, is likely to be behind the sale of the South American operation, which could reap the dairy co-operative $1 billion, it said. In an emailed reply to a request for comment from the Herald, a spokesman said it was natural for people to speculate on what Fonterra might do as it does a stocktake of its portfolio.

“We are taking a close look at our current portfolio, including all of the co-operative’s investments, major assets and partnerships against our strategy,” he said.

“This includes a targeted return

on capital and whether there is opportunity to scale them up and grow more value over the next two-three years. This process is well under way,” he said.

“Naturally, people will speculate on what all this could mean,” he said.

“When we are ready, we’ll be open with our people, farmers

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New Zealanders.

Tip Top has had a bewildering number of masters over the decades since it started off as an ice cream parlour in Wellington in 1936.

By 1962, the company’s Mt Wellington plant had become the Southern Hemisphere’s biggest ice cream factory. Two years later,

The market week in review

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and the market about any changes.”

Tip Top, the country’s biggest ice cream maker, rates as a midsized enterprise in the so-called fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) market.

In terms of profile, Tip Top is the envy of the marketing world, with high brand awareness among

Tip Top had expanded and a parent company – General Foods – was formed.

The company went to Goodman Fielder in 1987, Heinz in 1992, West Australia’s Peters and Brownes in 1997, Kiwi Dairy Co in 2000 and finally to the current owner, Fonterra, in 2001.

In South America, Fonterra has substantial assets in the form of its subsidiary Soprole in Chile, and is a significant player in Brazil.

Soprole is Fonterra’s oldest overseas investment and one of its most important, representing more than 25 years of Kiwi involvement in that part of the world.

Fonterra’s strategic review emanates from its 2017/18 net loss of – $196m – the first in its history.

The co-operative’s gearing ratio was up from 44.3 per cent last year to 48.4 per cent – beyond the company’s own comfort levels of 40 to 45 per cent.

Included in the review is Fonterra’s 18.8 per cent holding in China’s Beingmate.

Fonterra’s NZX-listed units last traded at $4.81, down $1.50 or 24 per cent over the last 12 months.

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Australia Canada China Euro Fiji Great Britain Japan Samoa South Africa Thailand United States

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he NZX 50 started the week on the back foot, following sharemarkets around the globe, as concerns of rising interest rates, slowing economic growth and global trade continue to dominate.

It was another busy week on the local corporate front on news Trade Me received a $2.54b private-equity takeover bid, as well as annual meetings from a2 Milk, Fletcher Building, Kathmandu and The Warehouse.

Thursday saw annual net migration fall to its lowest since 2015. For the year ending October, net migration fell to 61,800, down 8900 from October last year. The fall was due to fewer migrants entering the country and a greater number leaving.

Trade Me was the talk of the town after receiving a nonbinding, indicative proposal from Apax Partners, a London based private equity firm, with a takeover bid of $2.54b. The offering of $6.40 a share in cash, represented a 25 per cent premium to its closing price on Tuesday.

The deal is subject to due diligence and Trade Me is open to rival offers before Apax presents its binding bid on December 12.

Following the news, shares soared 16.3 per cent to $5.93, jumping to a new record for the company.

In contrast, Fletcher Building weighed heavily on the index after another earnings downgrade at its annual meeting.

On Wednesday, shares were off 18 per cent for the week, breaking through 2009’s low and at its worst level since 2004.

The embattled construction company expects EBIT before significant items of $630m – $680m. The company also aims

Jeremy Flood ON THE MARKETS

to recommence dividend payments in 2019.

The a2 Milk Company released a strong four-month trading update which was in line with market expectations. The company said it expects revenue growth to continue but at a slightly more moderate rate.

The milk marketer remains one of the top performers in the index, with shares up 30 per cent this year, despite being 25 per cent off its peak in March.

Meanwhile, dairy prices slipped further at the latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction.

The headline index fell 3.5 per cent, which brings the cumulative decline in average pricing to 25 per cent since May. Key product group, whole milk powder, fell 1.8 per cent, its lowest point since August 2016 and is expected to fall further on strong supply. Skim milk powder was down 1.6 per cent, while anhydrous milk fat and butter weighed heavily, falling 9.4 per cent and 9.6 per cent, respectively.

Off the main index, Metro Performance Glass fell to a record low after it said a new entrant is looking to enter the New Zealand glass processing market.

The new entrant is expected to enter the market mid-2020, with a processing plant near Hamilton and will be of similar scale to Metroglass’ Highbrook plant.

Shares plunged 24 per cent

to 64 cents. The same day, the company welcomed a new chief executive, Simon Mander. Metroglass is set to release its half year result on Monday.

US markets also remained volatile as the tech sell-off continued, pushing both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the broader S&P 500 negative for the year. Weak earnings results from major retailers also heightened fears of slowing growth.

Tech’s ‘FAANG’ stocks – Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google (Alphabet) all closed in bear market, down more than 20 per cent from their 52 week highs.

Collectively, the five companies have shed more than $US1 trillion in value. Apple, which accounts for 12 per cent of the Nasdaq Composite and 5 per cent of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, dropped to its lowest level since early May, on concerns of slowing demand for iPhones. It was also reported Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerburg, has adopted a more aggressive managerial style as the company remains under pressure from lawmakers, investors and users.

The technology sector was the best performer in the S&P 500 last year and is the second best performer this year, despite it being down 10 per cent from its 52 week high. Oil prices also remained under pressure this week, with WTI crude down as much as 7 per cent on Tuesday, adding to negative sentiment and causing further weakness across energy companies.

Jeremy Flood works for Craigs Investment Partners.

This article should not be deemed as advice. Disclosure statement available free of charge and on request.

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PX # REC Greyhound Fastest time

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4 1 2

74 Smash Achieiver nwtd 2 M’Lady Sadie nwtd 4237 Crushington nwtd 67277 Blue Sky nwtd 77465 Memphis Jewel nwtd F High Sparrow nwtd Shaw Winner nwtd 55273 Homebush Secret nwtd 74585 Levee Bank nwtd 6576 Chilton Cackle nwtd

12:30PM 1 2 3 4 3 5 1 6 4 7 8 9 10

2

$2,390, C0, 520m

G Cleeve R Wales L Waretini R Wales R Wales R Wales R Wales R Wales G Cleeve R Wales

3

$1,365, C0, 295m

4

J McInerney Hart & Taylor A Lee A Bradshaw M Grant D Roberts S & B Evans J & D Fahey S & B Evans A Bradshaw

SPECTATOR’S BAR & BISTRO STAKES

1:22PM 1 2 2 1 3 4 5 4 6 3 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 3 8 9 10 1 2 4 3 2 4 5 6 7 3 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 7 2 8 9 10

4 3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

7

D Roberts J McInerney Mitchell & Smith J Jopson B Dann A Bradshaw C Roberts J McInerney S & B Evans M Grant

$1,685, C2, 295m

R Casey A Botherway M Grant S & B Evans A Joyce A Lee J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J Jopson

AMBER CLEANING SERVICES SPRINT

8

9

$1,365, C0, 295m

CLARKSON’S SIGN STUDIO DASH

$1,685, C2, 295m

R Blackburn J McInerney J Dunn M Grant R Adcock J McInerney J Jopson R Casey J McInerney A Joyce

SHIRLEY VET CLINIC STAKES

23312 Miss Nina 30.92 54312 Homebush Miles nwtd 62251 Know Equal 30.66 54113 Double Speed 30.53 47313 Luciastar 31.03 16775 Know Other 30.53 11127 Know Pudding 30.68 112X5 Sefton Stan 30.60 76541 Opawa Brad 30.19 77252 Zara Petal 30.52

2:34PM

1 2

6

16163 Neelix 17.34 32441 Mertz 17.49 21162 Forehand Raid 17.66 45747 Ring Clown 17.19 66163 Raylene 17.66 77535 Homebush Scorpio 17.38 73136 Epic Owen 17.48 3X167 Taieri Terra 17.34 47728 Homebush Skip 17.50 77883 Whose He 17.44

2:17PM

4 3

DURASTEEL STRUCTURES PH 033796195 SPRINT

21246 Sparkling Terra 17.12 51767 Call Me Joe 17.44 88275 Cathy Maree 17.17 74124 Goldstar Bryton 17.74 58717 Distinctive Miss 17.50 8F355 Come Sunday 17.35 74148 NippaOfSambucca 17.30 16748 Joe Bonanza nwtd 47728 Homebush Skip 17.50 47686 Sass ’Em Up 17.31

1:57PM

1

R Wales J & D Fahey R Wales A Waretini R Wales G Cleeve R Wales R Wales G Cleeve R Wales

Little Ess Jay nwtd 6522 Always Dizzy nwtd Tonkawa nwtd Big Cod nwtd Mitcham Trudy nwtd 53873 Raptor Attack nwtd 24345 Clausen Jewel nwtd 78576 Dreamy Baxter nwtd 74585 Levee Bank nwtd 68667 Cheer Up Charlie nwtd

1:40PM

1 2 4

5

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

$2,860, C2, 520m

R Adcock J McInerney G Cleeve R Adcock J McInerney G Cleeve G Cleeve J & D Fahey C Steele R Wales

KAISA EARTHWORKS PH 0272073323 DASH

13263 Fiery Fagan 17.29 18553 Cold Affair 17.48 8F256 Epic Mate 17.41 21455 Vasterbottenost 17.47 72452 Lightning Crash nwtd 38861 Chief Doug 17.55 52426 Dusky Brew 17.35 65147 Culvie Jay Dee 17.40 47728 Homebush Skip 17.50

$1,685, C2, 295m

R Casey L Waretini J Jopson A Lee R Adcock J McInerney S & B Evans Hart & Taylor J McInerney

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

12

M Butler J McInerney M Grant G Cleeve R Blackburn J McInerney B Dann R Casey J McInerney A Joyce

ADDINGTON EVENTS CENTRE SPRINT

13

14

$1,685, C2, 295m

A Waretini S & B Evans J Rush J McInerney J McInerney M Grant Hart & Taylor B Dann J McInerney A Joyce

FLAIR SPRINT

$1,450, C1, 295m

L Waretini J McInerney S & B Evans J McInerney J McInerney J McInerney J Dunn K Cassidy A Joyce J Jopson

DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER SPRINT $1,450, C1, 295m

15262 Goldstar Whitey nwtd 55423 Valyrian Steel 17.49 21346 Yi Feng 17.83 F2126 Little Secret nwtd 42643 Shoe Fly 17.47 87437 Homebush Fued 17.42 43144 Gracie Lee nwtd 42431 Business Ethics 17.37 47442 Jealous Affair 18.13 62358 Holly Grace 17.92

4:21PM

3

MURRAY WIGLEY @ RAY WHITE PH021480250 DASH $1,685, C2, 295m

41455 Ohoka Carsen nwtd 24231 Homebush Carl nwtd 35333 Goldstar Charger nwtd 2X211 Sefton Jay nwtd 6P78X Coco Bango 17.27 73264 Jinja Cody 17.41 182 Black Rounder 17.65 63322 Venetia 17.46 16638 Step Inside Love 17.74 77544 Wong Box 17.48

4:02PM 1 2 3 2 4 5 6 7 1 8 9 10

11

J McInerney R Wales J McInerney J McInerney G Cleeve S & B Evans G Cleeve G Cleeve J McInerney G Cleeve

43568 Ohoka Magic 17.45 31634 Goldstar Galaxie 17.66 78517 Idol Georgie 17.31 77757 Half Silver Fern 17.39 88446 Nippa Martino 17.49 61743 Smash Rebel 17.59 66662 Culvie Lass 17.33 56273 Dahteste 17.24 47728 Homebush Skip 17.50 77883 Whose He 17.44

3:46PM 1 2 4 3 1 4 5 6 2 7 8 9 10

$3,210, C0d, 645m

41735 Feral Kaiaka 17.63 31321 Reign Of Fire 17.65 31627 Rion King 17.45 68145 Cee Ash 17.60 15214 High Violet 17.40 55187 Chunk nwtd 14685 Dunk It 17.40 33618 Okuku Billy 17.48 47728 Homebush Skip 17.50 F5848 Jinja Cream Fizz 17.27

3:28PM

4 $2,390, C0, 520m 3

1 8 Our Sadie nwtd 2 Gem nwtd 3 44 Opawa Flash nwtd 4 36484 Haze Adams nwtd 2 5 Opawa Queen nwtd 6 42653 Know Cause nwtd 3 7 2 Opawa Lyn nwtd 8 6X Opawa Kong nwtd 9 78 Know Charisma nwtd 10 5748X Go Ladybird nwtd

4 1

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

10

45648 Paris Global nwtd 32646 Go Belle nwtd 18787 Gotcha Rocky nwtd 68682 Forbury Flyer nwtd 23148 Know Talent nwtd 38372 Kiacatoo Fever nwtd X6812 Know Flare nwtd 34474 Classy Witch nwtd 45366 Cosmic Stu nwtd 77756 Know Courtesy nwtd

3:12PM

CHRIS & LISA EARL SPRINT 3

7883 Mitcham Doug nwtd F7X Double Change nwtd 23245 Every Minute nwtd 548X Mohican Run nwtd 5 Smash Out nwtd Rainy River nwtd 433X4 Goldstar Mika nwtd 3 Cry Lonely nwtd 74585 Levee Bank nwtd 587 Black Mags nwtd

1:05PM

M Grant A Bradshaw J Dunn Hart & Taylor C Roberts A Bradshaw J Jopson J McInerney S & B Evans D Roberts

POWER FARMING CANTERBURY STAKES

Know Legend nwtd 7 Our Simba nwtd 54354 Heated Threat nwtd Duke Bruce nwtd 53234 Zara Fab nwtd Opawa Magic nwtd 42357 Opawa Jane nwtd Opawa Hypo nwtd 466 Absent nwtd 88658 Opawa Pauline nwtd

12:47PM 1 2 2 3 3 4 5 6 4 7 1 8 9 10

2

$1,365, C0, 295m Trainer

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

C Steele

MY BRO FABIO DISTANCE

S & B Evans J McInerney J McInerney L Waretini J Jopson J McInerney J McInerney J Dunn L Waretini M Grant

15

LIVAMOL DASH

45225 Ohoka Tess nwtd 63324 Verbena 17.52 12616 Homebush Mikey 17.81 62163 Cisco Reign 17.77 13811 Shaw Lee 17.54 54235 Zefside 17.74 52412 Goldstar Alaska nwtd 33452 Black Dan 17.60 25638 Little Lozza 17.93 71764 Goldstar Liberty 17.55

$1,450, C1, 295m

A Waretini K Cassidy J McInerney L Waretini J Jopson J McInerney S & B Evans J McInerney J McInerney J Jopson

c M6

Today at New Plymouth

November 23

Track Information Type: Grass; Expected: Dead; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1600m; Straight: 375m; Rail: Out 9m; Weather: Mainly Fine

1

2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9 2-3-4-5, 6-7-8-9 4-5-6-7-8-9 C & C AUTOS MAIDEN

PX # REC Horse (Barrier) kg Trainer

$10,000, MDN, 1800m Jockey

1 77X52 Waisake (14) 58.5 A Sharrock 1 S Collett 2 734 Caballero (4) 58.5 Baker/Forsman M Cameron 3 98580. Cool Belt (3) 58.5 M & K Murdoch D Danis (a3) 2 4 56X26 Cameo (8) 56.5 F Auret L Allpress 5 37367 Jayperno (6) 56.5 T Egan L Hemi 6 86583 Reflection (7) 56.5 R Manning C Johnson 4 7 75349 Black Anasta (12) 56.5 P Pascoe W Pinn (a3) 8 X2400 Great North Road (9) 56.5 A Parkes H Parkes (a4) 9 Nocturnal SCRATCHED 10 7X0X4 Special Light (10) 56.5 T Pike 11 705 Falakros (2) 56.5 D Parry T Johnson 12 Fantasy Flight (5) 56.5 K Myers R Myers 13 9. Chasing The Crown (13) 56.5 K Buttimore 14 Court Mistress (16) 56.5 J Bell A Goindasamy (a4) 0 15 766X0. Shockalit (15) 56.5 K Little S O'Malley (a4) 0 16 82780 Capellani (11) 57 TeamRogerson R Elliot (a1) 0 17 8 Fiftyshadesdarker (1) 56.5 A Clement

3 1

3:19PM 602

OPT

2

WESTERN FIRST NATIONAL MAIDEN

$10,000, MDN, 1600m

1 343X3 Ocean Ruler (1) 58.5 G Hennessy 2 68X42 Collinstreet (5) 58.5 A Sharrock 1 3 83487 Acre (8) 58.5 G Cameron 4 3740X Prince Oberyn (3) 58.5 E & JJ Rayner 5 Mr Likeable (6) 58.5 T Pike 4 6 Password (12) 58.5 H Wilson 7 6 Jin Chi Phantom (11) 57 Baker/Forsman 8 633X5 Swift Saoirse (14) 56.5 C Cromarty 9 X3504 Viva Lilli (4) 56.5 W Bolton 1 10 80X00. Neon Light (17) 56.5 J Bell

2 1 3

J Fawcett (a2) S Collett A Jones C Johnson W Pinn (a3) S O'Malley (a4) M Cameron S McKay R Elliot (a1) D Prastiyou

00X50 Incognito (2) 56.5 I Marks D Danis (a3) Dodgy Khapers SCRATCHED 8 Fiftyshadesdarker (10) 56.5 A Clement T Johnson 8X Wonder Rulethemall (7) 56.5 K Myers Z Moki (a3) Mangaroa Ripper SCRATCHED 079 Hi I’m Nikkita (16) 55 G McBeth 1 99X00 Mr Jimmy Pocket (13) 58.5 T Keegan 0434 Let Me Tell Ya (9) 55 S Marsh 300X4 Diamondsandbubbles (15) 56.5 M & K Murdoch

3:54PM 603

OPT

1 2 3 4

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

3

GIRLS GO RACING 1000 R65

$10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1000m

3337X High Distinction (6) 59.5 C Cole 6836X Confessional (3) 58 TeamRogerson 3X1 Rose Bowl (7) 57 R Manning 64X17 Arabica (5) 56.5 A Sharrock 1 9410X Expedition (8) 56.5 P Stevens 78X65 Dreams Of Platinum (2) 56 L Latta 2488X Fascino Lass (1) 55.5 R Patterson 1 0X790 Deja Roo (4) 54 C Bothwell

4:29PM 604

OPT

4

S Collett R Elliot (a1) L Allpress D Danis (a3) T Yanagida (a3) L Hemi W Pinn (a3) C Johnson

ANTON MORA & SON PAINTER MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1100m

1 242X2. Darci Palmer (5) 58.5 S Marsh 2 3252X Stumpy (9) 58.5 K Gray 3 The Matrix 4 Outlander 5 6 Miraculous (16) 57 C Dravitzki 6 Painless (12) 57 N Marshall 4 7 2X44X Craggy Range (4) 56.5 S Autridge 8 3326X Piriwai (14) 56.5 C Bothwell 9 La Landonne 10 X5X75 Spinnaker Bay (13) 56.5 S Autridge 11 Jenna (6) 56.5 S Walsh 12 5X Together (8) 56.5 J Richards 13 65X7X Come Dance With Me (7) 56.5 R Manning 1 14 3X Red Forest (15) 55 M Paewai 0 15 Excuse My Hotness (2) 55 A Sharrock 1 0 16 La Feelya (1) 55 A Sharrock 1 17 Sabatica 0 18 7X0X7. Hingis (11) 56.5 TeamRogerson 0 19 0007X Waaseem (10) 58.5 K Buttimore 0 20 Lady Blue (3) 55 Baker/Forsman

2 3

5:04PM OPT 605

5

5:39PM OPT 606

6

$10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m

1 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 4 9 3 10 11 12 13 14 15 0 16 17 18 19 20

7

$10,000, MDN 3YO, 1400m

8

7:21PM OPT 609

3

1 2 3 4 5

9

Today at Ascot Park

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES PLACE 6 3:38PM OPT 801

1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

2

1 4 3

2

4:43PM OPT 803

3

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

2 4 3 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1 3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

02X36 Percy’s Gem (15) 59 P Pascoe 07878 Nitro Ted (12) 58.5 P Pascoe 2200X Epae Road (14) 58 J Bell 481 Roc Ya Sox (5) 57.5 J Wheeler 1 2X800 Star Quality (4) 57.5 S Walsh

L Hemi L Satherley W Pinn (a3) L Allpress C O'Beirne (a3)

R Allen K McNaught (J) N Williamson T Robertson E Barron (J) K Barclay A Armour A Beck B Norman4

BETTOR’S DELIGHT STANDING PACE 3

$8,000, NON-WINNERS, 2200m

E Barron (J) S Ottley2 B Barclay1 B Orange S Walkinshaw N Williamson A Milne K Larsen A Beck B McLellan G Smith4

3

AMERICAN IDEAL NUGGET FINAL MOBILE PACE 2 $12,000, 3YO+ R60., 2200m

60X01 Raffy Roo (1) D Baynes 0X013 Excellent (2) Barclay/Ellis 545X1 Bottle Rock (3) R Ferguson 40041 Give Him A Chance (4) S Walkinshaw 16 Honor And Glory (5) L Pearson 11 Rockabilly Blues (6) K & J Price 922 Flaming Jim (u1) H Hunter Barrier

A Beck1 K Barclay C Ferguson S Walkinshaw B Barclay N Williamson M Williamson

4 JOHN DEVLIN MEMORIAL INVITED DRIVERS MOBILE PACE 21 $9,000, 4YO+ R40-R49. INV.D, 2200m

X5128 RnR Windermere (1) J Tither X6259 Sheezus (2) T Stratford 43333 El Capitan (3) B Gray 81422 My Georgie Boy (4) P Hunter 098X7 Von Richthofen (5) R Gutsell 62615 El Dinero (6) R Wilson 0X799 Glacier Coaster (7) A Paisley 0X200 Macandrew Majic (8) Barclay/Ellis Barrier

9 69887 Bold Ruler (21) P Hunter 10 00X88 Rahuri Badlands (22) W Bryant

B Orange R May B Williamson4 G Smith3 B Barclay S Ottley T Williams M Williamson N Williamson C Ferguson

5:46PM 805

5

6:20PM 806

6 SWEET LOU FULL & CLOSED ‘TY BREEDERS’ MOBILE PCE 2

OPT

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

PEGASUS SPUR ‘SIRE OF SPEEDING SPUR’ HCP TROT 2

$10,000, 4YO+ R40-R63 SpecHcp INV.D, 2700m

160X8 Robbie Royale (1) B Norman 14X04 Riteur (2) P Williamson 7X000 Glendhu Gem (3) B Norman 94699 Taimate Raffa (4) R & E Drake 43341 Shona Mary (5) B Norman 95315 Our Gracie (u1) P Williamson 55268 Dusky Eyre (1) R Allen 33002 Spotlight The Valley (2) R Wilson 48666 Grace O’Malley (3) C Thomas 0X222 Majestic Man (4) P Williamson 3210X Zoned Scarlett (5) B Williamson 781X0 War Admiral (6) T Stratford

3 4

8 Kagee VC 9 04056 Annie Fitz (21) R Wilson

49069 Veneto (1) E Swain 46497 The Red Robber (2) T Stratford 76421 The Night Hawk (3) S Breen 87334 Rake (4) K Adams X0005 Lady’s Lass (5) T Robertson 78707 Franco June (6) R Wilson 09X83 Nightmarch (7) M Kerr Barrier

6:55PM 807

OPT

1 3 2

4

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

3 2

1 2 3 4 5 6

SCRATCHED2 C Ferguson

$10,000, 4YO+ R51-R53. INV.D, 2200m

623X3 Jody Direen (1) T Stratford 2230X Triroyale Brigade (2) N Williamson 50X94 First Son (3) S Matheson 640X0 Santanna’s Rocket (4) S Breen 49425 Shelby Bromac (5) A Beck 53X47 Dachy (6) I Goodman 21566 Dallas Grimes (7) M G Brown 1440X Repartee (8) K & J Price Barrier

7:29PM 808

E Swain4 T Williams1 B Williamson S Ottley T Robertson B Orange R Swain

7 HIGHVIEW TOMMY ‘EXCEPTIONAL VALUE’ MOBILE PACE 1

9 5X192 Stay Aboard (21) M G Brown 10 1X707 Harrydahorse (u1) M G Brown

OPT

J Curtin G Smith4 T Williams M Williamson1 B Williamson B Orange3 B Barclay C Ferguson A Beck N Williamson R May S Ottley3

$8,000, R40-R47., 2200m

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

$10,000, MDN, 1400m

CHRISTMAS @ THE RACES DEC 6TH R65

3

2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9 2-3-4-5, 6-7-8-9 4-5-6-7-8-9 WHAT THE HILL ‘NEW TO WOODLANDS’ STANDING TROT

8X707 King Eros (1) S Matheson 05094 Romy Franco (2) B Norman 30004 Bound To Be Bettor (3) N Williamson 008X6 Tad Lincoln (4) J Earl 67477 Razcal Alley (5) D McLachlan 7 Ambassador (6) N Williamson 000X8 It’s A Laugh (7) A Milne 76499 Last Harah (8) L Wilson 65685 American Mac (9) A Beck 49736 Ay Boy (10) B McLellan 3 Tairlaw Toll (11) B Shirley

5:15PM OPT 804

2 LANDMARK HOMES MAIDEN 1

$10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1800m

1

November 23

X2905 Count Eyre (1) R Allen 39287 The Power Broker (2) A Paisley 70767 Pegasus Hanover (3) O Lawrence 60309 Spur Me On Gently (u1) T Robertson 30888 Kiwi Heir (u2) C Barron 0097X Somethings Burning (u3) Barclay/Ellis 0X00 Moment Of Glory (u4) W Bryant 5595 Helluva Way (u5) A Paisley 0X6 Whatwillbeewillbee (u6) B Norman

4:08PM 802

OPT

L Satherley D Danis (a3) C Johnson S Collett SCRATCHED

C O'Beirne (a3) SCRATCHED T Allan L Allpress C Johnson Z Moki (a3) T Johnson SCRATCHED L Hemi S O'Malley (a4) W Pinn (a3) S Collett R Elliot (a1) S McKay SCRATCHED SCRATCHED SCRATCHED SCRATCHED SCRATCHED

M Cameron C Johnson4 T Johnson2 SCRATCHED

$8,000, NON-WINNERS 3YO+, 2700m PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer Driver

2 4

L Satherley T Johnson SCRATCHED M Cameron SCRATCHED SCRATCHED SCRATCHED SCRATCHED

R Elliot (a1)1 S Collett J Fawcett (a2) T Yanagida (a3)4

Track Information Type: All weather; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1029m; Weather: Fine

T Johnson R Elliot (a1) L Allpress S McKay R Myers M Cameron W Pinn (a3) L Hemi SCRATCHED

R Myers W Pinn (a3) L Allpress D Prastiyou T Yanagida (a3) A Jones C Johnson S O'Malley (a4) S McKay S Collett L Hemi

261 Italian Lover (13) 57 F Auret 73279 Alvins Dream (3) 57 M Forbes 00941 Tunzagutz (16) 56.5 D Hollinshead 08387 Shockwave (10) 56.5 M & K Murdoch 70X32 Firefly (11) 56 S Marsh 731X9 Off With Her Head (8) 56 T Bliss 13X80 Princess Origami (7) 56 Baker/Forsman X1807 Remarx (9) 56 J Wheeler 1 950X0 King’s Vee (6) 55.5 A Sharrock 1 Matauri 09X08 Wynthorpe (1) 55 A Soffe 1 04571 Bella Blue (2) 57 R Manning

b M8 Invercargill Harness

STELLA ARTOIS MAIDEN

1 75X63 Rio Star (5) 58.5 B McDermott 2 Noble Star 2 3 357X Heineken Hank (4) 58.5 K Gray 4 0374X Off The Grid (2) 58.5 R Manning 5 876X0. Thutmosis (8) 58.5 E & JJ Rayner 6 0XP Habit My Way (11) 58.5 A Clement 4 7 4 Dezella (3) 56.5 R Patterson 1 8 Mangaroa Diva 9 8X065 Midnight Poetry (13) 56.5 T Keegan 10 4800X Candy Belt (7) 56.5 P Moseley 11 9 Here We Go (10) 56.5 I Adams 1 1 12 3 Gocara (12) 55 D Hollinshead 13 0X548 Spring Blossom (9) 55 W Bolton 1 14 7 Spring Bouquet (1) 55 T Pike 15 Enduring Love 16 Western Girl 17 Incognito 18 Spring Delight 19 Savy Yong Blonk 0 20 Luminous (6) 55 J Richards

3

6 7 8 9 1 10 11 12 13 2 14 15 0 16 0 17

4

$10,000, MDN, 1400m

32 Nirvana (10) 58.5 J Lupton 0X28. Spancilhill (8) 58.5 M Forbes 4. Hinchin Power (14) 58.5 Baker/Forsman 848X6 Unnameable (11) 58.5 J Bell 0X Torched (2) 58.5 K Buttimore Kiwi Ace (6) 58.5 G Cameron 0X Tonsberg (5) 58.5 D Parry 0700X Two Eye (3) 58.5 N Quinn 6. Operator (12) 57 T Pike 43 Austria (15) 56.5 A Sharrock 1 94384 Balanto (7) 56.5 K Little 8X44 Damesel (4) 56.5 S Marsh 5 Midnight Shocka (1) 56.5 T Keegan 7X0 Starry Shiraz (13) 56.5 R Buchanan Enduring Love 4 Western Girl (9) 55 Baker/Forsman Incognito Spring Delight Savy Yong Blonk Luminous

6:46PM OPT 608

R Elliot (a1) M Cameron J Fawcett (a2) S Collett L Allpress W Pinn (a3) T Johnson Z Moki (a3) L Hemi D Danis (a3)

ECOLAB MAIDEN

1 4X Platinum Invador (13) 57.5 L Latta 4 2 Camping (1) 57.5 M Forbes 3 Monkey Shoulder (12) 57.5 A Sharrock 1 4 X7956 Makabar (5) 57.5 TeamRogerson 3 5 29622 Exemplar (10) 55.5 S Marsh 1 6 32 Espresso Martini (9) 55.5 Baker/Forsman 2 7 2. Aratoka (4) 55.5 I Adams 1 8 X3772. Dancing Delight (3) 55.5 N Marshall 9 Queen Of Diamonds 10 74 Enduring Love (8) 55.5 J Richards 11 Flying Meg (11) 55.5 T Keegan 12 87X7 If We Meet Again (7) 55.5 I Marks 13 Nod (14) 55.5 C Bothwell 14 Schist (15) 55.5 A Sharrock 1 15 Elevenbee 0 16 Savy Yong Blonk (2) 55.5 J Richards 0 17 Luminous (6) 55.5 J Richards

6:11PM OPT 607

R Myers T Allan SCRATCHED SCRATCHED D Hirini (a2) L Hemi S McKay C Johnson SCRATCHED T Newman (a3) C O'Beirne (a3) L Allpress M Cameron T Johnson W Pinn (a3) S Collett SCRATCHED H Parkes (a4)

REVITAL FERTILISERS 1400 R65

1 98762 Straight Sets (8) 59 TeamRogerson 2 019X Swiss Haze (10) 58.5 R Manning 1 3 105X3. Whenharrymetsaddle (1) 58.5 B Revell 1 4 7X920 Field Of Fire (6) 58 A Sharrock 1 3 5 17X69 Desano (3) 57.5 F Auret 6 3534X Eye’s Wide Open (9) 57 A Sharrock 1 2 7 8416X Pownce (2) 57 R Patterson 1 8 60X98 Ichiban (4) 56 TeamRogerson 4 9 846X6 Mikjene (7) 56 T Keegan 10 63000 Destiny One (5) 55 K Buttimore

1

New Plymouth Races

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES PLACE 6 2:41PM OPT 601

11 12 13 14 15 0 16 0 17 0 18 0 19

Compiled by

8

G Smith N Williamson3 B Barclay A Beck4 M Williamson T Williams B Orange J Curtin C Ferguson1 R May

DOWNBYTHESEASIDE ‘NEW TO WOODLANDS’ PACE 2 $11,000, 4YO+ R55-R77. INV.D, 2200m 3

20534 Franco Huntington (1) D McLachlan 66825 Jabali (2) R Hope 50X23 Convair Hustler (3) B Gray 21158 Mr Kiwi (4) B Gray 05164 Unloaded (5) P Hunter 27637 Delight My Soul (6) S Baucke

J Curtin B Williamson A Beck4 N Williamson M Williamson S Ottley

GUARDIAN

1

7 143X0 Especial (7) T Stratford 8 31122 Franco Santino (8) N Williamson

T Williams B Barclay

Barrier

9 7X547 Sagwitch (21) S Breen

G Smith B Orange

4 10 3X121 Mr Handleman (22) B Williamson 7:57PM OPT 809

4 2

1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9

WOODLANDS STUD ‘SUPPORTS SBSR’ F&M MOBILE PACE

$8,000, NON-WINNERS 3YO+ F&M., 2200m

43P Shuzi (1) B Shirley 44X25 Allaboutdreams (2) B Gray 0 Kotiro (3) C Barron 579 Tuapeka Light (4) C Barron 30900 Ideal Asset (5) S Baucke 08763 Hans Ideal (6) R Wilson 0X Jaffie J (7) D McLachlan 0X228 April Rose (8) G Smith

N Williamson B Barclay B Orange E Barron (J) S Ottley C Ferguson S Walkinshaw G Smith

9 0P70 Bronte Lindenny (21) R Swain

R Swain T Williams C Lee A Milne SCRATCHED

Barrier

3 10 700X5 Bella Sara (22) W Adams

11 9X994 Myrcella (23) G & C Lee 12 X5098 Gotta B Awinner (24) A Milne 13 Fiery Scribe

d M9 Whanganui Dogs

November 23

Weather: Fine

4:17PM

1

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 2-3-4-5, 9-10-11-12 7-8-9-10-11-12 ABSOLUTELY ELECTRICAL C2

$1,685, C2, 305m Trainer

PX # REC Greyhound Fastest time 1 2 3 4 2 5 1 6 7 8 9 10

4 3

15F24 Cool Wolf 17.86 31333 Homebush Belle 17.82 11343 Mitcham Moody 18.16 24115 White Comet 17.83 72X21 Bigtime Bronx 17.66 43422 King’s Call 17.48 35632 Jericho Warrior 17.91 76321 Culvie Den 17.80 76713 Kaytee Gibbs 17.79 12743 Let’s Go Sprite 17.65

4:34PM 1 2 3 4 1 5 6 7 8 9 10

4 3 2

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

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

2 4 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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

2 3 4

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

5

$2,135, C3f, 305m

N Udy G & S Fredrickson M Flipp J & D Bell L Cole J McInerney J McInerney M Roberts N Udy L Cole

$2,860, C2, 520m

L Cole J & D Bell M Goodier S Kite J & D Bell L Cole M Olden L Cole J McInerney B Mitchell

PALAMOUNTAINS SCIENTIFIC NUTRITION C4/5

6

7

B Hodgson N Udy L Cole M Roberts N Udy M Flipp B Mitchell M Flipp Howe & Woods N Udy

ADEPT ACCOUNTANTS C2

71325 Thrilling Eddie 30.13 64823 Bigtime Mike 30.42 61663 Dyna Vernon 30.36 76648 Iris Allen 30.51 43121 Allen Mack 30.10 12458 Sub Eighteen 30.50 58334 Bigtime Fred 30.29 54811 It’s A Threat 30.80 43775 Bigtime Kate 30.43 6468X Zou Star nwtd

7:14PM

1

4

43334 Bigtime Blackie 17.48 78457 Rapper Tilly 17.73 81762 Bigtime Victory 17.53 21618 Bigtime Charlie 17.56 71713 Cawbourne Mezza 17.41 11311 Sir Duggie 17.35 7353X Zoie Willow 17.30 71266 Bigtime Eve 17.47 46858 Hip Hop Rapper 17.49

6:40PM

2

3

$2,605, C1f, 520m

J P PRINT PETONE C3 FINAL

11245 Bigtime Leads 30.61 45F27 Cawbourne Ridge 30.38 56168 Rose And Crown 30.55 23333 Rowdy Ruby 30.42 31364 Opawa Henry nwtd 14143 Bigtime Talker 30.20 11148 Cossie Cooper 30.37 21122 Bigtime Rod 30.39 68463 Gunnar Blueblood 30.18 57356 Tuff Knight 30.37

6:05PM

3

WHANGANUI CHRONICLE C1 FINAL

22333 Bacon My Heart 17.79 83771 Bigtime Steve 17.70 21224 Go Ash 17.61 36173 Polly The Dolly 17.71 11522 Bigtime Hunter 17.58 16641 Nippa-A-Spot 17.82 73761 Macey Baxter 17.88 33852 Cawbourne Cruz 17.56 14723 Opawa Bear 17.77 22342 Bigtime Doug 17.28

5:31PM

2

D Donlon J McInerney J McInerney D Donlon G & S Fredrickson R Waite R Waite L Bell M Flipp G & S Fredrickson

72126 Midnight Molly 30.63 76742 Opawa Denise 30.46 23116 Bigtime Kiss 30.56 66415 Cawbourne Zulu 30.56 53421 Opawa Mine 30.42 23251 Opawa Plum 31.03 38582 Tuff Jewel nwtd 75723 Lucky James 30.59 37367 Bigtime Forecast 30.41 44235 Go Show 31.45

4:59PM

2 1

2

34212 Dark Syrah 17.77 24521 Homebush Minnie 17.61 715X8 Midsomer Magic nwtd 71644 Opawa Lyon 17.53 24288 Thunderation 17.48 F3328 Lunch Special 17.99 84748 Hard Merch 17.47 71876 Bigtime Michelle nwtd 46858 Hip Hop Rapper 17.49

7:49PM 1 2 3 4 2 5 3 6 7 4 8 9 10

1

8:21PM

1 4 3 2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

$2,860, C4/5, 305m

L Cole S Kite L Cole M Gowan J & D Bell L Cole J & D Bell L Cole B Marsh

THE ROCK 95.2FM C3

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

4

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

FIRST SECURITY C4

$2,390, C4, 305m

R Waite J McInerney E Duganzich N Udy G & S Fredrickson L Cole G & S Fredrickson L Cole B Marsh

L Cole E Duganzich E Duganzich L Cole B Marsh A Turnwald M Flipp L Cole E Duganzich A Turnwald

9

WANGANUI TOYOTA C4 FINAL

$2,490, C4f, 305m

10

A Turnwald M Gowan W Kite L Cole D P Symes L Cole Kettlewell & Phillips S Lozell G & S Fredrickson Kettlewell & Phillips

$4,735, C4/5, 520m

M Roberts L Cole L Cole A Turnwald L Cole L Cole L Cole L Cole L Cole L Cole

11

HATRICK DASH C3

12

M Flipp L Cole G & S Fredrickson N Udy L Cole B Hunt Kettlewell & Phillips A Turnwald J McInerney Kettlewell & Phillips

BOOK YOUR FUNCTION @ HATRICK C3 $2,035, C3, 305m

5X268 Agent Anna 17.94 57511 Celestial Action 17.53 22355 Running Freer 17.72 52565 Missing Allegro 17.62 11111 Kathlee 17.84 14723 Opawa Bear 17.77 43388 Renegade Comet 17.72 46255 Bigtime Sienna 17.74 37874 Sozin’s Noir 17.71 18866 Ivanhov 17.71

S Stone J Hunt M Olden G & S Fredrickson L Cole N Udy M Flipp L Cole J McInerney Kettlewell & Phillips

Today at Alexandra Park

November 23

Track Information Type: All weather; Direction: Right-handed; Length: 1006m; Weather: Few Showers

5:56PM OPT 501

1

1

4 3

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

4

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

6:30PM OPT 502

3 2

1

2

GRAND PARK MOBILE PACE

$12,000, NON-WINNERS 3YO+., 2200m

1 Our Sequel (1) T Herlihy 2 Wet My Whistle (2) R Dunn 3 The Notorious One (3) Hollis/Robertson 4 Ozzy’s Nightmare (4) J Young 5 67 Vespa (5) T Vince 6 04 Red Atom (6) S Reid 7 09890 Yshadowme (7) B & G Hughes Barrier

4

8 9

7:05PM OPT 503

E Cat 6 The Batmobile (21) T Vince

3

T Herlihy B Mangos L Hollis S Abernethy J Stormont J MacKinnon (J) E Isherwood (J) SCRATCHED A Poutama

BRECKON FARMS HANDICAP TROT

$17,000, R55-R85 DiscrHcp, 2200m

1 16099 Phoebe Gem (1) D & C McGowan 2 93588 Tereskova (2) L Chin 3 09X11 Dauntless (3) Ted & Brett Edwards 4 71018 Whips N Spurs (u1) D Balle 5 22253 Alta Venetia (u2) I Moody 4 6 92P5X Girls On Film (1) J & J Dickie 7 65598 Charlemagne (2) C Butler 8 51370 Makarewa Jake (3) Wallis/Hackett 1 9 PX428 Majestic Ali (u1) Wallis/Hackett 2 10 D2466 Mr Good And Evil (1) Wallis/Hackett 3 11 44656 The Hulk (u1) A Matthews 12 79X78 Sertorius (u2) J & J Dickie 13 War Machine

T Hanara (J) L Chin Z Butcher D Balle A Poutama J I Dickie K Marshall T Cameron T Mitchell T Macfarlane J Abernethy S Lawson SCRATCHED

T Cameron Z Butcher T Macfarlane A Poutama J MacKinnon (J) SCRATCHED J Abernethy T Herlihy

Barrier

73564 Will Take Charge (21) D & C McGowan 92711 The Lone Ranger (22) S Telfer X7827 Red Magic (23) R Hughes 91412 Baquero (u1) A Donnelly

5

4

3 1

2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

MICO DESIGN MOBILE PACE

J Stormont P Ferguson J Abernethy B Mangos S Abernethy T Herlihy T Macfarlane D Butcher

Barrier

1 2 3 4 3 5 6 7 8 9 4 10 11 1 12 13 14

1

$17,000, R69-R93., 1700m

Barrier

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

7

ASHCROFT HOMES TROT $14,500, 3YO+ R40-

8

SMITH & PARTNERS LAWYERS MOBILE PACE

R54,R53-R55 W/C SpecHcp, 2200m

Barrier

4 9 2 10

48288 Spirit Of Love (21) M Collins 70977 Atom Hanover (22) D Iremonger 11 49574 Got A Beauty (23) P Fensom 12 02062 Rainbow Wiri (24) A Matthews 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

9

G Martin A Poutama J MacKinnon (J) J Stormont B Mangos K Marshall Z Butcher J I Dickie T Macfarlane S Phelan S Cornwall T Mitchell SCRATCHED J Abernethy

$14,500, R49., 2700m

22913 Whitehaven Beach (1) C Smith 46947 M T Pockets (2) T Vince 04372 The Persuader (3) T Vince 3X980 Knights Desire (4) R Hughes 50404 Capital Plan (5) D Blakemore 76265 Eyesdown And Looking (6) P Screen 07869 Redmaro (7) C Wigg 40350 Russian Alsu (8) M Collins

10:10PM OPT 509

J Stormont S Phelan SCRATCHED K Marshall T Herlihy Z Butcher D Butcher A Poutama J I Dickie

37673 Danke (1) G Martin 0P902 Kai Time (2) A Poutama 24436 Prince George (3) J MacKinnon X6425 Sunny Pegasus (4) J Stormont 33331 Thatgirltrouble (5) B Mangos 05X32 Westy Boyz (6) C Wigg 08070 Cool Son (u1) E Rowden 54X19 Kratos (u2) J & J Dickie 809X0 Cyclone Joe Parker (u3) T Macfarlane 02154 As Free As Air (u4) R Paynter 06656 Our Rosa (1) S Cornwall 24332 Red Castleton (2) Wallis/Hackett Luck Of The Moment 31822 Grenado (u1) J Abernethy

9:40PM OPT 508

Z Butcher J I Dickie S Phelan

KINGHITTER SERIES MOBILE PACE

9 X1263 Mach Shard (21) B Purdon

2

3

6

26414 Red Reactor (1) M McKendry 9X981 Patanjali (2) A Donnelly Tennyson Bromac 6796X My Generation (3) D Balle 11811 Somethingaboutmary (4) T Herlihy 14X51 On The Cards (5) B Purdon 1124X Step Up (6) S Telfer 61388 Northview Hustler (7) R Green

9:10PM OPT 507

T Mitchell D Butcher K Marshall S Phelan

$14,500, 3YO+ R51-R57., 2200m

95963 Shanway (1) M McKendry 43443 Bit Of A Tiger (2) P Turner 9321 The Blue Beat (3) A Matthews 43X63 Ideal Holiday (4) B & G Hughes 2X462 Best Western (5) J Young 4515 Blazen River (6) T Herlihy 7X641 Cheesy Fingers (7) B & G Hughes 50548 Trojan Banner (8) R Green

8:40PM OPT 506

NEW YEARS EVE AT ALEX PARK TROT $12,000, NON-

S Lawson T Mitchell N Chilcott S Phelan F Schumacher (J) J Stormont L Whittaker (J,Cl) S Abernethy L Chin J Abernethy T Herlihy T Macfarlane

JACOBSEN HEADSTONES MOBILE PACE

$14,500, 3YO+ R58-R66., 2200m

3 9 1 Belle Of Montana (21) B Purdon 2 10 31X41 Ideal Star (22) J & J Dickie 1 11 3347X Supreme Dominator (23) B Purdon

3 1

47549 Mackerelli (1) M Hjalmarsson 54432 Stow (2) Wallis/Hackett Dreamkeeper (3) N Chilcott 3395 Just Ricky (4) M Pemberton 76940 Speedy Lavros (1) S Argue X4723 I’m Just Awesome (1) J Stormont 23168 Madaboy (2) N Chilcott X6557 Caroline Wozniacki (3) J Abernethy 08179 Savitskaya (u1) L Chin X6579 Littlebitoflove (u2) J Abernethy 000X9 Jaccka Josh (u3) Wallis/Hackett 69098 Mass Destruction (u4) Wallis/Hackett

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

4

12051 Power Dreaming (1) T Herlihy 2143X Havtime (2) B Purdon 91732 Comic Book Hero (3) R Darby 32339 Recco Lover (4) R Green 66X52 Parker (5) S Telfer Make Way 16865 Edamfast (6) A Matthews 11X Revolver (7) T Herlihy

8:12PM 505

OPT

2 WINNERS & Up-R48 W/C SpecHcp, 2700m PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer Driver 4 2 3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 2 12

$2,035, C3, 305m

48476 Cawbourne Stick 17.54 22342 Bigtime Doug 17.28 11118 Queen Big League 17.61 16837 Not Shackley 17.86 67375 Bigtime Kylie 17.82 16531 De Blonde 17.78 61875 Alamein Stryda 17.74 11667 Fantastic Teddy 17.69 37874 Sozin’s Noir 17.71 18866 Ivanhov 17.71

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES PLACE 6

7:40PM 504

OPT

CHRISTMAS AT THE RACES HERE DECEMBER C4/5

b M5 Alexandra Park Harness

$3,325, C3, 520m

J & D Bell L Cole M Roberts A Turnwald M Roberts L Cole L Cole A Turnwald L Cole L Cole

$4,030, C4, 520m

13414 Gray Bale 30.23 43482 Bigtime Caleb 30.15 11331 Blazin’ Audrey 29.99 53246 Nature’s Gent 29.68 12415 Trojan Hoarse 30.38 64313 Blazin’ Carter 29.83 71538 Bigtime Forest 30.20 53373 Bigtime Lily 30.18 68742 Bigtime Wendle 30.10 41777 Ask King Jeff 29.97

9:49PM

3

LIQUOURLAND WANGANUI C4

45711 Mila Mila 17.50 36884 Butterball 17.59 14572 Al’s Apprentice 17.59 76631 Bigtime Lucy 17.55 14363 Bigtime Roll 17.65 51127 Podium Phobia 17.66 83224 Alamein Lady 17.79 63513 Fantastic Amy 17.67 52565 Missing Allegro 17.62 61875 Alamein Stryda 17.74

9:19PM

2 1 3

8

11163 Don’t Knocka Gee 29.86 16227 All About Space 30.13 44F11 Tuna Speed 30.32 31543 Bigtime Acacia 30.36 44534 Tyson’s Quest 29.98 26111 Diddilee 30.20 15216 Cawbourne Toddy 30.42 14646 Djay Dynamix 30.13 46267 All Black Star 30.80 35765 Fusion Cronulla 30.05

8:50PM

Today at Hatrick Raceway DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES PLACE 6

WEEKEND RACING GUIDE

J I Dickie J MacKinnon (J) A Poutama P Ferguson J Stormont S Lawson S Phelan K Marshall S Abernethy S Iremonger (J) T Fensom J Abernethy

XMAS PARTY AT ALEX PARK FRI 21 DEC MOBILE PACE

$12,000, NON-WINNERS 3YO+ F&M., 2200m

Joyous Annabelle (1) B Purdon 080X5 Anamajor (2) R Dunn The Stunning Nun (3) J Young 76X Bettathanapokeindeye (4) P Screen 85643 Tempo Rose (5) S Telfer 43322 Macey Maguire (6) S Telfer 435 Courtney Jane (7) Hollis/Robertson 97237 Adieu Flirt (8) J Abernethy Barrier

Dina Brown (21) T Herlihy

Z Butcher B Mangos

S Lawson J MacKinnon (J) D Butcher L Hollis J Abernethy T Herlihy

b M7 Geraldine Harness (Grass) Tomorrow at Orari Racecourse

November 24

Track Information Type: Grass; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1678m Weather: Few Showers DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES PLACE 6 1:45PM OPT 714

1 2 3 2 4 05 1 6 7 8 9 10 11 0 12 13 14 15 16 17 0 18

4 3

4

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

$10,000, NON-WINNERS 3YO+, 2500m

6 Myth Or Reality (1) K Cox 0730X To Ri Caitlin (2) S Adlam 24X02 Trompeur (3) D Mitchell 277X4 Art Collector (4) G Kelk 0 My Mate Ben (5) P Burrows 76743 Dadndave (6) T Trathen Pacific Chal (7) L Dobbs 69742 Dreaminsover (8) S Lock Just Michael (9) J Hooper 47337 Smirken (10) B Waldron 73339 Sounds Bettor (11) K O'Reilly Diamond Shadow (12) A Mugford Darryl Kerrigan (13) L O'Reilly 5X Lilac Becky (14) D Taylor 96 Barrett (15) M Jones 26830 Loissonya (16) B Negus 9 Formidable Foe (17) M Shinn 08X80 Karanga Sweet P (u1) D Jones

K Cox S Adlam J Keast G O'Reilly G Smith R May R Payne R Close T McMillan S McNally K O'Reilly J Dunn L O'Reilly C Markham M Jones S Ottley J Morrison (J)

2:17PM 715

OPT

1 0

3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 2 12 13 4 14 15 16

5

ECOLAB FILLIES & MARES MOBILE PACE

$10,000, NON-WINNERS 3YO+ F&M., 1850m

7X662 Ghostwriter (1) G Payne Stella’s Delight (2) J Howe 3390X Lilac Change (3) D Taylor X3840 Katamach (4) D Mitchell Touche (5) P Robertson 72263 Shecandance (6) P Burrows 6X40 For Today (7) D Keast 80X05 Jafa Kitten (8) C Markham 6248 Ava Adore (9) K Cox Barrier

8X280 Lincoln Toy (21) B Zampese 4547 Malinka (22) T Walsh 7X3 Alta Dream Lover (23) M Kerr 0 Vera’s Fancy Pants (24) G Dunn 70X25 World Boss (25) R Woolford 50974 Betterthanspraying (26) T & G Chmiel Gottagettabeer

S Ottley

M Williamson R May M Jones G Smith J Keast C Markham K Cox B Zampese T Walsh J Dunn G O'Reilly R Holmes T Williams SCRATCHED

$11,500, R40-R48, Up-R49 W/C, 2500m

4

6

3:32PM 717

7

$11,500, R50-R69 SpecHcp, 2500m

2:52PM 716

OPT

TEMUKA TRANSPORT (1967 LTD) PACE

1 38527 Beau Vista (1) J & A Lethaby 2 87608 Chaaat (2) R Low 3 8500X Gucci Cavallo (3) A Mugford 1 4 0830X Just N Awe (4) G & N Hope 5 08970 Big Smoke (5) R Holmes 6 93477 Essence Of Easton (6) J Murdoch 7 0X376 Caesar’s Quest (7) J McDermott 8 06818 A Better Dancer (8) G & N Hope 9 X090X Like Ya More (9) L McCormick 10 4000X Texas Ruler (10) B Hutton 11 0500X Astuto (11) C McDowell 12 X7826 Corena Lea (12) G McStay 2 13 04323 Bound To Impress (13) J Versteeg 14 16508 Magic Blaze (14) R Low 3 15 94725 Kamwood Kid (15) M House OPT

1 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 10 11 12 13 3 14 15 16 17 2 18 0 19 20

0

A Lethaby J Dunn S Ottley R May R Holmes M Williamson C D Thornley B Hope (J) L McCormick G O'Reilly L O'Reilly G Smith J Versteeg D D McCormick B Orange

NORTH END MOTORS HANDICAP TROT

62854 She’s Allthe Craze (1) B Negus 1X40 In Sequence (u1) K Barron 72579 Breenys Cullen (1) N Taylor Speedy Command 507L2 Geena’s Girl (2) K Townley 01302 Chief Of Staff (3) J Thomas 0635P Globe Trekker (4) J & A Lethaby X5001 Madeleine Stowe (5) M Nyhan 22201 Missie Castleton (6) L Marshall 6X218 Zoey’s Gift (7) P Williamson 0X410 Rebel Kibbybones (u1) J Hay 33529 Jerry Garcia (u2) L O'Reilly Sods Law 4X110 Majestic Hurricane (u3) K Barron 09043 Gorilla Playboy (u4) C McKay 40X30 Alvira Hest (1) A Faulks 17550 Idle Moose (2) R Austin X2113 Didjabringthebeers (3) J Howe 50604 Red Hot Poker (4) G Telfer 54726 Ruthless Kayla (5) K Fairbairn

S O'Reilly (J)

T Williams SCRATCHED K Townley J Dunn A Lethaby P Davis R May M Williamson J Hay L O'Reilly SCRATCHED B Orange J Morrison (J) A Faulks R Austin K Butt (J) S Ottley

4:07PM OPT 718

8

VILLAGE INN TAB & SPORTS BAR HANDICAP PACE

4:42PM 719

9

FRESHCHOICE GERALDINE CUP (HANDICAP PACE)

$12,500, R49-R69 DiscrHcp, 2500m

1 20332 Flamboyant (1) S Blake 2 X9105 Abiento (2) D Thompson 3 0380X Lilac Star (3) D Taylor 4 52930 Overarm (4) T & G Chmiel 5 99X08 Black Art (5) A Fitzgerald 6 74748 Quite Ideal (u1) B Mowbray 7 38325 Enchantee (1) N Le Lievre 8 32441 Nearis Green (2) J Hay 9 1741X Ideal Rule (3) J & A Lethaby 3 10 70784 Boomer Bailey (4) G Telfer 11 31767 Mr Midnight (5) D Mitchell 12 80580 Four Starzzz Shiraz (u1) B Mowbray 13 81868 Articulight (u2) J Bartlett 4 14 X641X Clive (1) D Ross 2 15 12861 Copperhead Rose (2) D Jones 1 16 926X7 Star Commander (u1) N McGrath OPT

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

4

10

5:45PM 721

11

1 2 3 4 5 6 4 7 8 3 9 1 10 2 11 OPT

3 4 2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

$20,000, R70+ DiscrHcp, 2850m

9X823 Funatthebeach (1) Purdon/Rasmussen 13640 Mikey Maguire (2) F Fletcher 3X376 Sparkling Delight (3) G O'Reilly X7700 Johnny Eyre (4) M Brown 1111X Mogul (5) J & J Geddes 15114 Airpark Flyer (6) T Yesberg 42451 Anthem (7) Purdon/Rasmussen 40X41 Run Boy Run (1) M Kerr 53228 Forgotten Highway (2) M Kerr 24X31 Alta Maestro (3) R Dunn 365PX My Wee Man (4) N McGrath

5:14PM 720

OPT

T Williams C D Thornley S O'Reilly (J) B Hope (J) J Geddes M Williamson G Smith S Ottley J Dunn B Orange

HANLEY FORMULA HANDICAP TROT

$13,000, R70+ DiscrHcp, 2850m

50604 Red Hot Poker (1) G Telfer 47135 Trick Star (2) B White 00940 Arran Chief (3) A Faulks 20L50 McLovin (4) J & A Lethaby 06X19 We’ll Meet Again (5) L & J Smith 80909 Playboy’s Brother (6) C McKay 92733 Il Pirata (7) C & J DeFilippi 80000 The Dominator (u1) D Williamson 78929 Belles Son (1) R Todd 30061 Missandei (u1) R Todd 00580 Amaretto Sun (1) K Ford

J Dunn S McNally A Faulks A Lethaby J Smith M Williamson B Orange C D Thornley R Close S Ottley K Tomlinson (J)

GERALDINE ITM & NELSON PINE LVL MOBILE PACE

$11,500, 4YO+ R40-R60. JUN.D, 1850m

51140 Alexy (1) D O'Connell 57740 Aveross Ferrari (2) D O'Connell 56264 Doitson (3) D & C Butt 52143 The Kaik (4) J Bartlett 18X Gimmefiveminutesmore (5) G & N Hope 14X55 Flashing Diamond (6) R Holmes 152X7 Lets Hustle (7) M Jones 1X326 Tall Poppy (8) S Dolan 90494 Rainy River (9) C McDowell Barrier

1 10 1X352 Bettor Be Gold (21) Purdon/Rasmussen 11 0X885 Swap Over (22) J Miller 12 87011 Anna Barclay (23) M House 13 49X9X Burst Out Laughing (24) M House 14 31571 Jonty James (25) F Fletcher

Disclaimer: TAB and MetService have endeavored to ensure the correctness of the information; neither TAB, MetService related companies, nor any of their respective employees or agents make representation as to its accuracy or reliability nor will they, subject to law, be liable for any loss arising in any way from, or in connection with, errors or omissions in any information provided (including responsibility to any person or reason of negligence). TAB may alter the odds after publication – please check odds when placing selections.

B Laughton (J) J Morrison (J) C Markham T Williams G Smith M Williamson G O'Reilly J Hay A Lethaby J Dunn S Ottley K Tomlinson (J) R Close G Ross J Keast B Orange

Compiled by

S O'Reilly (J) N Purdon (J) C Jones (J) K Butt (J) B Hope (J) S Payne (J) L McKay (J) K Tomlinson (J) L Lester (J) O Thornley (J) M Hurrell (J) M Lewis (J) B Laughton (J) J Morrison (J)

Racing www.guardianonline.co.nz

Friday, November, 23, 2018

■ COUNTIES CUP

In brief

Audacious tilt for Megablast Totally.

Absolutely.

That was Nigel Tiley’s response to the suggestion that Megablast’s preparation for Saturday’s Gr.3 Ssangyong Counties Cup (2100m) at Pukekohe was rather unorthodox.

Under the care of Victoria trainer Darren Weir, Megablast had a four-start spring campaign in Melbourne and went to the paddock after his sixth placing in the Gr.3 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2600m) on the final day of the Melbourne Cup carnival at Flemington.

Owners John and Diane Bowbyes had told Tiley that the Shinko King seven-year-old was returning home and that got the Pukekohe trainer thinking. “(Tiley’s wife) Lee and I were just going to take him home and put him in the paddock but we looked at the weather forecast and it was meant to be wet,” Tiley said.

“I rang Di and said ‘you wouldn’t believe it, we are supposed to get torrential rain next week.

“He’s been in the paddock a week but he’ll still be hard fit and I reckon the Counties Cup is worth a look’.

“She said ‘put him in and we’ll look at him when he goes off the plane’.

“He went to Mike Moroney’s on Wednesday morning before he flew home and had a trot and canter on the sand and his track rider said he felt great.

“He’s got off the plane looking great and Lee will give him a trot and canter around Friday and Saturday morning. I know him well and I’ll know how well he is from his demeanour when he comes off the track.”

A winner of six of his 11 starts on heavy tracks, Megablast finished fourth in the 2016 Counties Cup on a dead track before placing in the Gr.3 Waikato Cup (2400m) and Gr.2 Avondale Cup (2400m) and finishing fourth in the Gr.1 Auckland Cup (3200m) at Ellerslie.

He went on to win the Gr.2

Ashburton Guardian 31

Wide draw a worry Group One-winning mare Volpe Veloce will attempt to add more black-type to her record when she lines-up in the Gr.2 Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) at Counties tomorrow. While heavy rain is forecast ahead of the Group Two contest, it has been her wide draw (barrier nine) that has put a dampener on the race for her connections. “It is what it is, there is predicted to be a little bit of rain, which won’t do her any harm and sometimes you are better drawing out a bit wide (in those conditions),” said Graham Richardson, who trains in partnership with Gavin Parker.

- NZME

Starvirgo out to deliver Connections of three-year-old Starvirgo have tinkered with his gear in a bid to get the best out of the gelding in the Magic Millions 3&4YO Classic at Ballarat. Trainer Anthony Freedman has opted to remove the blinkers which Starvigo has worn in his past two starts and also the cross-over nose band and will apply a tongue-tie for Saturday’s $100,000 race over 1100m. Starvirgo, winner of one of his eight starts with another five placings, has finished second in benchmark-64 grade at his past two starts and has drawn barrier 10 of 13 tomorrow.

- AAP

Elser comes up trumps Counties Cup ‘worth a look’ for Megablast’s connections.

Easter Handicap (1600m) at Ellerslie and last winter won the Listed Caloundra Cup (2400m) in Queensland.

“I wouldn’t be doing this if the track wasn’t going to be rainaffected or if it would hurt the horse,” Tiley said.

“Darren Weir gets his horses rock-hard fit and even 10 days out in the paddock, he’s not going to have lost much fitness, especially with the plane trip back home.

“This track is amazing.

“After the rain we’ve had this week, it’s still only a dead six but the weather is meant to pack in for Friday night and Saturday and that would be right up his alley.”

Megablast is sure to become a social media hit in the coming days too, as Tiley ensured a camera was focused on his staff when the grey was unloaded from his float on Thursday morning.

“I purposely didn’t tell the staff because I knew they’d be that excited to see him.

“I’d told them we were unloading one I’d bought from the Ready To Run Sales but when the ramp came down and it was him, my foreman Penny Burgess just burst into tears.

“It was great and it will make a classic video.”

Tiley will also produce the Bowbyes-raced Bisou Bisou in the Gr.2 Dunstan Feeds Auckland

Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes (1400m) at Pukekohe along with Thousandkissesdeep in the Listed Splice Construction Stakes (1100m) and Demonetization and Kirkintilloch on the undercard.

“When Bisou Bisou won at Ellerslie, I’d only had her three weeks and I said to Michael Coleman ‘if she races like she’s been working, she’ll be hard to beat’ and she’s worked really well this week too.

“The whole idea of her coming to me was to see if we could get a bit of black-type somewhere,” Tiley said, adding that Demonetization would be hard to beat.

- NZME

■ KARAKA

Leung returns to a very lucrative well Willie Leung is hoping he has struck gold once again at Karaka after purchasing an Exceed and Excel colt for $400,000 on the second day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale.

The Hong Kong bloodstock agent has had success purchasing sons of Exceed and Excel before at the South Auckland sales complex, having bought Gr.1 Longines Hong Kong Sprint winner Mr Stunning at the 2014 yearling sales, and was on the search of a colt with similar qualities.

He landed on lot 238, a colt out of dual stakes-winning Artie Schiller mare Secret Liason, who was offered by Sam Beatson’s Riversley Park.

“He’s a lovely horse, athletic and breezedup really well,” Leung said.

“I hope I have bought another Mr Stunning. I bought him here (Karaka) at the yearling sale.”

Leung said progeny of Exceed and Excel are still in high demand in Asia and he is happy to have secured the only son of the sire at the sale.

“He looks like a typical Exceed and Excel.”

Leung’s latest acquisition will reside in New Zealand for the next 12 months before he will head to Hong Kong where he will join Michael Chang’s stable.

“He will stay here for another 12 months for his preparation then he will go to Hong Kong and start his racing career,” Leung said.

“He will go to Cambridge to spell and I will see who he will go to for his preparation in New Zealand.”

- NZME Willie Leung likes his Exceed and Excels.

American horseman Kip Elser has recorded a great result in his first foray into the New Zealand thoroughbred scene. Elser, who owns Kirkwood Stables in South Carolina, purchased two yearlings earlier this year and made a profitable return when offering them at Karaka this week. Elser teamed up with local horsemen Sam Beatson and Eion Kemp.

Beatson offered a Tavistock colt in his Riversley draft that sold for $400,000 to bloodstock agent John Foote, while Kemp prepared a Smart Missile gelding under his Kilgravin Lodge banner which fetched $90,000.

- NZME

Right time for Jamie Rockhampton trainer Graeme Green believes a comparison of times gives Master Jamie the chance to continue a proud tradition of central Queensland twoyear-olds in Brisbane. Master Jamie showed his ability when he won his first start at Rockhampton by nearly seven lengths earlier this month. Green had no hesitation setting Master Jamie for the TwoYear-Old Handicap at Doomben tomorrow. Master Jamie has drawn the outside barrier but Green hopes the horse will have enough early to pace to overcome it. - AAP

Lycurgus ready to fire With the major spring carnival races over, connections of Lycurgus are looking for the stayer to come to the fore in a couple of lucrative country cups. The Danny O’Brien-trained Lycurgus will run in Saturday’s $350,000 Ballarat Cup (2200m) at the third start of his campaign and stable representative Matt Harrington believes the five-year-old is in the right form to give the race a shake. “We wouldn’t swap him for any other horse in the race,” said Harrington.

- AAP

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■ MOTOR RACING

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By Laine CLark Tears are already flowing at Red Bull Racing (RBR) as Supercars great Craig Lowndes edges closer to his final round as a full-time driver.

But team-mate and title hope Shane van Gisbergen reckons Lowndes will be displaying his trademark smile this weekend, predicting the veteran to finish on a high at the season finale in Newcastle.

Lowndes tried to keep it together in Newcastle yesterday when he was genuinely surprised

by RBR unveiling a special gold race suit and car for the 44-yearold’s last hurrah.

RBR team boss Roland Dane couldn’t fight it, choking up as he presented Lowndes with the suit and car marked in the same gold colour as his entry in 2005 – the year he joined the team.

“I didn’t know this was coming,” a humbled Lowndes said.

“Roland, every now and then, he gets emotional.

“Seeing his emotion revealing the car shows the passion he has for the sport, and I’m very thank-

Craig Lowndes wants to finish on a high at Newcastle. ful for the career I’ve had with the team.”

All eyes are on Lowndes at the Newcastle 500 despite van Gisbergen and Ford’s Scott McLaughlin fighting it out for the 2018 title in the closest championship race in a decade.

McLaughlin leads van Gisbergen by just 14 points before the

deciding 95-lap races tomorrow and Sunday.

Van Gisbergen didn’t mind three-time series champion Lowndes stealing his thunder.

In fact he expected Lowndes to keep dominating the headlines by going out a winner this weekend.

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Lowndes’ emotional Bathurst 1000 win – his seventh overall – at his final visit to Mount Panorama as a full-time driver in early October was a sign of things to come.

“Craig will want to go out on top and I am sure he will,” van Gisbergen said.

“He is still fast and he showed what he can do at his last Bathurst at 44 when he smoked everyone.

“It would be awesome to see him get a result this weekend.”

Lowndes is out of title contention but can finish his 22nd year as a full-time driver as high as third.

He trails his team-mate, seven-time series champion Jamie Whincup, by just 58 points.

Lowndes has been overwhelmed by public support since announcing in July he would switch to part-time enduro racing next year, but it has gone to another level in Newcastle.

“It’s been crazy everywhere we have been,” Lowndes said.

“It will be a sad moment this weekend but I think it will be a great moment celebrating the career.”

- AAP

Whanganui once again hosting the speed merchants Speedweek has been reignited in Whanganui this December after at least a five-year hiatus.

Whanganui’s Cemetery Circuit, the jewel in the crown of motorcycle racing in New Zealand, again leads the way for the revived event.

Enthusiasts have gathered together to build a bigger, better and longer petrolhead experience which will feature the ever-popular V8 Jet Sprints and two added events that have also not appeared on the motorsporting calendar for some years.

The Speedweek Hill Climb and Speedweek Beach Race have been kick-started again for December.

“Whanganui has a strong motorsport history with the iconic Cemetery Circuit motorcycle street race now in its 67th year,” said Paul Chaplow, Whanganui & Partners’ strategic lead in destination marketing.

“With that history we have a number of experts in managing motorsport events and the time felt right to expand the offering of motorsport events to create a Speedweek.”

The Cemetery Circuit as usual is on Boxing Day when top riders from around the world go hard on the one-mile course, taking on eight corners, two railway crossings, an overbridge and blind S-bends (chicane).

Suzuki Series and Cemetery Circuit competition organiser Allan “Flea” Willacy said it was great to see the return of Speedweek with the combined events certain to benefit and showcase Whanganui.

“Speedweek hasn’t been around during the five years I have been running the Cemetery Circuit, but it’s great to see it back and with a couple of added events. It’s great for Whanganui, a great chance to showcase our beautiful city,” Willacy said.

The Jet Sprints event, held the next day, offers up-close and personal jetboat racing.

- NZME

Punters get burned It wasn’t just the fans who were left stunned after the Black Caps claimed a thrilling win over Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday. New Zealand’s miracle turnaround, in a match on which an astonishing $88 million was traded on Betfair, left punters around the world shocked. The Kiwis had been backed at odds as high as $527 when a win for Pakistan looked in the bag. Pakistan were cruising at 130-3, but they collapsed and with them went $1.5m of bets placed at odds of $1.90.

- NZME

Ponting in for Hick?

Shane Warne believes Ricky Ponting is among a host of Australian Test greats who could replace under-siege batting coach Graeme Hick. Days after launching public criticism of Australia’s batting mentor, Warne has called for Cricket Australia to replace exEngland test batsman Hick.

Australia has lost 18 from their past 24 matches in all forms.

- AAP

Test debut for Harris Marcus Harris, an opener in the mould of Justin Langer who famously once shunned the national coach’s mentorship, is the test debutant that selectors hope will help halt Australian cricket’s malaise. Selectors have named a 14man squad for the first two tests against India, with Harris to debut at Adelaide Oval on December 6. A baggy green will cap a remarkable turn of events for Harris, whose career has gone from strength to strength since he walked out on Langer-coached Western Australia to join Victoria in 2016.

- AAP

Quicks ready for India Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins will skip the fifth round of the Sheffield Shield as they prepare for Australia’s fourtest series against India. Cummins has confirmed the gun quicks are being rested from next week’s Shield clash between NSW and Western Australia in Perth’s new stadium, which is a dress rehearsal for the venue’s maiden test. Cummins is confident the frontline quicks will be able to play all four tests against Virat Kohli’s side.

- AAP

76ers maintain record Joel Embiid had 31 points and 19 rebounds while Ben Simmons added 22 but it was a missed free throw from Anthony Davis that ultimately ensured the Philadelphia 76ers retained the only unbeaten home record in the NBA. The Sixers beat the New Orleans Pelicans 121-120 when Davis, who earlier in the game reached 10,000 career points, missed the third of three free throws with 2.5 seconds left. Philadelphia are 10-0 on their home floor.

- AP

Raptors cruise home Toronto Raptors rested Kawhi Leonard but still eased to a 124108 won over the Atlanta Hawks yesterday. Trey Burke had 29 points off the bench and sunk a gamesealing three-pointer to lead the New York Knicks to a 117-109 win at the Boston Celtics. Jeremy Lamb scored 21 points, Kemba Walker had 16 points as the Charlotte Hornets defeated the Indiana Pacers 127-109.

- AP

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Hinds Lions Alan Wakelin (left) and Bill Ridder were among those busy marking out the courses for the Longbeach Coastal Challenge this week.

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■ LONGBEACH CHALLENGE

Race-day looming

By Erin TaskEr

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Bad weather in the build-up has made this year’s Longbeach Coastal Challenge one of the toughest yet for those charged with setting out the courses for Sunday’s event.

Persistent rain fell across the district on Monday and Tuesday, and when the clouds parted on Wednesday members of the Hinds and Districts Lions Club were out in force trying to work out just where the tracks for this year’s events would take the 1000-odd participants.

Raced predominantly across the land at Longbeach Estate – a working farm – races have in the past crossed the Hinds River onto a neighbouring property, but the river was too full to do that this year, chair of the event’s organising committee Garry Brown said.

So members had to work out a way to fit all the races – the 12km,

23km and 35km mountain bike races, the 21km, 12km and 5km runs, and the 12km and 5km walks – on the land on the northern side of the river.

The bad weather did have an upside though.

Brown said in the past they’d had to make changes to tracks depending on the conditions and water levels as late as Saturday, but this year they’d been left with few choices.

“I hope we can make most of the decisions today (Wednesday).

“I didn’t think we’d be making any calls for sure until Saturday, but we’ve talked to some of the locals and they don’t think the water levels are going to drop enough to change much,” Brown said.

So Hinds Lions volunteers have taken to their quad bikes to measure out and then mark out the tracks that the mountain bikers, walkers and runners

will make their way across come Sunday.

Not being able to cross the Hinds River meant some of the longer races were likely to see participants tackling some parts of the course twice, and the only water crossings were likely to be small ones left by the amount of rain that had fallen in recent days.

Brown said he thought last year’s event had been a challenge in terms of setting up – after a wet spring they didn’t get onto the land until race week – and while the 2018 event had surpassed that, it would work out in the end.

A lot of the track was permanent and in the early spring members had gone through and sprayed parts to ensure they didn’t get too overgrown, and they had managed to get in early and do some of the mowing.

But when it came to the actual marking out of courses, that was

something that couldn’t be done too far in advance because conditions could change.

Organisers could only do what they could – they couldn’t change the weather – and with the tracks now set and marked out it was up to the weather gods to determine how Sunday’s racing would go.

The not-for-profit fundraising event was a combined effort between the Hinds Lions and Longbeach School, and school parents are set to arrive on site today to erect the many marquees ready for race day.

At this stage the weather forecast for Sunday is for overcast skies and periods of rain, and organisers are hopeful that rain will hold off until the afternoon, when racing is well and truly dusted in the popular event’s 12th running.

“We don’t have a postponement date, and it would have to be really bad conditions to put it off,” Brown said.

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In brief First all-female crew A combination of premier Australian and overseas sailing talent have teamed up to form the first all-female professional crew in the history of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. Skippered by event regular and roundthe-world racer Stacey Jackson, the Wild Oats X crew of 13 will comprise eight Australians and five internationals. Between them they have contested 68 Sydney to Hobarts and 17 Volvo Ocean races.

Jackson has won Sydney to Hobart line and handicap honours aboard supermaxi Wild Oats XI. - AAP

Bennett back at Broncos Brisbane hooker Andrew McCullough has urged the club to make a call on Wayne Bennett sooner rather than later after the coach returned to Red Hill yesterday.

Bennett is back at the Broncos’ helm but upcoming talks with the club’s bosses could see him at South Sydney as soon as next week.

Broncos players went through fitness tests yesterday, with Bennett an early arrival after returning from coaching duties in Europe. The veteran Broncos mentor will meet with club chiefs for crunch talks aimed at facilitating his exit and triggering Anthony Seibold’s immediate arrival from Souths. - AAP

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Cup campaign kicks off

BY ERIN TASKER

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Matt Tait will again form part of Mid Canterbury’s strong bowling attack in this weekend’s Hawke Cup match against South Canterbury at the Ashburton Domain oval.

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Mid Canterbury start their Hawke Cup cricket campaign this weekend at home against South Canterbury this weekend, with high hopes of ending with a challenge to their names.

To do that, Mid Canterbury will have to top their zone, and Mid Canterbury coach Garfield Charles is hopeful.

He said the side is on the up, after a couple of disappointing seasons, and has a mix of youth and experience with the potential to go far.

He has reason to be positive heading into the two-day match, after a couple of promising final hit-outs in the past fortnight.

They defeated Canterbury Country in a 60-over match a fortnight ago, and although their game on Sunday didn’t make it to the finish line due to rain, Mid Canterbury put together a perfor-

mance that had Charles excited.

“It was fantastic to see the top order batsmen standing up and getting some runs under their belts, that’s what’s been missing in the last few years,” Charles said.

This week’s side features a couple of changes from the one that played North Otago, with Alex Hooper and Shaun Stagg coming in to bolster the bowling attack.

“We do have the luxury of selecting a side and not trying to scrounge around to see who’s available,” Charles said.

“We’ve had 14 people available to pick from, it was just a matter of trying to decide the composition of the team.

“Bowling-wise we’ve got quite a bit of depth and strength, so long as the batters keep producing the goods we should play some good cricket and compete well.”

While the weather forecast isn’t looking wonderful, Charles said that won’t be on Mid Canterbury’s minds.

“With Hawke Cup you can’t really play with the weather in mind.

“You’ve almost got to take the weather out of the equation.

“The weather will do what it does, and you’ve just got to bat and bowl well,” he said.

South Canterbury’s line-up isn’t expected to be too different to the one which Mid Canterbury faced a few weeks ago in Timaru, in the Ron Biggar Memorial match, Charles said.

Rain brought that game to an early end too, and as the holders, South Canterbury retained the trophy.

The home side had been missing one of their main strike bowlers that day, but he’s expected to

return for this weekend’s match.

Charles said Mid Canterbury knows where South Canterbury’s threats are, and are ready for them.

Charles said he’s quietly hopeful heading into the 2018/19 Hawke Cup campaign, after a couple of seasons where Mid Canterbury finished at the bottom of the heap in their zone.

“I think if we start well, we are in with a show of getting a challenge, which is the aim,” Charles said.

Mid Canterbury’s past couple of seasons haven’t been helped by the fact their home pitch at the Ashburton Domain oval has been a minefield, but hard work by Colin Morgan and Steve McCloy over the off season has fixed that.

The new pitch has Mid Canterbury’s tick of approval after their final pre-Hawke Cup hit-out

against North Otago on Sunday.

“We’ve got rid of the popping that was the issue before,” Charles said.

“It was slow and it got better as the day went on because it dried out and the wicket got flatter, and that’s exactly what you want from a pitch.

“It needs to give some assistance to the bowlers and get better for the batters as the day goes on, and that’s exactly what happened.”

Mid Canterbury’s team for this weekend also includes one player – Will Graham – who will make his Hawke Cup debut.

The Mid Canterbury team for this weekend’s match: Matt Winter (captain), William Southby, Nick Gilbert, Des Kruger, James Southby, Matt Tait, Will Graham, Alex Hooper, Jay Houston, Sean Stagg, Deon Biggs.

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By Liam Napier Eleven starting changes and, yet, there is more continuity to the All Blacks in Rome than many may have expected as they attempt to rebuild self-confidence after a challenging two weeks.

The need to continually fix key parts of their attack and kicking game, and the close nature of next year’s World Cup, has seen All Blacks coach Steve Hansen resist the urge to get overly experimental for the final test of the season.

Hansen said last week’s loss to Ireland in Dublin did not influence selection, except that of Brodie Retallick reverting to the bench after signs of fatigue.

Captain Kieran Read is again joined by Ardie Savea in the loose forwards, with Dalton Papalii listed to come off the bench.

But the most topical selection is the retention of both Beauden Barrett and Damian McKenzie.

While many fringe players are set for a run, Italy appeared the ideal arena to hand Richie Mo’unga his third test start to continue his development.

Mo’unga will instead again come off the bench, with Barrett paired alongside Hurricanes halfback TJ Perenara and second five-eighth Ngani Laumape, who teams up with Anton Lienert-Brown in a well-balanced midfield.

McKenzie at fullback has not been a success on this tour. In his first start at 15 this season he was solid against the Wallabies, and then had some telling touches at Twickenham. But with Ireland’s Johnny Sexton peppering the air all night last week, McKenzie endured a difficult evening.

For now, the All Blacks are wedded to the belief they need two playmakers – one on either side of the park.

They view Barrett and McKenzie best placed to perform these duties and will, therefore, give them every opportunity to improving decision-making under pressure.

“You’ve got to add Richie to that combination – they’re the three guys that we see at the moment that would most likely go to the World Cup so getting those three

combining at the beginning or during the course of the game is important,” Hansen said.

“We haven’t got too many games left so the more we play them together the better it’ll be.”

The other intriguing element of this team is that of Jordie Barrett on the right wing – a nod, perhaps, to a role he may be asked to fill more next year after struggling to take his chances at fullback.

In the Israel Dagg mould, Jordie Barrett certainly has the size and aerial skills to succeeded at No. 14. His long-range goal kicking is another asset.

Other talking points include Waisake Naholo’s return from the wilderness after disappointing in his last starts against Japan and Argentina.

Vaea Fifita also gets first crack at delivering the required physical presence when replacing the injured Liam Squire at six.

Dane Coles, in just the second test start of his frustrating year blighted by injuries, headlines a new front row and locking combination which will be keen to make their mark after Ireland exerted rare dominance on the All Blacks scrum last week.

Nepo Laulala made a big impression off the bench in stabilising this area and now gets a chance to replicate those efforts from the outset.

While Italy won’t be expected to cause a major boilover, Hansen outlined why finishing the year strongly is imperative after two humbling weeks in London and Dublin.

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What’s On 36 Ashburton Guardian Every Day

Every Sunday to Friday

Mt Hutt Memorial Hall 160 Main Street, Methven.

NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and Hall of Memories.

10am

Every Saturday Farmers Market West Street, car park, Ashburton Farmers Market - Local Produce Fresh from Farmers Fruit, vegetables, wine, meat, fish, eggs, crafts and more...

9am - 12 noon The Ashburton Toy Library 106 Victoria Street, in the Triangle.

Open for toy exchange.

9.30am - 12.30pm Ashburton Aviation Museum Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future.

Ashburton Aviation Museum Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future.

1pm - 3pm

Every Wednesday Art Addict Art Addicts (AA) is the Ashburton Art Gallery’s weekly art space for kids.

Wrap up your Wednesday school day and head to the AAG to get creative and explore themes in art.

A great space for children to learn and interact from each other. Children of all ages welcome. Adult supervision is require for young children.

Donations appreciated.

3 - 4.30pm Mid Canterbury Line Dancers.

Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

Learn to line dance

(7pm), beginners/ intermediate(8pm-9pm).

Instructor Annette phone 307-7138 a/h.

7pm - 9pm

Every second Friday of the month In Colour, art and craft club In Colour is the Ashburton Art Gallery’s monthly programme for unleashing your creativity.

Bring along your art and craft projects to share with others over morning tea once a month. These are social sessions which encourage you to connect with others through creativity. Be inspired to learn a new creative pastime. Sessions are free and all are welcome to attend. The gallery will supply basic colouring-in sheets and materials, along with tea and coffee. Those attending are encouraged to bring along their own materials and projects.

10.30am - 12 noon

10am - 3pm

November 23, 24 & 25

Yes, That’s What Music’s All About Susan Spencer and Jenny Beach bring you a show filled with songs from the 50s and 60s including My Girl, Saturday Night at the Movies, Blue Beat plus many more.

With a cast of 19 and live band led by Penny Wilson this show will have you toe-tapping and singing along.

Fri and Sat, 7pm, Sun, 2pm

November 24

White Ribbon Family Fun Day Ashburton Domain, Paddling pool area Games for the kids, free BBQ lunch from RRT and lollybar, bouncy castles, giveaways, pledge signing.

10am - 12 noon Twilight In the Vines Tinwald, Ashburton Welcome to the second annual Twilight in the Vines! Join us for an evening of: - Wine tastings + sales by

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Friday, November 23, 2018

CharRees Vineyard - Live music by Wayne Pannett & Co - Alfresco Dining with Yes Chef Events & Catering and Twentyfour Catering Co Free admission plus courtesy coach. Onsite overnight parking available. R18 3pm - 8pm

can inspire you, and take the stress out of ‘but what shall I bring?’

At the end, we’ll taste the various dishes and have a cuppa together.

Cost for TimeBankers: 1.5 time credits + $3 for ingredients Cost for non-members: $15 + $3 for ingredients

this stunning programme to Australia and New Zealand.

7.30pm - 10.10pm

November 29

Latino Cultural Workshop Community House, 44 Cass Street, Ashburton Free Latino Cultural Workshop for Volunteers and Managers of Volunteers. We invite you to a free Latino Cultural workshop for volunteers and managers of volunteers.

Please register in advance: email newcomers@ saferashburton.org.nz or txt 027 220 8791.

1pm - 2.30pm

November 30

2018 Ruralco Longbeach Coastal Challenge Longbeach The RuralCo Longbeach Coastal Challenge is gearing up for its twelfth successive event on Sunday, November 25, 2018.

White Ribbon Quiz Night Hotel Ashburton Black and white dress. Raffles and prizes. Includes supper.

4-6 per team. $10 per person.

Register your team by emailing anna@saferashbur ton.org.nz or phone Safer Ashburton 308 1395.

6.30pm ( doors open 5.30pm)

9am - 2pm Stress-less Bring a Plate ideas Sinclair Centre, 74 Park Street, Ashburton Tis the silly season, when we all get asked to ‘just bring a plate’ to work, school or family gatherings. But what to bring that won’t take hours in the kitchen or lots of money from the shop? We have three Mid Canterbury TimeBankers who

Yes That’s What Music’s All About

8pm - 12 midnight

December 2

Merry Little Christmas Market Ashburton Trust Event Centre Over 65 stalls: local and Canterbury-wide. A gold coin entry includes a glass of bubbles or juice.

11.30am - 4pm

December 7 & 21

Town Busker Nights’ Baring Square East Enjoy music and performances under the stars.

6.30pm - 9.30pm International Women’s Coffee Club The Somerset Grocer It’s a perfect opportunity to leave the kids and hubby at home and hit the town for an evening of connection, sharing, laughs and catching up with other women from different cultures.

For more details email newcomers@saferashburton. org.nz or txt 027 220 8791.

7pm

A Russian Triple Bill

Susan Spencer and Jenny Beach bring you a show filled with songs from the 50’s and 60’s including My Girl, Saturday Night at the Movies, Blue Beat plus many more. With a cast of 19 and live band led by Penny Wilson this show will have you toe tapping and singing along.

Adult $29 / Senior $25 / Group of 5 $95 Fees included

Fri & Sat, 7pm - Sun, 2pm

NOVEMBER 23, 24, 25

Following their sell-out performances of A Festival of Russian Ballet, the Imperial Russian Ballet Company return to New Zealand with A Russian Triple Bill. This is the first time that the company have brought this stunning programme to New Zealand & Australia.

Adult from $82*, Child from $52* (017yrs) (Students FT, Seniors 65+), Group of 8 or more from $72pp*

Merry Little Christmas Market

SUNDAY 26 Entry by goldNOV coin donation.

11.30am - 4.00pm

211a Wills Street, Ashburton

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The Ashburton Trust Event Centre is proud to bring you their Merry Little Christmas Market. With over 65 stalls all under the one roof this is a market not to be missed. With a wide range of products and delectable items for sale there will be something for everyone.

November 28

A Russian Triple Bill Ashburton Trust Event Centre Following their sell-out performances, A festival of Russian Ballet, the Imperial Russian Ballet Company return to Australia with a Russian Triple Bill.

This is the first time that the company have brought

Cadet Unit Fundraiser Dance for adults At Ashburton RSA Tickets - $15 includes entry, raffle, supper and spot prizes.

Theme is 80s and best dressed prize. Songs from 80s, 90s, 00s and sprinkling from 70s and today. Good music to dance and sing along to.

Group deals – buy 8 get 1 free – so organise a group from work or friends and family and get yourself a free tickets.

Profits used to buy new

uniforms and half the profits going to Ashburton St John.

Come have a great night and support two worthy causes.

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November 26 – December 2

Timaru Festival of Roses Caroline Bay Park, Timaru The Timaru Festival of Roses is an annual festival held to celebrate the arrival of summer and our city’s close affinity with the rose.

6.30pm

December 1

Light up the Night Baring Square East The lighting of Ashburton’s Christmas tree.

6pm - 10pm

1pm - 2.30pm

November 25

International potluck dinner club Community House, 44 Cass Street, Ashburton Your family and yourself are invited to the Newcomers and friends Potluck, organised by the Newcomers Network.

We’ll have a guest speaker giving a short talk about revolutionary technology – 3D printing.

Last meeting for 2018 – all welcome, newcomers and locals alike!

For more details email newcomers@saferashburton. org.nz or txt 027 220 8791.

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Far from being a cover band The ABBA show is a full scale theatrical production that gives ABBA fans a chance to re-live the ABBA concert experience. Come and celebrate the music and dance the night away.

Tickets Adult $59 / Child $30 / Group of 6+ $54pp

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Affordable Theatre made easy. Pay what you believe the show was worth following the show

phone Casey: 03 307 2010 or 0273 243 803 casey@ateventcentre.co.nz

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SUNDAY DEC 2nd 11.30am - 4.00pm ASHBURTON TRUST

Over 65 stalls: local & Canterbury-wide

A gold coin entry includes a glass of bubbles or juice

211a Wills Street

Ashburton

For more information, phone Casey: 03 307 2010 or 0273 243 803 casey@ateventcentre.co.nz

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Puzzles

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Cryptic crossword

Friday, November, 23, 2018

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

WordWheel

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TODAY’S GOALS: Good - 6 Excellent - 9

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Beyond the classic stripes of iron bars, cages take on all sorts of material forms; some look like factories, some like nice houses, clean cars, or bottles or mirrors.

What way do you need to get free?

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Why is it taking so long?

When do we get there? These questions are natural, though unhelpful. With some effort, you’ll calm the restless heart and see, with clarity, the current opportunities.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Today is like an elevator. You get on, knowing the risk, and take it because it’s time to leave one reality. When this ride is done, the doors open onto another, slightly different, reality.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Part of the experience of places is the expectation being carried to the entrance gate. You’ll be dealing with people who are new to the environment you know so well.

You’ll strongly influence their reception of it.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You strive to be the best, but how is it measured? Not in popularity or awards.

Those yardsticks can only measure consensus and social agreement, which often has little to do with the best.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You don’t believe that your win has to come at somebody else’s loss, but you should be aware that there are many around who do have this scarcity-minded approach.

For best results, steer clear of these types.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Love flowing through a relationship is not like it was in the beginning, or yesterday. And that’s OK. Love will continue to make many forms, all of them enriching in their own way.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You acknowledge people by listening, remembering things about them, reflecting back to them a version of themselves tof how they’d like to be seen. Generous heart, your love boomerang is coming.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): It’s easy to fall in love, or have an affectionate feeling about someone, that the reality of the ongoing work of relationships can come as a surprise. Expect it and be ready to embrace it when it comes.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): The great thing about falling behind is, you never know how strong, smart and able you are until you’re tasked with catching up. Recovery is in your nature.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): There’s not one way to work. People at work can be still as the moon or hummingbird quick. The action of work varies. Your work, whatever form it takes, will be deeply respected.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Vestiges of who you once were might be holding you back. It probably has to do with an old habit or viewpoint.

Getting rid of a material representation of the era will provide a magical release.

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Family Notices 38 Ashburton Guardian

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

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to ensure publication.

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

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

YOUNG, Glenda – 23-11-2015 Treasured Glen of Don, loved and respected mother of Dion and Kris, and friend of Rebecca and Anelle.

Precious Glenma of Joshua, Cameron, Millie and Frankie.

We will always love you.

The warm breeze on our face.

YOUNG, Glenda Annette – Dearly loved sister-in-law of Rubina and loved aunt of Wayne, Victor, Prue and families.

Precious memories, always in our thoughts.

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Cloudy with patchy drizzle morning and evening. Fine breaks afternoon, but possible showers about the foothills. Easterly breezes.

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Cloudy. A few showers during the day, otherwise patchy drizzle morning and evening. Northeasterlies.

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7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 The X Factor UK Judges Simon Cowell, Louis Tomlinson, Robbie Williams, and Ayda Williams must decide on the final six acts in each category to take through to Judges’ Houses. 0 8:45 Kath And Kim 3 0 9:20 Coronation Street PGR 0 10:20 1 News Tonight 0 10:50 Offspring AO 0

7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 Doctor Who 0 8:35 M Captain America – The Winter Soldier AO 2014 Action. Captain America and the Black Widow team up to fight a powerful yet shadowy enemy in present-day Washington DC. Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson. 0

11:50 Blood And Oil AO 3 Friends and enemies unite after Cody is attacked; Billy seeks Wick’s help to determine who is responsible for the crime; Carla is suspicious of Hap and Jules. 0 12:45 Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2

The X Factor UK

7:30pm on TVNZ 1

BRAVO 10am Catfish 3 11am Snapped PGR 3 Noon The Real Housewives Of Toronto AO 3 1pm Made In Chelsea 2pm Bachelorette Australia PGR 3 3:30 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 4pm Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 4:30 Dance Moms 3 5:30 Million Dollar Listing NY PGR 3 6:30 Catfish 3 7:28 The Dish 7:30 Wahlburgers PGR 8pm Wahlburgers PGR 8:30 M Twister AO 3 1996 Drama. A couple on the point of divorce keep meeting each other because both are researchers who chase tornadoes. Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, Jami Gertz.

11:03 The Dish 11:05 Snapped PGR 3

SATURDAY

Midnight Three Days To Live AO 3 12:50 Infomercials 3

11:20 2 Broke Girls PGR 3 0 11:50 Brooklyn Nine-Nine PGR 0 12:15 Happy Endings PGR 0 12:35 Cougar Town PGR 3 0 1:20 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:45 Infomercials 2:45 Mistresses PGR 3 3:30 Jeremy Kyle 3 4:20 Judge Rinder 5:10 Neighbours 3 0 5:35 Blossom 3

The Looming Tower 10:35pm on Prime

SKY 5 6am Jeopardy! PG 6:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 The Amazing Race PG 8:05 Pawn Stars PG 8:30 MacGyver M 9:20 Hardcore Pawn PG 9:45 NCIS MV 10:40 CSI – Miami MV 11:35 Jeopardy!

PG Noon Wheel Of Fortune PG 12:30 NCIS MV 1:25 Hawaii Five-0 MV 2:15 NCIS MV 3:05 The Amazing Race PG 4pm The Simpsons PG 4:30 Jeopardy! PG 5pm Wheel Of Fortune PG 5:30 Hardcore Pawn PG 6pm MacGyver M 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 NCIS MV 8:30 Grimm MVS 9:30 Grimm MV 10:30 MacGyver M 11:30 CSI – Miami MV SATURDAY 12:25 The Amazing Race PG 1:20 Pawn Stars PG 1:50 Grimm MV 2:40 Supernatural MVS 3:30 CSI – Miami MV 4:20 Hardcore Pawn PG 4:45 NCIS MV 5:35 The Simpsons PG

THREE

PRIME

MAORI

6am The AM Show 9am The Café 10am Infomercials 11:30 Entertainment Tonight 3 Noon Dr Phil AO 3 1pm M Cries In The Dark AO 2006 Thriller. A detective investigates when her pregnant sister goes missing after an encounter with a sex offender, and comes to suspect her brother-in-law was involved in his wife’s disappearance. Eva LaRue, Gina Chiarelli, Adam J Harrington. 0 3pm Celebrity Name Game PGR 3 4pm NewsHub Live At 4pm 4:30 Entertainment Tonight 5pm The Block Australia The scaffold around the exterior comes down and the Gatwick is revealed.

6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm The Project 8pm The Graham Norton Show PGR 0 9pm 7 Days AO 9:45 Fail Army AO 0 10:15 NewsHub Late 10:45 American Dad AO 3 Stan is hunted by a bounty hunter, and must also find help for Principal Lewis, Francine, Steve, and Hayley.

6am Trulli Tales 3 6:15 Atomic Puppet 3 6:25 Kung Fu Dino Posse 3 6:50 The Powerpuff Girls 3 7:15 The Fairly Odd Parents 3 7:40 Ben 10 3 0 8:05 Kid v Kat 3 8:30 Kung Fu Panda – Legends Of Awesomeness 3 0 8:55 Tiki Tour 3 0 9:20 Million Dollar Minute 3 9:50 The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 10:20 The Doctors PGR 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 Escape To The Country 3 12:40 Sleepy Hollow AO 3 0 1:35 Married With Children PGR 3 2:05 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 5pm Frasier 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Storage Wars 3 6:30 Pawn Stars 3 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 The Brokenwood Mysteries PGR 3 0 9:35 24/7 The Match – Tiger v Phil PGR 10:35 The Looming Tower AO

11:15 Hawaii Five-0 AO 3 Five-0 must protect a seriously wounded Gabriel, and plan their escape while trapped in a ruined building as enemy gunmen storm the vicinity to kill him. 0 12:10 Infomercials

11:35 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR The best of Stephen Colbert’s satire and comedy, discussing politics, entertainment, business, and more.

12:35 The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 The team presents the best of the day’s sports news.

1:05 Closedown

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

6:30 The Hero MLSC 2017 Drama. Sam Elliott, Laura Prepon. 8:05 Vows Of Deceit MVC 2018 Thriller. Katherine Bailess, Damon Dayoub. 9:35 People Interview – Hugh Jackman 10:25 Logan Lucky ML 2017 Crime. Channing Tatum, Adam Driver. 12:20 Fifty Shades Freed 16VLSC 2018 Romance. Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan. 2:05 The Hero MLSC 2017 Drama.

Sam Elliott, Laura Prepon.

3:40 Vows Of Deceit MVC 2018 Thriller. Katherine Bailess, Damon Dayoub. 5:10 Ties That Bind M 2010 Thriller. Kristanna Loken, Warren Christie.

6:40 Victoria And Abdul PG 2017 Drama. Judi Dench, Ali Fazal. 8:30 Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 MV 2017 Action. The lawless gang of intergalactic avengers are forced to defend their family, while secrets of Quill’s past comes to light. Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana.

10:50 The 15 -17 To Paris MV 2018 Thriller. Spencer Stone, Jenna Fischer.

6:10 Body Of Lies 16VL 2008 Action. Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe.

8:15 Walk The Line MC 2005 Biography. Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon.

10:30 Anger Management MLS 2003 Comedy.

Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson.

12:15 Valkyrie MVL 2008 Drama. Tom Cruise, Kenneth Brannagh.

2:15 Zero Dark Thirty MVL 2012 Drama History.

Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Chris Pratt.

4:50 Diana ML 2013 Drama.

Naomi Watts, Cas Anvar.

6:40 The Debt AO16VL 2011 Thriller. Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Tom Wilkinson.

8:30 Tower Heist MLS 2011 Comedy. A group of bluecollar workers, victims of a Ponzi scheme, seek revenge on a Wall Street swindler.

Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy.

10:20 Hollywoodland MVLS 2006 Drama. Ben Affleck, Adrien Brody.

SATURDAY

12:25 Heartbeats PG 2017 Musical. Krystal Ellsworth, Amitash Pradhan.

2:10 Nothing But Trailers MVLSC 2:25 Ties That Bind M 2010 Thriller. Kristanna Loken, Warren Christie.

3:55 Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 MV 2017 Action.

Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana.

SATURDAY

12:25 Zero Dark Thirty MVL 2012 Drama History.

Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Chris Pratt. 3am Diana ML 2013 Drama. Naomi Watts, Cas Anvar. 4:50 Nothing But Trailers MVLSC 5:20 The Debt AO16VL 2011 Thriller. Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Tom Wilkinson.

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6:30 Takaro Tribe 3 6:40 Team Umizoomi 3 7:10 Kia Mau 3 7:20 Potae Pai 3 7:30 Haati Paati 3 7:40 Pukana 2 7:50 Kids’ Kai Kart 3 8am Te Kaea 3 2 8:30 KaweKorero 3 9am Ka Tu Ka Korero 9:30 Cam’s Kai 3 10am He Kakano 3 10:30 Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 3 11am Whare Taonga 11:30 Whare Taonga Noon School Of Training 3 12:30 Billy T James AO 3 1pm Waka Man PGR 3 1:30 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Takaro Tribe 3 3:10 Team Umizoomi 3 3:40 Kia Mau 3 3:50 Potae Pai 3 4pm Haati Paati 3 4:10 Pukana 3 2 4:20 Kids’ Kai Kart 3 4:30 Get Your Fish On 3 5pm Tangaroa With Pio 3 5:30 Te Kaea 3 2 6pm Te Kaea 3 2

6am DIY SOS – The Big Build 7am Tiny House Hunting 7:30 Wild Britain With Ray Mears 8am Travel Man – 48 Hours In 8:30 Masters Of Taste With Gary Mehigan 9am Paul Hollywood City Bakes 9:30 Stephen Fry In Central America 10:30 Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 11:30 Money For Nothing 12:30 Mysteries At The Museum 1:30 Babies – Their Wonderful World 2:30 The Food Hospital 3:30 Baby Animals In Our World 4:30 Heston’s Dinner In Space 5:30 American Restoration 6:30 American Pickers

7pm KaweKorero 7:30 Experience PGR 8:30 M Star Trek – Generations PGR 1994 Sci-fi.

In the late 23rd century, the gala maiden voyage of the third Starship Enterprise goes badly when the unprepared ship must rescue two transport ships.

10:35 Te Kaea 3 2

7:30 Location, Location, Location 8:30 Restoration Man 9:30 Inside IKEA 10:30 Ozzy And Jack’s World Detour PGR

11:05 This Week PGR Weekly highlights from WWE Raw and WWE SmackDown Live.

11:35 Closedown

11:30 Heston’s Dinner In Space 12:30 Tiny House Hunting 1am American Restoration 2am Baby Animals In Our World 3am Ozzy And Jack’s World Detour PGR 4am Location, Location, Location 5am Restoration Man

SKY SPORT 1 6am Football – FA Cup (HLS) Round One. 6:30 Football – Fifa U-17 Women’s World Cup (HLS) Ghana v New Zealand. 7am Golf – European Tour (HLS) Hong Kong Open – Round One. 7:30 Golf – World Cup (HLS) Round One. 8am Cricket – International (HLS) Australia v India – First T20. 8:30 L Cricket – Women’s World T20 West Indies v Australia – Semi-final One. 12:30 L Cricket – Women’s World T20 England v India – Semifinal Two. 4:30 ICC Cricket 360 5pm Cricket – International (HLS) Australia v India – First T20.

5:30 The Breakdown 6pm The World Rugby Show 6:30 Team Talk 7pm L Basketball – NBL NZ Breakers v Perth Wildcats. 9:30 L Basketball – NBL Adelaide 36ers v Cairns Taipans.

SATURDAY

Midnight Basketball – NBL (HLS) NZ Breakers v Perth Wildcats. 12:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 1am The Ultimate Fighter 28 2am Golf – European Tour (HLS) Hong Kong Open – Round Two. 2:30 Golf – World Cup (HLS) Round Two. 3am Surfing – World Championship Tour (HLS) Meo Rip Curl Pro Portugal.

4am The Crowd Goes Wild 4:30 Fox Sports News 5am The Ultimate Fighter 28

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

SKY SPORT 2 6am Hockey – Women’s Champions Trophy (RPL) Argentina v Japan.

7:30 Hockey – Women’s Champions Trophy (RPL) China v Australia.

9am Hockey – Women’s Champions Trophy (RPL) Great Britain v Netherlands.

10:30 Bowls – Bowls3Five (HLS) 11:30 Team Talk Noon Ultimate Fighter 28 1pm Golf – European Tour (HLS) Hong Kong Open – Round One. 1:30 Golf – World Cup (HLS) Round One. 2pm L Golf – World Cup Round Two. 5:45 Cricket – Women’s World T20 (HLS) England v India – Semi-final Two. 7:15 Cricket – Women’s World T20 (HLS) West Indies v Australia – Semi-final One. From the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua and Barbuda.

8:45 L Cricket – International Australia v India – Second T20.

From Sydney Cricket Ground.

SATURDAY 12:30 ICC Cricket 360 1am Cricket – Women’s World T20 (HLS) West Indies v Australia – Semi-final One. 1:30 Cricket – Women’s World T20 (HLS) England v India – Semifinal Two. 2am Team Talk 2:30 The World Rugby Show 3am The Breakdown 3:30 Rugby – International (HLS) Chile v Maori All Blacks.

4am Bowls – Bowls3Five (HLS) 5am Bowls – Bowls3Five (HLS) 23Nov18

DISCOVERY 6:35 Gold Rush PG 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Ferrari Fix 1 – Dead-Head Bus. 9:10 Alaskan Bush People M 10am Treasure Quest PG 10:50 Bering Sea Gold PG Bigger and Badder.

11:40 Web Of Lies M The Sick Boy. 12:30 Blood Relatives M Darkness Before Don. 1:20 Your Worst Nightmare M Life on the Line. 2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm How Do They Do It? PG 3:25 How Do They Do It? PG 3:50 Gold Rush PG Man on Wire. 4:45 Gold Rush PG The Return of Freddy Dodge.

5:40 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Ferrari Fix 2 – 1917 Reo. 6:35 American Chopper M Yanks for the Memories.

7:30 Air Rescue PG 8pm Air Rescue PG 8:30 Railroad Australia PG 9:25 Outback Opal Hunters PG Episode.

10:15 What On Earth? PG Village of the Damned.

11:05 Naked And Afraid M Rise Above.

11:55 Your Worst Nightmare M Life on the Line.

SATURDAY 12:45 Blood Relatives M 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Alaskan Bush People M 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 How It’s Made PG 5:20 How Do They Do It? PG 5:45 MythBusters PG

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Sevens set to fire

Mid Canterbury’s sevens player of the year from last season, Timoci Nabakeke, is again part of the Mid Canterbury team eyeing up a spot at nationals.

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Mid Canterbury’s sevens side is off to Methven tomorrow for their final chance to iron out any creases before heading to the South Islands with an eye to qualifying for nationals.

The South Islands zone tournament is on in Timaru next weekend, and the top five sides will qualify for the national tournament later next month in Tauranga.

Mid Canterbury Rugby Union chief executive Ian Patterson, who is also charged with looking after this year’s side, said three teams will spend part of tomorrow in Methven, fine tuning their games ahead of the national qualifier.

Canterbury and South Canterbury will join Mid Canterbury at the Methven Domain, but Patterson said it isn’t a tournament as much as it is just a chance to get some valuable time on the field.

“It’s really more of an unofficial hit-out and we are probably going to engineer playing a three-way round,” Patterson said.

“We might play a half against Canterbury, and Canterbury might then play South Canterbury in the second half, and then South Canterbury get their second half against Mid Canterbury, and then we’ll wait for an hour and change it around.”

Patterson said sevens is about playing with confidence and accuracy, and Mid Canterbury has

shown plenty of potential so far this season.

While games like tomorrow’s are a vital part of the team’s buildup, it’s important they don’t give too much away against two fellow South Islands contenders.

“It’s a pretty simple game so once they work out who are your go-to guys, they come up with a strategy to shut you down,” Patterson said.

Mid Canterbury have been regulars at the national sevens in recent seasons, only missing out on qualifying a couple of times, and Patterson said this year’s side holds a lot of promise.

“The real revelation has been Tololima Savaiinaea.

“He has been very sharp, has

great pace, and he’s only a young guy at 19. He’s got real zip and flair,” Patterson said.

Mid Canterbury has the services of some players backing up from Heartland Championship duty in the 15s game, including Isireli Masiwini, Timoci Nabakeke and flying Zimbabwean winger Brian Matoramusha.

New Zealand Under-19 Heartland XV team member Joel Leo is also in the mix, as is Jale Masi, who plays his rugby at number eight for Southbridge.

Mid Canterbury were in Oamaru last weekend for the Rugby Referees Sevens and finished in the bottom half of the eight-team tournament, after being hit hard by injuries.

Patterson said Mid Canterbury are still missing some players through injury – including Tait Chisman, Sairusi Turuva and Atu Takubu – and it’s unknown whether they’ll be back in time for the South Islands.

The South Islands will play out at Timaru’s Alpine Energy Stadium on December 2 and the nationals are in Tauranga on December 15 and 16.

The Mid Canterbury squad that will play in Methven this weekend is: Osea Baisagale, Isireli Masiwini, Cam Butler, Jale Masi, Joel Leo, Brian Matoramusha, Timoci Nabakeke, Ricus Van Zeyl, Milsy Tahuri, Tololima Savaiinaea, Charlie Suyker and Josh Ree.

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