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Local youth justice to be investigated

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Labour Party police spokesman Stuart Nash will investigate how the justice system is dealing with youth crime in Ashburton.

Nash was commenting following public meetings in the town where residents aired concerns around offences such as burglary and assault.

Hundreds turned out to a meeting on Thursday convened by Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew at Hotel Ashburton to address the youth crime wave.

Labour Party Rangitata candidate Jo Luxton also held a public meeting, although this was organised prior and was a political meeting, not aimed solely at

youth crime. It was on Thursday night, held at the Ashburton MSA, and Nash addressed the about 60 people who attended on policing and regional development.

Luxton said some who attended the night time meeting had thought it had been organised as a follow-on from the youth crime meeting, however this had not been the case.

Nevertheless, it had been good to hear the many concerns of residents.

“People are feeling frustrated and rightly so,” Luxton said.

She said the take-home message for herself and Nash had been that police, security firms and the community were working hard and doing all the right

things when it came to getting on top of youth crime, but the perception was that it was falling down at the level of the judiciary.

This message would be taken back to the party’s spokesperson for justice, Jacinda Ardern. Conversations which arose at such meetings could help guide policy going forward.

Nash said following the meeting he would be putting written questions to the Minister of Justice to find out how the youth court in Ashburton was dealing with juvenile offending, in terms of placement in youth facilities, curfews and other interventions.

He would be investigating the matter on behalf of the community.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Electric cars not on radar – yet

By Sue NewmaN

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In the Ashburton District Council’s vehicle fleet there are 43 cars and utes, all powered by diesel or petrol; electric cars are not yet on its radar.

And that has everything to do with the vehicles being price competitive and readily available chief executive officer Andrew Dalziel said.

The council buys its vehicles through the ‘All of Government’ scheme that ensures it receives extremely good discounted prices from the six or seven vehicle

manufacturers that are part of the scheme, he said.

“At present, if there is an electric vehicle on offer under the scheme that fits the council’s requirements and comes out cheapest then we would be interested, but there are none to date.”

The council did not have a policy direction that the council fleet, or some of it, should be electric, but things were changing with three charging stations being installed around the district and the ‘whole of life’ costs of electric vehicles likely to come down, Dalziel said.

“Before we purchase, we look at

the type of vehicle we require, the different makes we can pick from in the scheme and the respective discounts offered.

“We look at whether the vehicle uses petrol or diesel and the kilometre cost per tank etc. In Ashburton we also have to think about the rural urban split.”

The council needed a wide range of vehicle types for different parts of its business such as building officials or water rangers.

Council staff frequently had to drive long distances on gravel roads and that meant a different type of vehicle could be needed

compared to that used for running around town, he said.

“It is not unreasonable to think that in a few years’ time we might have some electric vehicles on our fleet.

“However, I have yet to see any data that persuades me the electric vehicles are price competitive right at this point in time.”

While it might buy its cars out of town, the council then dealt with local dealerships who supplied and serviced the vehicles.

The council currently has 43 cars and utes (excluding Parks and Open Spaces trucks, and

Rural Fire engines).

This year Dalziel expects to have the last of its older vehicles replaced.

This would ensure the fleet of 43 would be reasonably new and 5-star safety rated.

It would continue to replace vehicles every two or three years.

“Because we are buying them cheap through the Government scheme, we are attempting to sell them after three years on the open market with lower kilometres for a price that is closer to the original purchase cost under the scheme; that’s financially smart,” he said.

■ FANCIERS’ SOCIETY

Crowds flock to auction

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

Three-hundred-and-fifty lots were not enough to flap the Ashburton Fanciers’ Society at its Autumn Auction yesterday.

Secretary Brian Glassey said they had a good number of entries and good crowd in attendance, in what he described as “a pretty full-on day”.

The society has hosted the auctions for about 25 years, and has grown from once a year to twice a year.

“We added the spring auction as people were looking to buy around that time as well,” he said.

A variety of birds were on offer, varying from canaries to bantams and everything in between.

“The birds are put in to groups, but it isn’t quite as strict as when they are classed for shows,” he said.

“They can come in pairs, trios or flocks.”

Glassey said that as well as locals attending the auction, people travelled from outside the region too, with people attending from Amberley and Dunedin.

“It is a lot work to set up and they make a lot of mess to clean up the end of the day, but it is worth it,” he said.

Oskar Trafford, 11, was one of many to attend the Ashburton Fanciers’ Society’s Autumn Auction yesterday.

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Memories of World War One

BY SUE NEWMAN

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Along with family medals from both world wars, Nancy Winter has two special treasures that tell the story of one man’s journey through the battlefields of World War One. David Walker Winter was a Cromwell lad who wanted nothing more than to go to war. When he enlisted, along with other young men from his town, each was sent away carrying a special piece of home – a gold nugget panned from the Clutha River and crafted into a medallion.

That medallion carried the love and support of the small Central Otago town in carefully carved script.

But David took an even greater treasure to war, a small gold locket given to him by his girlfriend Violet Templeton. He pinned that locket to his uniform and the tiny photo it contained was a constant reminder that there would be life after war.

David was one of the lucky ones.

He came home and in 1919 married his sweetheart.

The locket has never left the Winter family, but the medal has had a chequered past, Nancy said.

“Somehow the medal got itself lost. Herb’s granddad had the Golden Age Hotel in Cromwell and many years later someone found it under the floor in the pub.”

The story didn’t end there. At that time a Dunedin radio station had a weekly Diggers’ session and the lost medal found its way there as a discussion subject with the finder seeking its owner. Someone alerted someone who knew the family and the medal was reunited with the Winter family.

As the last one of her generation, the medal, locket, pay books and an army issue sewing kit are now in Nancy’s caretaking.

She’s often worn the medal but the tiny locket has been carefully preserved as a treasured reminder of the past.

While David and Violet Winter settled into peace time and went on to raise a family of three children, David did not let age deter him from volunteering for World War Two. “He joined up using his brother’s name because he was younger but just as he was ready to go overseas, his mother potted him,” Nancy said.

At 45 David was considered too

old for war, but he decided he wasn’t too old for the army and moved into camp at Burnham where he worked as a cook.

That meant he enjoyed army life alongside his son Herb who had the opposite age problem when it came to overseas service – he was too young, turning 21 after the war finished.

The army that was a big part of David’s life was also to be the scene of his death. He died in camp at the age of 57.

And the army was to play a big part in Herb and Nancy’s life too.

“I remember I used to go on the Sunday excursion train from Timaru on a Sunday. All the young girls would get off at Burnham to see our fellas because they didn’t often get leave,” she said.

With Herb in the army, when the couple married in 1949 their first home was at Burnham camp where Herb became an A Grade mechanic. They moved to Ashburton in 1954.

Today Nancy has become the keeper of the Winter family’s past and has written a book telling their story to ensure future generations know the people who have gone before.

Right - Nancy Winter with a photo of her father-in-law and mother-in-law, David and Violet Winter, and a collection of memorabilia that was part of David’s World War One service.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Loose dog? Call the council

BY SUE NEWMAN

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If you spot a dog that’s gone AWOL, don’t turn to Facebook, call dog control, an Ashburton District Council manager says.

Environmental monitoring manager Rick Catchpowle is fed up with Facebook posters criticising the council for what they see as its failure to deal with roaming dogs, but in many of those situations, the council had not been made aware of many of those incidents, he said.

“We urge people to phone the council if they have a dog problem, don’t plaster it over social media.”

The council employed a dog control contractor who responded to calls about roaming dogs according to the urgency of the situation, Catchpowle said.

If a dog was aggressive or rushing at people a call would be actioned immediately, but if a caller simply said they saw two dogs running down the road it would be lower priority, he said.

“A risk assessment is done on every call but every matter is always investigated.”

People who found a dog on their property should also call dog control and have that dog picked up.

“It’s obvious we need to educate the public.”

The message was a simple one, he said – if there’s a dog where it shouldn’t be, doing what it shouldn’t be doing, call the council. Dogs collected by rangers were checked for registration tags and microchips and where possible

reunited with their owners. If a dog could not be identified it was taken to the council pound where it was kept for seven days before its future was decided.

“After that it becomes the council’s and we can dispose of it as we see fit,” Catchpowle said.

For dogs assessed as suitable one option could be rehoming, but this option was only used for dogs that trained staff believed met behavioural criteria.

The last resort for unclaimed dogs was euthanasia.

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Last year there were 1201 calls to dog control. Of the 218 dogs picked up by council contractors and taken to the council pound, 176 were reunited with their mums and dads, 29 were rehomed and 13 were euthanised.

Across all categories 583 dogs were picked up for wandering.

Contractors responded to 163 complaints of barking dogs, 200 where dogs were missing, seven cases of dog welfare, 43 dog attacks, 33 complaints of rushing dogs and 173 general inquiries.

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■ ANZAC DAY

Residents remember the fallen

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

Residents at Coldstream Rest Home, Hospital and Retirement Village were given the opportunity to remember the fallen on Thursday in a small Anzac service given by members of the Ashburton RSA. Due to the majority of residents being unable to attend services at the town cenotaph, RSA president Maurice Baker said they visited rest homes, and performed the 20-minute service.

Along with the playing of the Last Post and the reading of the oath, Baker read information about the centenary of the Battle of Passchendaele.

To do their part and show their support, a display was constructed from a collection of the resident’s memorabilia.

Items included photos of loved ones who served, medals and trophies.

More services will be delivered around Ashburton rest homes in the build-up to the public services tomorrow.

In brief Applicants sought Mid Canterbury students in the health or disability field are being invited to apply for a joint scholarship being offered by Rural Women New Zealand and Access. Nearly $40,000 has been given out under the scholarship to rural health professionals since 2004 and recipients have ranged from paramedics through to nurse practitioners. “They have a common aspiration to undertake further training and develop their professional knowledge so they can continue to provide quality health services in rural communities,” said Rural Women national president Fiona Gower.

Married at First Sight New Zealand is to get its own version of Australian television show Married at First Sight.

MediaWorks has announced it would start auditioning and producing the show and it would air between October and December. Married at First Sight matches up four couples, who have never met before, at their “wedding”.

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Residents of Coldstream Rest Home, Hospital and Retirement Village shared some of their war memorabilia in the home’s Anzac service on Thursday.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Alcohol policy gets green light

By Sue NewmaN

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It’s taken more than five years, but within three months the Ashburton District Council will implement its tailor-made local alcohol policy (LAP).

Since the first meetings were held to lay the foundations for the policy community groups and Ashburton District Council staff have been involved in endless rounds of consultation, planning, proposals, draft docu-

ments, final documents, hearings and appeals. The district’s alcohol plan will see an earlier closing time, 2am, imposed on clubs, bars and nightclubs with a one way door policy applying from 1am in Ashburton.

This will mean no new patrons will be admitted to bars after this time.

The one way door policy will not apply to rural bars.

The LAP will also change offlicence hours, shortening the time people can buy takeaway

alcohol to between 8am and 9pm.

Along with policies written by many local authorities, Ashburton’s had been held up by a number of appeals and hearings.

The policy had now been approved council environmental services group manager Jane Donaldson said but it would take at least three months before it came into effect.

Before that happens it needs to be signed off by the council and then publicly notified.

“It was 2012 when we started and it’s been a long and expensive process,” she said.

The Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 enabled councils to develop a policy that would set rules concerning the sale, supply and consumption of alcohol in their own area.

It was seen as a way to give communities an opportunity to tailor alcohol licensing approaches to suit local requirements in a way that would help minimise alcohol related harm.

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Andrew Falloon is the new National candidate for Rangitata, not MP, as he was inadvertently referred to in the opening of a story in Saturday’s Guardian.

Falloon is replacing MP Jo Goodhew as the Rangitata representative at this year’s election, and will contest the electorate alongside other political party candidates.

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Emotional service in France Commemorations of New Zealand’s contribution to World War One are continuing in France.

More than 150 people have already attended an emotional New Zealand Anzac Commemorative service at Longueval, the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) says.

“At the memorial surrounded by fields where New Zealand soldiers once fought bravely to gain ground, our contingent represented our country and those soldiers proudly and with honour,” it said.

The NZDF contingent took part in a New Zealand Anzac Dawn Service at the Le Quesnoy Communal Cemetery yesterday (NZ time).

This service lasted about an hour and was supported by the community of Le Quesnoy.

Just a week before the end of the First World War in November 1918, the New Zealand Division captured the French town.

It was the New Zealanders’ last major action in the war. To this day, the town of Le Quesnoy continues to mark the important role that New Zealand played in its history.

Streets are named after New Zealand places, there is a New Zealand memorial and a primary school bears the name of a New Zealand soldier.

The NZDF contingent also took part in a French Commemorative Service last night (NZ time) which included a walk starting from the Place du General Leclerc to the New Zealand Memorial commemorating the town’s liberation in 1918.

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■ HANDBAG AUCTION

Handbags to be auctioned

By Megan gnad

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A handbag auction to raise money for White Ribbon and CanBead will be held next month.

Handbags and Gladrags takes place on Saturday, May 6 at The MSA Ashburton, featuring live music, entertainment and guest speakers.

Event organiser, Anna Arrowsmith, said it would be a fantastic night of “all things girlie”.

CanInspire Charitable Trust founder, Sarah Clifford, will be speaking at the event, as well colour and style coach, professional speaker and author, Chryssie Russell.

Co-organiser, Louise Duke, confirmed the band, Born Ready, would also be playing on the night.

“We have had approximately 70 handbags donated, so far, full of amazing and beautiful goodies,” she said.

“We even have some designer bags in, a chef’s bag full of cooking goodies, and a cook bag, a designer baby bag full of baby goods, and a craft bag to name but a few.

We also have a ‘manbag’.”

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“We have collected secondhand handbags from the women in the community who have filled them each with different types

of goodies, and they will be auctioned off to raise the funds,” said Duke.

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■ FRANCE

Early voting under way Early voting has begun in France’s overseas territories in the country’s most nailbiting election in generations.

Opinion polls pointed to a tight race among the four top contenders vying to get into the May 7 presidential run-off that will decide who becomes France’s next head of state.

Voting won’t start until today on the French mainland.

Polls suggest that far-right nationalist Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron, an independent centrist and former economy minister, are in the lead.

However, conservative Francois Fillon, a former prime minister whose campaign was initially derailed by allegations that his wife was paid for work as his aide that she never did, appeared to be closing the gap, as was far-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon.

Security was tight – the government has mobilised more than 50,000 police to protect 70,000 polling stations, with an additional 7000 soldiers on patrol.

Security was a prominent issue after a wave of extremist attacks on French soil, including a gunman who killed a Paris police officer on Thursday night before being

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A man picks a ballot paper before voting for the first-round presidential election at a polling station in Paris yesterday.

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Campaigning came to an abrupt halt after the Champs-Elysees gun attack by 39 -year-old Karim Cheurfi.

Voters made their choices in the Atlantic Ocean territories of Saint Pierre and Miquelon as well as in French Guiana in South America, the Caribbean’s Guadeloupe and elsewhere.

In a sign of how tense the country is, a man holding a knife caused widespread panic on Saturday at Paris’ Gare du Nord train station. He was arrested and no one was hurt. The election is also widely being viewed as a ballot on the future of the 28-nation European Union.

The far-right Le Pen and the far-left Melenchon could pull France out of the bloc and its shared euro currency – a so-called “Frexit.”

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■ AUSTRALIA

May on course for win

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Britain’s Theresa May appears on course to win a crushing election victory in June after opinion polls put support for her ruling Conservative party at around 50 per cent, double that of the opposition Labour party.

May’s decision to call a June 8 election stunned her political rivals this week and a string of polls released late on Saturday suggested the gamble had paid off, with one from ComRes showing the party of Margaret Thatcher enjoying levels of support not seen since 1991.

May, appointed prime minister in the turmoil that followed Britain’s vote to leave the European Union last June, said she needed the election to secure her own mandate and strengthen her hand for the Brexit negotiations ahead.

She is also looking to capitalise on the disarray swirling around the Labour party, which has been riven with internal division over its leader Jeremy Corbyn.

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The Australian amusement company operating a ride that killed a six-yearold boy, the son of New Zealand parents, says it is supporting the child’s grieving family.

Eugene Mahauariki was flung from the Cha Cha at a carnival in Rye, on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, on Easter Monday.

He died at the Royal Children’s Hospital on Friday, his devastated family confirmed in a statement on Saturday.

One of Eugene’s parents is employed by ride operator Wittingslow Amusements.

“Our hearts and sincerest thoughts remain firmly with his family at this sad time, as well as their friends and extended family here and in New Zealand,” Wittingslow said in a statement.

“We grieve with them and we are doing everything we can to ensure everyone gets the support they need.

“The entire Wittingslow family and all of our staff are devastated by what occurred last week.”

Eugene’s parents Tammy and Stacey Mahauariki described their son as an energetic boy who loved to play with his siblings and dogs.

“Eugene was a happy, kind and caring boy and he loved nothing more than to dance,” their statement read.

WorkSafe is investigating the incident, including the height requirements for riders, to determine if all safety procedures had been followed.

The safety watchdog had earlier said it appeared the ride was being used by carnival workers and their families after the carnival had closed.

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Caitlyn Jenner has become distant with “a couple” of her children since she came out as transgender. The former Olympic decathlon champion first revealed she had transitioned to a woman two years ago and has said that since then she has seen some of her children drift away from her. Jenner, 67, has six biological children – Burt and Cassandra with first wife Chrystie Scott, Brandon and Brody with second wife Linda Thompson, and Kendall and Kylie with third wife Kris Jenner. She was instrumental in raising Kris’ children from her first marriage - Kim, Khloe, Kourtney and Robert Kardashian. In an interview with Diane Sawyer on news show 20/20, Jenner said the children still call her “Dad” and added the reality of her transition has been difficult.

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Trump supporters ‘stupid’ John Cleese has labelled supporters of President Donald Trump the “stupidest people” he has ever met. The Monty Python star, who lives in the US, called the current political situation in the country “completely mad” during an appearance on The Nightly Show.

“People don’t want to admit how mad it is. They cannot believe what is happening,” he said. Although he conceded the Republican leader still had supporters, he added: “They still think he’s great but these are the stupidest people you have ever met.”

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The Voice returns Coming into its sixth season on Australian TV, the Nine Network talent show The Voice has made its four red chairs almost as famous as the coaches who sit upon them. Although this year it will be hard to outshine Destiny’s Child’s Kelly Rowland and 1980s pop star Boy George who have both joined the show. The two superstars will be seated alongside returning coaches Seal and Delta Goodrem in the search for the country’s most talented people. In terms of numbers, a total of 100 artists come through for the blind auditions before being whittled down to the final 12 who face the live shows.

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■ UNITED STATES

Conflict on US airline Another day, another mobile phone video of a conflict on a plane in the US. American Airlines said it grounded a flight attendant who got into a verbal confrontation with a passenger after taking a baby stroller away from another passenger on a Friday flight from San Francisco to Dallas-Fort Worth.

The incident comes less than two weeks after video of a man being violently dragged off a United Express flight sparked widespread outrage.

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attendants than ever before.

United initially blamed its passenger, Dr David Dao, before finally apologising days after the incident, fanning the public’s fury.

American, by contrast, seems to have learned from United’s mistakes; it immediately said it was sorry, that it had grounded the flight attendant while it investigates the incident, and that it had upgraded the passenger involved and her family to first class.

“American doesn’t want to become the next United, but then, United didn’t want to become the next United,” said Henry Harteveldt, travel industry analyst at Atmosphere Research Group.

“No airline wants to be seen

as being anti-consumer or antipassenger.”

Smartphone cameras and social media are shifting power to consumers who can share customer relations gaffes with the world. They’re increasingly making confrontations with staff headline news, making it harder for companies to sweep complaints under the rug.

The faster companies own up to mistakes, the quicker they can start to do damage control.

Days after Dao was dragged off the United Express flight from Chicago to Kentucky to make room for airline crew, his lawyer spent a good part of a news conference railing against what he said was the industry-wide shabby treatment of airline passengers. Dao lost teeth, suffered a

broken nose and received a concussion in the incident, which was captured on video.

Travelling is stressful under any circumstance, and conflict resolution training is an essential part of being a flight attendant, Harteveldt said.

“If airlines aren’t going to improve staffing or restore leg room for customers, they should at least provide flight attendants with better, more relevant training about how to handle these types of situations,” he said.

At the same time, passengers should also be respectful of flight attendants as well, he said.

“It’s just clear in this case things didn’t go the way anybody would have liked, but American Airlines acted responsibly in the aftermath,” he said.

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■ AUSTRALIA

Titanic fur coat sold at auction A fur coat worn by a stewardess on the Titanic who was saved from the doomed ship has been sold for £150,000 ($NZ273,368) at auction, almost twice the estimate.

Mabel Bennett threw on the heavy coat to protect herself from the cold before being rescued by a lifeboat as the stricken liner went down after hitting an iceberg on April 14, 1912.

Bennett, a stewardess in first class, had previously worked aboard the Olympic and only joined the crew of the Titanic on April 6, serving alongside her brother-in-law Alfred Crawford, who was saved, and her nephew Leonard James Hoare, who was among the 1500 dead.

She wore the coat while aboard the Carpathia, which rescued many of the Titanic’s passengers, and also while on the Red Star Line SS Lapland, used by the Titanic’s owner White Star Line to transport crew back to England after the tragedy.

Bennett lived to 95, making her one of the longest living female Titanic crew members.

A letter from her great niece accompanying the coat and authenticating it says: “On her rescue from the Titanic she was in her nightdress and this coat was the first garment she snatched for warmth.

“My aunt gave me the coat in the early 60s, because of her advancing years she found the weight of the coat too much for her.”

Other items of Titanic memorabilia sold included a sepia photograph of the ship, believed to have been taken on April 9 1912, the day before it left Southampton for New York, which sold for £12,500 ($NZ22,780).

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Marilyn’s home for sale Fans of Marilyn Monroe with a spare $US6.2 million ($NZ8.8 million) could snap up the only home the Hollywood icon ever owned, in the affluent Brentwood area of Los Angeles. The bottle blonde bombshell bought the 1929 Spanish hacienda style fourbedroom home in the coveted and star-studded Helenas district in early 1962. But her residency was tragically short-lived as she was found dead there in August that year from an apparent overdose of sleeping pills, aged just 36. - AAP

Qantas apologises Qantas has met angry commercial fishers affected by a spill of toxic firefighting foam from one of its hangars into Brisbane waterways.

The head of the airline’s domestic operations, Andrew David, flew to Brisbane on Saturday to meet fishers and other stakeholders affected by the April 10 spill.

He indicated the airline would compensate those who suffered financial harm due to the spill, which left many unable to take prawns and other seafood from parts of the Brisbane river and waterways around the airport.

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Australia firm against threat US Vice-President Mike Pence came to Australia to make peace after a rough start to the relationship under new President Donald Trump, but it was North Korea that more than anything united the two long-time allies.

The security threat posed by North Korea has dominated Mr Pence’s 10-day tour of the Asia Pacific, with the vice-president repeatedly saying “all options” are on the table for dealing with Pyongyang.

In Sydney on Saturday he stood alongside Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to step up calls on China to do more to pressure North Korea into dumping its nuclear and ballistic missile programme.

Last week, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop indicated Australia would consider further sanctions against the hermit state.

It was in response to that threat that North Korea later on Saturday night issued a state-

ment through its official news agency, threatening to attack Australia with nuclear missiles for “blindly and zealously toeing the US line” on the rogue state.

Ms Bishop struck back yesterday, saying the threat from North Korea could not be left unchecked.

“The North Korean government should invest in the welfare of its long-suffering citizens, rather than weapons of mass destruction.”

Mr Pence yesterday remained silent on the war of words between Australia and North Korea as he joined his family for tours of Taronga Zoo, Sydney Harbour, NSW Government House and the Opera House on the final day of their official visit. But he made it clear on Saturday that the US appreciated Australia’s backing on North Korea.

He also reaffirmed the US

commitment to the controversial refugee swap deal that had dented the US-Australian relationship during a fiery phone call with Mr Turnbull and Mr Trump shortly after his inauguration.

The vice-president confirmation of the deal could be seen as a gift of goodwill.

“It was a deal that they inherited from the Obama administration, and they weren’t happy about the detail of the deal, but given the nature of the relationship, they honour the deal and we’re very grateful for it,” Immigration Minister Peter Dutton told the ABC’s Insiders program.

Yesterday, it was Sydney’s turn to treat the Pence entourage, with the city showcasing some of its greatest tourist spots.

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The boyfriend of a British reality TV star has been arrested in connection with last week’s London nightclub acid attack, which injured two Australians and left two revellers partially blinded.

Arthur Collins, 25, was arrested at the weekend, on suspicion of attempted murder. Police sought Collins after a noxious substance was sprayed inside the Mangle club in on April 17. Collins had been in a relationship with Ferne McCann, best known in the UK for her appearances on The Only Way Is Essex and the local version of I’m A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! After the incident she urged him to contact police.

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Funeral held Funeral services have been held for a Cleveland retiree whose shooting death in the US was posted on Facebook.

Family members at the weekend Robert recalled Robert Godwin Sr Godwin Sr as a loving, gentle person who taught the importance of forgiveness. The 74-year-old Godwin was shot on Easter Sunday along a Cleveland street. Gunman Steve Stephens led police on a car chase in Erie, Pennsylvania, before fatally shooting himself Tuesday.

Tonya Godwin-Baines, one of Godwin’s 10 children, said the family forgives Stephens. Stephens was a 37-year-old job counsellor who worked with young people.

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April 26 – Moscow Ballet La Classique presents Swan Lake at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

April 28 – Too Many Chiefs band at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, open hat night.

To May 7 – Uncovered, the Ashburton Licensing Trust Collection, at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

April 30 – Jub Jub Club school holiday session textured landscapes at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

To May 7 – John Badcock, Portraits, at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

May 8 – The Ashburton Art Gallery’s exhibition spaces will be closed for 12 days for installation of a major new exhibition. The gallery shop and regular programmes will operate as normal.

May 13 – Ashburton Musical Club public concert Olivia Pike in Recital, 7.30pm, Sinclair Centre. Door sales $15, members $10, students free.

Supper will be served.

May 14 – Mid Canterbury Choir presents a Mothers’ Day performance, The Heavens Declare, at St Stephens Anglican Church, 2pm.

May 20 – Variety Theatre Ashburton opens The Addams Family at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, to stage until May 27.

May 20 – Steve Carr, Variations for Troubled Hands, opening and artist talk, 2.30pm, at the Ashburton Art Gallery. Exhibition May 21 to June 24.

June 11 – Ashburton Musical Club Mid Winter Celebration, 2pm, Sinclair Centre. Arranged

by Margaret Hawkey. Visitors welcome, $5 at door, afternoon tea.

To August 23 – Mark Braunias Assemble, Disassemble, Reassemble exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

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Methven musician Tilly Smith took out the Intermediate Country Rock Vocal Solo section in the 2017 Southern Alps Country Music Awards.

She was also named Intermediate Overall Runner-Up at the 29th annual event held in Timaru’s Caroline Bay Hall over Easter weekend.

Representing Ashburton on the night was Kayla Marshall, who was presented with a HighlyCommended placing in the Senior Female Vocal Solo section.

Seventeen-year-old Tilly said she was thrilled to top the intermediate category as it was the final year she could enter that age group.

She won the Intermediate Country Rock Vocal Solo section with a rendition of Let ‘Er Rip by the Dixie Chicks, saying song selection plays a big part in overall success.

“It’s all about not choosing your favourite song, but something that suits your voice,” she said.

“It’s just a lot of practice and my voice has grown a lot over the last year.”

She also entered the Gospel category with Beautiful, Beautiful by Francesca Battistelli, the Traditional section with I Can’t Be Myself by LeAnn Rimes and the Solo category with, Stay by Sugarland.

Tilly, who grew up in Dorie and now lives in Methven, plays guitar and, with time, is hoping to start writing her own music.

“I try not to copy other artists, I’m trying to get my own voice,” she said.

At age eight, her first singing teacher suggested she give country a go and she entered her first Southern Alps Country Music Awards.

She’s been entering regularly since and enjoys the welcoming environment.

“It’s such a good atmosphere,” she said. “I know everyone there now.”

A spokesperson said this year’s Southern Alps Country Music Awards were a great success.

“The standard was extremely high with the judges having great difficulty separating many of the acts.

“Many of the competitors commented on the friendliness of the weekend and relaxed feel throughout the weekend.”

Tilly’s next project is travelling to LA, in June, as part of the

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28-member New Zealand Black Stars to compete in the World Championships of Performing Arts (WCOPA).

On May 20, she is holding her own concert at Samuel’s Bar from 6.30pm, performing with and supported by Cam Luxton, Wayne Pannett and his students.

“It’s really exciting,” she said.

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“Winning this (the country award) has given me an extra push to work towards this.”

The 2017 Southern Alps Country Music Awards Senior Overall Winner was Lana Mackay, from Gore, the Intermediate Overall Winner was Jade Gibson, from Murchison, and the Junior Overall prize went to Serenity Grace

Nielsen, from Dunedin.

Previous senior overall winners include Mitch Low (2014), Jamie de Garnham (2015), Mitch Low with Ash Young (2016) and Kaylee Bell (2007) who recently had the incredible opportunity of opening for the Dixie Chicks at their New Zealand Mission Estate Winery Concert.

Ariana Grande announces Australasian tour US pop star Ariana Grande has announced her first tour of Australia and New Zealand.

The singer is bringing her Dangerous Woman tour, named after her recent No.1 album, to Down Under arenas later this year.

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than 22 million Spotify streams each month, reached No.1 in the album charts in several countries including Australia, New Zealand and the UK with her album Dangerous Woman.

The singer, known for hits including Into You and Side to Side, also sang on the recent Beauty

and the Beast film soundtrack and is the only artist to debut on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles charts with tracks from each of her first three albums.

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Making school relevant for all kids Sue Newman

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s Ashburton grapples with a youth crime wave, it’s refreshing to see our local college taking a long, hard look at finding solutions.

No surprises that Ashburton College principal Ross Preece believes that education plays a big part in keeping kids out of trouble, but he’s prepared to back that up, not with just facts, but also with action.

Understanding that not every child is destined for university, the college team is devising a new curriculum that’s designed to keep over 16s at school as long as possible.

Next years Year 13 curriculum will aim to provide the nonuniversity entrance students with every reason to come to school, by offering them options that have broader, life-skill style appeal.

These will be real life subjects that will give them knowledge and skills that can be transferred into the workforce rather than academic knowledge that will transfer to a degree.

It’s not pie-in-the-sky stuff. It’s real-life stuff that’s about ensuring kids go to school because school has meaning.

What’s the option? If they’re not at school and they’re not working or in further training, then the world of miscreant behaviour is their oyster.

Labour’s Stuart Nash is on the same page. He believes the kids who are likely to run amok can be identified early in their school years.

Spend a few thousand plugging the gaps in their learning and social skills and you’ll save many, many thousands of dollars further down the track in incarceration costs. Harsh but true.

As a community we need to face the facts.

We have a growing number of kids for whom traditional education is not working. These kids are no fools, but they’re kids for whom maths, economics, physics and history has little appeal.

They want to do stuff that has relevance and meaning, stuff that will fit them for life.

For some it’s too late, the ambulance has already left the bottom of the cliff, but as a country we have a chance to re-park it at the top by investing money, time and energy into interventions at school.

If home is failing them, then what other option do we have?

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ore than 200 people came along to the public meeting I hosted last week to discuss youth crime and policing in our community.

I was absolutely delighted with the numbers who turned out.

The variety of age groups, businesses and agencies represented made for a worthwhile discussion and highlighted the depth of feelings the current youth issues are generating.

Thank you all for taking the time away from your work, your business and your daily lives to be heard and to hear from the Police, Justice officials, Oranga Tamariki and not least the Associate Minister of Justice Mark Mitchell.

I certainly picked up on the real sense of frustration that the community is feeling.

The obvious reaction most people have to the behaviour of this group is to “lock them up and throw away the key”.

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understand the often invisible nature of the work they do.

Such agencies are absolutely the right ones to be dealing with the youths involved and they do have a range of tools at their disposal.

We need to support the work they are doing and not be tempted to take the law into our own hands.

While Ashburton does not have the range of youth services or programmes available here on the same level as cities and larger communities, we do have a number of agencies working very hard for the youth and children in our community.

Many of those programmes work under the banner of Safer Ashburton.

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Social investment is based around identifying at a very early age the children who are most likely to be at risk as they grow up.

We know that a number of factors combine including where a parent has had a custodial sentence, where the mother does not have NCEA level 2, where there has been a CYF (now Otanga Tamariki) notification or where the family has had longterm benefit dependence a family will be much more at risk.

Once identified these families and children can have co-ordinated wrap-around services which in time will lead to healthier, better equipped families who have children growing up with aspirations and the ability to be good members of our communities.

Such an approach is long-term I know.

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to support our Police and the agencies working with our young people. We also need to trust them to do their job.

I know the Minister left Ashburton with a clear understanding of the frustration, difficulties and concern the Ashburton community has, because he and I have “de-briefed”.

If you weren’t able to attend the meeting last week I am still keen to hear from you about your perspective on our youth crime issues.

Please call my office on 3087510 and we can arrange a time to talk in person or on the phone.

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Good response to annual Poppy Day Ashburton RSA member Malcolm Taylor and Ashburton Cadet Unit cadet Haylee Pethig took to the streets last week to support the annual Poppy Day. Volunteers collected around town and reported a good turnout and response.

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here is a savage, raw-edged beauty to Cape Palliser, where the land and sea can come to serious blows on the southern-most tip of the North Island. But the summer months offer a more benign big blue sky experience, which I sampled with Stuart Edwards from Green Jersey Explorer Tours.

Heading out from Martinborough’s mannered streets of tidy houses, the bucolic drive to the coast shuffled from pastoral plains to undulating countryside.

I soon realised why the car rally crowd and two-wheeling weekend warriors swoon over these country roads, interspersed with photogenic little villages, like Pirinoa.

Our first stop was at the Putangirua Pinnacles Scenic Reserve, for the 90 minute return walk to this bewitching rock formation, that made a starring appearance in Lord of the Rings.

Steadily climbing through the steeply beech-forested flanks of the hillside, the endurance test was made all the more cathartic by the elevated perspective across Palliser Bay. Arriving at the viewing platform, soak up the cinematic panorama of these hoodoo formations.

Largely composed of greywacke gravels exposed by rain and floodwaters, harder layers of rock cap these fluted stone pillars, or hoodoos, which protects the underlying soil from the rain and prevents the soft gravels from eroding.

Despite being slammed by some of the fiercest weather in the nation, the gritty little fishing village of Ngawi is not deterred from launching their boats into the wild sea in search of a catch.

Conspicuously lacking a sheltered harbour, fishing boats are hauled in and out of the sea by an astonishing battalion of bulldozers and tractors, which are as widely varied as the boats they pull.

From the stony shoreline, I marvelled at this rustic eye-ball feast of workhorses, standing at attention like dutiful ocean sentinels. It would have to rate as one of the most novel and unusual coastal curiosities in New Zealand. It’s like a rendering of industrial-chic shoreline art.

You may well have seen Ngawi on the television recently, without even realising. The muchloved Lotto ad, featuring the father on a fishing boat and his son on a pirate ship, was shot at Ngawi.

Further along the magnificent cliff-hugging coastline, the can-

Travel contributor, Mike Yardley, ventures to the wind-blasted Wairarapa sweep of Palliser Bay, studded with scenic highs, remarkable history and Kiwi curios.

The Pinnacles are a bewitching rock formation that made a starring appearance in Lord of the Rings. dy-striped Cape Palliser Lighthouse is a riveting landmark, beckoning you up the formidable flight of 258 wooden steps.

The lung-busting ascent felt like hell, but trust me, it’s the stairway to heaven, because the trippy coastal panorama to reward you at the top is utterly rhapsodic, serrated by the Kaikoura Ranges across the water.

Below the lighthouse, lap up the North Island’s largest fur seal breeding colony, who contentedly spread themselves across the Cape Palliser’s nooks and crannies.

During my November visit, our blubbery friends were out in force, with mothers teaching their pups acrobatic lessons in the rock pool, while the big bull seals loll about on the rocks, snorting and hollering like pickled members of an old boys’ club after a few too many gins.

History lessons seem to lurk around every corner. James Cook named Cape Palliser in honour of one of his naval mates and the name extends across the sweeping bay.

The candy-striped Cape Palliser Lighthouse is a riveting landmark.

Early European sheep farmers drove their flocks around the coast from the Wainuiomata Valley, with the bay serving as their gateway to the sprawling pastoral quilt of the Wairarapa Plains. The windswept beach was the staging post for their produce, whereby the likes of wool bales were hauled out to waiting ships by hardy oarsmen on surfboats.

Well-endowed with kai moana, Palliser Bay is one of the oldest inhabited regions for Maori, with

archaeological sites indicating iwi first settled here in the 14th century.

Close to Ngawai, Stuart pointed out the ancient stone walls early Maori built in the ridge lines to protect their kumara gardens. I also marvelled at the gigantic slab of tilting sandstone rock thrust up by an earthquake that iwi call Kupe’s Sail. The great explorer apparently rested here and the story goes that that Kupe challenged his companion, Ngake, to see

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who could complete a canoe sail first. Kupe won, with both sails hung up against the cliffs.

With hunger levels rising, it was over a lip-smacking lunch of the freshest fish and chips at the historic Lake Ferry Hotel, that I gleaned more insights into the region’s indigenous history, where I met Reuben Tipoki. He is launching walking history tours of the area, a fantastic way to immerse yourself in the rich heritage of Palliser Bay.

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Crusaders roll Stormers Winger George Bridge’s first-half hat-trick has set up the Crusaders for a relentless 57-24 Super Rugby win over the Stormers in Christchurch on Saturday night.

The Crusaders ran in five tries in the opening 40 minutes, All Blacks skipper Kieran Read doing his bit with a brace as they Crusaders secured the game with a 36-3 lead at the break.

The win leaves the Crusaders atop the New Zealand conference and the overall standings, the only unbeaten team after eight weeks.

The Stormers, coming off a 29-16 loss last week to the Kings, sorely tested the Crusaders’ defence early, but could only come away with a Robert du Preez penalty.

They also lost second fiveeighth Dan du Plessis to a serious-looking shoulder injury after 10 minutes, and the Crusaders were quick to pounce when they finally established some field position.

They built phases with patience, then Bridge hit Ryan Crotty’s perfect offload at full speed, showing impressive strength and reach to score between the sticks.

Bridge bagged his second as the half-hour mark approached,

the Crusaders clinical with smart recycling from an attacking lineout and the Stormers caught short out wide.

Bridge’s third came four minutes later, another nonchalant stroll set up in acres of space by a looping long pass from young centre Jack Goodhue.

Read then did his bit with two tries in the last three minutes – the first out wide on the left, the second on the right.

It took less than a minute from the restart for the Stormers to haul themselves back into the match, winger Cheslin Kolbe snaffling a rash Richie Mo’unga skip pass to cross untouched.

A wicked fend left Mo’unga sprawling and set Bjorn Basson up for the Stormers’ second, as the Crusaders struggled to secure front-foot ball.

The Crusaders hit back with two of their own soon as the hour mark ticked over, Michael Alaalatoa burrowing over from close range then Pete Samu sprinting 80 metres for an intercept try.

The Stormers replied through replacement prop Frans Malherbe, but Manasa Mataele gave the Crusaders the last say when he hared down the left touchline with two minutes of the match remaining.

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Crusaders Joe Moody makes a bullocking run during their match against the Stormers on Saturday night.

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Patchy Highlanders too strong for Wolves The Highlanders have chalked up their fifth win of the Super Rugby season with a workmanlike 40-15 win over the Sunwolves in Invercargill.

The final result was never really in doubt, although the Highlanders looked rusty coming off the bye and weren’t always convincing, particularly in the first half.

Their scrum was generally efficient and the set piece solid despite the absence of All Blacks flanker Elliot Dixon, ruled out late by a knee infection.

It took just four minutes for the Highlanders to punish the Sunwolves’ slow start, the visitors’ poor handling gifting plenty of early possession.

Good support play from the turnover set up the first try, the Highlanders shifting the ball wide for second five-eighth Malakai Fekitoa to dot down.

The Sunwolves, coming off last week’s 50-3 thumping by the Crusaders, looked to have replied quickly when centre Will Tupou crashed over three minutes later.

But an accidental offside at the

ruck meant referee Jamie Nutbrown disallowed the try.

The Highlanders continued to dominate possession and territory, helped in some part by some aimless Sunwolves kicking, but couldn’t capitalise until the 35th minute.

They again shifted the ball wide, flanker Liam Squire crossing in the corner, although the final pass from Tevita Li looked to have drifted forward.

Halfback Aaron Smith added a third right on the halftime siren, constant pressure and quick work at the breakdown giving the Highlanders a 21-3 lead at the break.

The winning margin expanded rapidly from the restart, with centre Matt Faddes crossing twice in the space of seven minutes.

All Blacks fullback Ben Smith added a sixth in the 55th minute, after the Sunwolves botched a certain try when lock Sam Wykes knocked on over the line.

However the Sunwolves’ hard work in building phases was rewarded with tries to No.8 Wil-

Liam Messam lie Britz and Australian loosie Rahboni Warren Vosayaco as the Highlanders lost shape and momentum in the closing 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, the Chiefs will be thrilled to head back to Hamilton – providing their in-flight entertainment features no footage of Saturday night’s grisly win in Perth.

Dave Rennie’s side earned a victory over the Force that must have left the coach with mixed emotions.

Satisfied to end a three-match tour with two victories, especially

given last weekend’s scare against the Cheetahs, but also frustrated at what was an extremely patchy performance.

The Chiefs fell well short of their high standards, playing with plenty of their usual menace but all too often missing the accuracy required to apply the final touch.

There were a multitude of offloads that didn’t quite go to hand, a number of incorrect options taken at the wrong time and, as a result, an abundance of attacks that amounted to nothing.

On another night, when passes were sticking, it could have been a typically electric effort filled with typically outstanding tries.

As it was, the Chiefs managed to cross only once, inside the opening 10 minutes when Aaron Cruden carved a hole through the opposition defence and Liam Messam finished the job.

Their defensive comfort left the Chiefs content with winning the game through Cruden’s boot, more than content with their favourable position near the top of the table.

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Lions show super form Holders Saracens have reached the European Champions Cup final with a convincing 26-10 victory over Munster at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium, keeping alive their hopes of achieving back-to-back league and European doubles.

Munster, playing in a record 12th European semi-final, tried to rattle the English champions and trailed by just three points at halftime yesterday, but their direct game was easily neutralised as Owen Farrell’s boot and two second-half tries decided the contest between the competition’s meanest defences.

The Irish province started at a ferocious pace in front of a sea of Munster red, pinning Saracens back on their line with a couple of big scrums and their pressure was rewarded with three points from former Crusaders fiveeighth Tyler Bleyendaal.

But last year’s winner’s quickly showed why they had not been beaten in their previous 16 Champions Cup games, cutting Munster apart out wide, only for halfback Richard Wigglesworth to drop the ball with the tryline at his mercy.

Farrell levelled the scores with a penalty on 16 minutes and although a Jackson Wray yellow card for a dangerous tackle threatened to put the champions under pressure, Munster could not break their aggressive defence down.

Instead it was Saracens, in a semi-final for the fifth year in a row, who added to the scoreboard while Wray was in the sin bin with Farrell coolly slotting over a penalty after his pack, boasting five players named in the British and Irish Lions touring squad last week, made the Munster scrum buckle.

Saracens’ superiority continued in the second half and the Munster line was breached for just the sixth time in eight Champions Cup games when Mako Vunipola drove over with just over a half an hour to play.

Munster came roaring back but Bleyendaal scuffed a penalty and his opposite number slotted one over to widen the gap which became an insurmountable 20 points when Simon Zebo failed to gather a dink through from Farrell and Chris Wyles touched down.

Munster forward CJ Stander barrelled over for a consolation try at the death but it was too late as Saracens progressed to play the winners of the other semi-final between Clermont Auvergne and Leinster in the May 13 final in Edinburgh.

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Methven lone winner

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It was a tough day at the office for three quarters of Mid Canterbury’s senior rugby teams with only Methven securing a victory in the Combined Country Rugby competition when they beat West Melton 43-19 in front of their home crowd.

Southern had a narrow loss to Lincoln out at Mayfield losing 34-36, while Hampstead suffered their fifth loss of the season to Saracens 42-18.

Celtic were handed their second loss of the season when Prebbleton ground out an 11-3 victory.

Southern 34 Lincoln 36

Michael Ellis will be quite happy if he doesn’t hear the word wedding for the rest of the rugby season.

Without making excuses for his side’s third consecutive loss after leading at half-time, the Southern coach can’t help but wonder might have been for his side so far this season if things hadn’t been so disjointed.

Without the services of eight of his regular starters due to a wedding on Saturday, the third to cause troubles for his side this season, Ellis was left with a squad of 16.

He had to add a further six players from the Senior B side to fill his roster in his side’s 34-36 loss, which saw a Lincoln penalty

Staring down the barrel Just past the halfway mark, Australia’s wretched results are on track to yield the country’s worst season in the 23-year history of Super Rugby. The Australian conference ladder underlines just how badly the sides are going in this season of discontent. The Brumbies lead that log despite having a 3-5 record, the supposedly strong Reds and Waratahs are both 2-6, the Western Force are 2-5 and the Rebels 1-1-5. It means that, for a second straight season, Australia already looks set to have only the one finals spot guaranteed to the conference winner.

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Rebels settle for draw The injury-hit Melbourne Rebels are happy to be leaving Durban with some Super Rugby competition points after Reece Hodge kicked a penalty after fulltime to snatch a 9-9 draw with the Sharks. It was the second successive week Hodge’s boot proved decisive after the fullback nailed a late penalty to upset the Brumbies last round. The draw was a fair result given Sharks five-eighth Curwin Bosch had given his side the lead for the first time two minutes earlier. Second in their conference, the Sharks hadn’t lost at home in seven games and were rated huge favourites. - AAP

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There’s good vibes coming out of the Methven changing shed now after a slow start to the season.

Andy Pearce’s men put their second win of the season together on Saturday, comprehensively beating West Melton in an actionpacked match at the Methven Domain.

“West Melton took it to us early on but we blew a few opportunities too,” Pearce said.

“Then in the second half we really worked into it and produced some pretty nice rugby I thought.”

First half tries to Sam Brown, Tyler Blackburn and Matt Groom were complemented by two conversions and a penalty by Davey Maw to see Methven up 22-7 at the break.

West Melton opened the scoring in the second half before tries to captain James McLeod, Augustina Elisana and new recruit Jone Baba rounded out the match with Methven winning 43-19.

“James McLeod was enormous for us I thought and Tyler Blackburn had a strong game too,” Pearce said.

The ability to build some combinations was starting to pay dividends and a powerful midfield was starting to give the Mallards some go-forward ball.

They have a tough run into the second half of the competition with games against Southbridge, Lincoln and Rakaia.

“It won’t be easy and we have to step up yet again, but we are on the right track.”

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Victory ‘owe’ Sydney The boys from Lincoln proved just a little too tough for Southern in a high-scoring encounter on Saturday at Mayfield, with Lincoln running out the winners 36-34.

PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 220417-RH-131 sail over the posts in the closing minutes to steal the victory.

“It’s been a bit of a disjointed start to the season that’s for sure,” Ellis said.

“But I think they boys are finally starting to think about rugby, which is good.

“I thought Saturday was a hell of an improvement on what has been so far this season that’s for sure.”

Quick out of the blocks again, Southern settled into their work and put Lincoln on the back foot to lead 24-12 at half time.

Things got a little messy in the second half however and the lack of players started to hurt.

“Jimmy Carr actually had to play halfback, that’s where we were at.

“But I was proud of the way the guys kept digging and I saw a lot of improvement.

“Selecting the side next week is going to be tough because a lot of the boys stood up and asked to be noticed.”

Southern grabbed two competition points for the loss, which could prove vital come the business end of the season with some must-win games coming up.

They scored tries through Carr, a double to Gideon Lambrechts and James Hastings who also added three conversions and a penalty while Grant Huggins kicked a penalty and a conversion.

Southern have a nice run for the next two weeks with games against Rolleston and West Melton before a big game against Section Two leaders, Southbridge, before rounding out the round robin against Kaiapoi.

Hampstead 18 Saracens 42

Regan Broker and Maurice Mc-

Goon are starting to get a little frustrated.

Five weeks into the competition and they are yet to put any resemblance of the same team out on the paddock from week to week and their results are starting to show it.

“We aren’t very happy, we’ve got guys who only want to play when we play at home,” Broker said.

“At this point it’s our new, younger guys who are really leading the ship and some of the older guys would probably do well to sit up and take notice of the example they are setting.”

Down by 29 at halftime to Saracens on Saturday, Hampstead showed what they are capable of with a big second half in which they scored twice and produced glimpses of brilliance before losing out 18-42.

“We were missing probably six pretty key players through injury and other issues, so I wasn’t too unhappy with the result, but it’s the mindset that needs to be fixed.”

Tries to Naua Lapa and Mariota Samoa saved the side from a really embarrassing defeat while Romeo Touli added a penalty and a conversion with Samoa kicking a penalty as well.

“Naua Lapa was outstanding, he was our best on the paddock which considering he doesn’t play in the loose forwards usually was a great effort.”

Broker also paid tribute to the attitude of his side who after being 25-0 down after 15 minutes stuck to their guns and kept digging in to a strong Saracens side.

Celtic 3 Prebbleton 11

Shane Enright knew Celtic were in for a tough day from the moment they arrived at Prebbleton.

They say only a coach can predict how their side is going to perform and Enright knew something wasn’t right from very early on.

“It just didn’t feel right from the moment we arrived,” he said.

“And then we were beaten by a side who played with more passion and more intent than what we could offer.

“They made a couple of good breaks up the field and we really didn’t have too many answers.”

In a close-fought battle, Celtic walked away from the match without a competition point, losing 3-11.

Without making excuses, Enright said the loss of captain Danny Hurley for the rest of the season is going to have a massive impact on his forward pack and the absence of a few key backs yesterday became a factor.

“I can’t make too many excuses as we were beaten by a better side on the day.

“It’s a case of forgetting about it and moving forward from here I think.”

Celtic are still in contention for a shot at the major prize for the season, but will need to close out the round robin in good fashion with wins in at least three of their last five games giving them the best possible chance.

“We are building, time on the paddock is going to be our best friend, but there are some encouraging signs there.”

Nathan McCloy scored Celtic’s only points with a penalty in a low scoring affair.

Life won’t get easier with an away game to Waihora this week before games against Saracens, Darfield and Burnham, Dunsandel and Irwell to round out the season.

Melbourne Victory striker Besart Berisha says his club owe Sydney FC an A-League grand final defeat after three losses to the Sky Blues this season. Victory will only get the chance to make amends by defeating Brisbane Roar in next Sunday’s crunch semi-final at AAMI Park. And even then, Sydney must overcome Melbourne City or Perth Glory on Saturday in their semi-final at Allianz Stadium. - AAP

Chelsea edge Spurs Late goals from Eden Hazard and Nemanja Matic have settled a rip-roaring FA Cup semi-final 4-2 in Chelsea’s favour over title rivals Tottenham at Wembley. It was only the fourth time in the famous knockout competition that a semifinal had featured the current top two in the top flight and it did not disappoint.

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Tactix crushed again The Magic have heaped more misery on the struggling Mainland Tactix, as the Canterbury side were dealt another hefty defeat in yesterday’s ANZ Premiership match-up. Coming off a 49goal hiding against the Steel on Wednesday, the Tactix again came up well short against the Magic, slumping to their fifth straight defeat. A 16-11 final quarter effort proved the only bright spot for the Tactix, with the late rally saving the homeside another 20-plus goal rout on their home court. - NZME

Warriors march on In Portland, The Golden State Warriors moved within one win of another western conference semifinal series when they downed the Portland Trailblazers 119-113 yesterday to go 3-0 up. Stephen Curry led the way with 34 points.

In Atlanta, the Hawks delivered an early knockout blow against Washington, cruising to a 116-98 victory to make it 1-2.

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In brief Souths ‘moving on’ South Sydney veteran John Sutton insists the Rabbitohs have moved on from the controversial refereeing decisions that cost his team a win against Brisbane on Friday. The Rabbitohs were robbed of victory after NRL referees boss Tony Archer conceded the Broncos were incorrectly awarded a decisive try in the one-point loss. Rabbitohs coach Michael Maguire was livid with the on-field decisions, however Sutton said the players needed to move onto their next test against Manly on Friday.

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Panthers at rock bottom

Grant Wilson is a study in concentration as he sends down another bowl on a very good day for him on the mats.

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Wilson on a winning roll Willowby indoor bowler Grant Wilson has made the best possible start to his 2017 season.

The former national champion of champion singles winner picked up both prizes at the McNally Street stadium last week including the Jim Patterson Championship singles on Saturday afternoon.

But he began his fun by winning the annual Methven Rosebowl on Thursday night when he teamed up with Mat Bassett, Neil Ross and Allan Harrison.

They were the only quartet of the teams entered to win all

four of their matches during the night’s play.

Second placing in the event went to Mark Sheard, Gaynor Hurst, Lester Hurst and Bob Brassell while Ken MacKenzie’s team of himself, his wife Rowena, daughter Taylor and George Bishell were third.

Wilson was back at the McNally Street stadium on Friday night for the first round of qualifying for the Jim Patterson singles.

Traditionally the event has been held on the one afternoon and then into the evening but this season the Ashburton In-

door Bowls Association are trialling having qualifying on Friday nights and Saturday mornings before knockout play in the afternoon.

Of the seven to take to the mats on Friday night, Wilson was joined on the qualifying list by Mark Sheard and Bernice Laird while from Saturday’s entrants Martin Nordqvist, Chris Talbot, Michael Lawson and Matt Markham all qualified.

In the semi-finals, Wilson defeated Sheard with a dominant performance while Lawson beat Markham in similar fashion to

set up a classic final between the two current South Island reps.

After exchanging blows for the first few ends, Wilson picked up a three to extend his advantage and never looked back, claiming the final 13-9. It was his seventh Championship title and his second success in the Jim Patterson event having won it in 2013.

To round off the weekend the Ashburton Indoor Bowls representative season began yesterday. They claimed a comprehensive victory over North Canterbury in Ashburton winning 58 games to 22 with four drawn matches.

■ RUGBY LEAGUE

Foran injury concerns still a major worry

By DaviD Skipwith An extended break between games has been a blessing for Warriors five-eighth Kieran Foran as he continues to manage a nagging hamstring injury going into their Anzac Day NRL clash against Melbourne Storm.

Foran’s playing future has been the subject of intense media speculation over the past week but the Kiwi international’s health has been an ongoing concern for the Warriors since he suffered a hamstring strain during the warm-up to the round four loss to St George Illawarra last month.

Despite being less than fully fit, the in-demand playmaker returned after almost a year away

from the game to star in consecutive wins over the Gold Coast and Parramatta before a more subdued outing in last week’s defeat to Canberra.

The Warriors 10-day turnaround has provided some welcome relief before tomorrow’s AAMI Park match against the Storm, with coach Stephen Kearney confirming Foran’s injury is being carefully managed week to week.

“It is and obviously off the back of a shorter (six day) turnaround last week he’s got a bigger turnaround this week so that’s been a bit of a blessing for us,” said Kearney.

“Because of the shorter turnaround it certainly hasn’t been 100 per cent over the last few weeks.

“So I just think that it probably

wasn’t at where he wanted it to be (last week).”

The Warriors head across the Tasman looking to bounce back and upset Melbourne after losing 26-10 when the two sides met in the rain-soaked round two encounter at Kieran Mt Smart Stadium.

The visitors are expected to welcome the return of ball-playing front-rower Ben Matulino for his first appearance of the season after an infection prolonged his stint on the sidelines following knee surgery in January.

The off-contract forward has also been in the headlines throughout the past week after being linked to both Wests Tigers and the Newcastle Knights as he

Foran

considers a future beyond the Warriors.

The 196-game veteran remains a few kilos shy of his ideal playing weight but providing he comes through today’s captain’s run unscathed is likely to play a limited role off the interchange

bench.

“We won’t be taking any risks with Ben,” said Kearney. “I’m not going to ask him to play 80 minutes so with the role that I’ll give him he’ll be fine if he does play.

“He’s an experienced guy so regardless of where he’s at weightwise he’s smart enough and experienced enough to get himself around the park and still have an impact.”

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Coach Anthony Griffin knows his young Penrith side will turn things around but admits he doesn’t know when. The Panthers entered the season as equal-premiership favourites, but have fallen to a disappointing 2-6 start to the year to sit in the bottom quarter. Saturday’s 18-12 loss to Parramatta was their fourth in a row as they struggled for the kind of cohesion and excitement in attack that impressed experts last season. But Griffin said the club’s woeful start to 2017 was key to the young side’s development - he just didn’t know when it would pay off.

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Injury crisis for Titans Just as Gold Coast appeared to be recovering from their injury crisis the NRL club’s casualty ward has ballooned again after Neil Henry’s side picked up another four injuries in their shock 16-12 win over Cronulla. Dale Copley (ribs), Chris McQueen (concussion), Karl Lawton (hamstring) and Chris Grevsmuhl (shoulder) all failed to finish the match and will be monitored in coming days. Henry praised his side for not throwing in the towel against the defending premiers despite trailing for most of the match and seeing their team-mates fall regularly.

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Hodkinson no certainty Newcastle coach Nathan Brown would not be drawn on the future of dropped halfback Trent Hodkinson in the aftermath of the Knights’ loss to North Queensland. The former NSW No.7 was told he wasn’t needed for the club’s trip to Townsville on Saturday night, with Brown selecting second-rower Sione Mata’utia at halfback before bringing 22-year-old Jaelen Feeney into the role later in the game. Brown’s radical change appeared to work as the Knights skipped to a 12-10 halftime lead but Hodkinson’s experience was missed as Newcastle slipped to a 24-14 defeat.

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Kasiano eyes Kiwis For Sam Kasiano, the days of gorging on five kebabs, or four Quarter Pounders, in one sitting, are long gone. The Bulldogs prop has undergone a dramatic physical transformation, shedding more than 10 kilograms in the past few months, and hopes his new frame can propel him towards a Kiwis comeback.

Kasiano hasn’t played for New Zealand since the end of the 2013 season, but admits a World Cup on home soil is a driving force this year. “That’s why I play, to get back in the team,” said Kasiano. “I loved playing for the Kiwis. It was always a great experience and the highest honour. It would be amazing to be involved in the World Cup.” - NZME

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■ RICCARTON

Tommy Tucker strikes gold Celebrations after Tommy Tucker’s victory in the Gr.3 Canterbury Gold Cup at Riccarton on Saturday were a little muted by an unfortunate post-race incident.

“We had a bit of trouble when he ate some straw in the swab box and half-choked, but hopefully he’ll be alL right,” said cobreeder and part-owner Brian Anderton, who trains the son of Gallant Guru with his son Shane.

“He’s going out for a good spell now anyway and we’ll get him back again – he’s coming up to nine, but he doesn’t know that.”

Tommy Tucker’s success in the Coca-Cola-sponsored event capped an excellent campaign for the gelding, who had previously posted Listed wins in the Timaru and Easter Cups and finished runner-up in the Gr.3 White Robe Lodge Handicap.

The chestnut was ridden as usual on Saturday by Anderton’s grandson Jacob Lowry and he brought the horse with a well-

Jacob Lowry gets the best out of Tommy Tucker at Riccarton.

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timed finish from back in the field.

“It’s a great win and a nice ride and the horse has never let anyone down,” Anderton said.

“It’s been a kind race to us.

“We won it twice with Inferno and Burton, Random Chance and Flight Point won it.

“Dozen Roses, who I owned

Future looks bright An emphatic victory at Trentham has stamped exciting filly Jessiegee as one to watch in the staying ranks next season. The daughter of well performed mare St Jessie is a half-sister to New Zealand St. Leger winner Rock On and looks to have inherited plenty of the family ability judging by the way she put her three-year-old rivals away with ease over 1600 metres on Saturday.

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and leased out to my friend, the late Ned Thistoll, also won it and she was by Random Chance.”

Tommy Tucker won the latest edition of the Cup by a long head from Bloodstream and they finished clear of Benzini and Saint Kitt.

Meanwhile, Nikita will forever hold a special place in the hearts of Bluegables Farm principals Monty and Judy Henderson.

They bred and part-own the filly who on Saturday credited their resident stallion Shamoline Warrior, a Group Three-winning son of Shamardal, with his first black type winner when she was successful in the Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Warstep Stakes at Riccarton.

“That was excellent and we’ve also got a full-sister here,” Monty Henderson said.

“We sold a half-sister by Mastercraftsman to John Sargent, the mare’s got a Niagara yearling and she’s in foal to Super Easy.”

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Heels still unbeaten On a day of many highlights, the performance of lightly raced filly Deals in Heels stood out as one from the top drawer at Ellerslie on Saturday. Deals In Heels took the step up in grade with aplomb as she buried her rating 65 rivals with an electrifying late burst to maintain an unbeaten record with victory in the Marks Ewen $5K 1400. That victory looked an outside prospect early with Deals In Heels settled near the rear of the field after copping a check, but the afterburners kicked in and the filly dashed between runners to grab the lead in the shadows of the post. - NZME

Debut run a winner Nuggety two-year-old Not Usual Trip made the best possible start to his future racing career when he claimed victory on debut at Ellerslie on Saturday. Warmly supported by punters off the back of a tidy performance at the Avondale trials earlier in the month, Not Usual Trip gave his supporters no cause for alarm throughout the 1200 metre contest.

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Alexandra Park win special for Canterbury trainer Even from the master this was something special.

Because while Canterbury trainer Paul Nairn has had more lucrative victories than Habibti Ivy’s fighting effort in the $100,000 Anzac Cup at Alexandra Park on Friday night, few have been more satisfying.

The former high class threeyear-old was the forgotten horse of New Zealand trotting just two months ago, after issues kept her away from the track for over 18 months.

But not only has she returned unbeaten in five starts, she is now a group one winner after just 14 starts, with the promise

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of so much more to come.

“That was pretty special, to win a group one at her first real attempt at open class,” said the quietly spoken Nairn.

“I knew she was good but I thought she might be a little bit below her best tonight so that was brave.

“And she has had those problems in the past so it is special to see her reach her potential.”

Nairn has made a career out of the unusual, his old school and sometimes radical methods consistently turning out open class trotters from remarkably small numbers.

Habibti Ivy is the latest and

mates Waikiki Beach with her gate speed and Golden Goddess and the beautiful in the Taylor Mile. long stride so comHe worked to the mon in the stock front quickly and of her champion scooted his last 800m sire Love You, she in 54.5 seconds to is ready to make up win his penultimate for lost time. race for the season, Love You’s trithe last coming in umph for the night next Friday’s Meswas complete as Paul Nairn senger Pace. he also sired Anzac Cup runner-up Lemond and And earlier his juvenile filly three-year-old Sires’ Stakes win- stablemate Elle Mac suggested ner Enghien. she is the most advanced of her The trotters went a long way to crop coming from near last to upstaging champion pacer La- smash her opponents in the zarus, who had little more than $110,000 Caduceus Club Classic. a jog in the park to beat stable- HRNZ

Hale a happy trainer An emotional Shelley Hale again savoured success in three racing roles at Ellerslie on Saturday when Seventh Up powered to victory in the Gr.2 Easter Stakes.

The Cambridge horsewoman celebrated as the co-breeder, part-owner and trainer of the wellrelated son of Shinko King, who took top honours in the Mancosponsored feature under veteran jockey Grant Cooksley. “Wow, I just wish it was still a Group One as I think he is a Group One horse,” Hale said.

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Wanganui dogs Today at Hatrick Raceway

Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick Race- 8 54255 Cawbourne Muzza 30.78 .............M Roberts way Meeting Date: 24 Apr 2017 NZ Meeting number: 3 9 64847 Bigtime Coffee 30.45..........................L Cole Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 10 38665 Opawa Leanna 30.60 ........................M Flipp 12 and 13; 14 and 15 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 4 1.09pm LASER PLUMBING C1 C1, 520m and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 13, 14 and 15 1 73726 Tammy’s Fire 30.54 ...........................M Flipp 1 12.15pm (NZT) METEOR OPD C2 C2, 305m 2 34771 Macchia nwtd ....................................D Edlin 1 24631 Mark Be Good 17.90 L & ................... Morris 3 37455 Culvie Den 31.08 J & ..........................D Bell 2 35561 Manu Rama 17.65 ..........................L Doody 4 xF852 Bonus Lotto nwtd ............................L Doody 3 65122 Cawbourne Kaz 17.65 .................M Roberts 5 53231 Cawbourne Ridge 30.43 J & ...............D Bell 4 31746 Homebush Rocky 17.61 .........J T McInerney 6 82723 Bigtime Monty 30.90 ..........................L Cole 5 25721 Fair Cruzin 17.55....................J T McInerney 7 62677 Opawa Shiloh 30.41 ........................B Marsh 6 84121 Brighteye’s Soul 17.79 ....................... N Udy 8 86646 Cawbourne Westy nwtd ...............M Roberts 7 88646 Cawbourne Hint 17.74 J & ..................D Bell 9 65478 Worboys nwtd G R &....................... S Voyce 8 458x5 Cawbourne Brae 17.75 ............ K Gommans 10 47756 Opawa Bucks nwtd ..........................R Waite 9 24168 Takeaway 17.70 L & ........................... Morris 5 1.27pm PALAMOUNTAINS NUTRITION C2, 520m 10 43877 Thunder Storm 17.72 .............J T McInerney 1 11226 Thrilling Rocky nwtd ........................ K Walsh 2 12.33pm FIRST SECURITY C0 C0, 520m 2 21112 Bigtime Light 30.50 ................G Fredrickson 1 35222 Last Man Alive nwtd ........................M Olden 3 24633 Banshee Reel 30.84 ........................R Waite 2 Bigtime Jack nwtd ..............................L Cole 4 21622 Geordie Who 30.10 ............................L Cole 3 85755 Sedgebrook Freda nwtd ......................F Kite 5 32213 Bigtime Lonestar 30.53 ..........G Fredrickson 4 77354 Waterloo Blue nwtd ............................W Kite 6 1x311 Storm Warning nwtd...........................L Cole 5 8x228 Mija Sydney nwtd ........................A Turnwald 7 11662 Gunnar Blueblood 30.18 ........J T McInerney 6 Bigtime Sneaky nwtd .........................L Cole 8 52434 Our Gypsy 29.80 ................................L Cole 7 73865 Lucha nwtd........................................D Edlin 9 16485 On The Clock 30.06 ...........................L Cole 8 Bigtime JayJay nwtd...........................L Cole 10 72647 Crazy Kicker 30.10 .............................L Cole 9 77887 Double Blue nwtd ................................ L Bell 6 1.45pm MAX REFRIGERATION C2 C2, 305m 3 12.51pm ADEPT ACCOUNTANTS C1 C1, 520m 1 38111 Bigtime Crackem 17.36 ......................L Cole 1 48875 Belfast Barry 30.75 J & .......................D Bell 2 46218 Homebush Ariel 17.89 ...........J T McInerney 2 53685 Cawbourne Brandy 30.46 J & .............D Bell 3 47262 Brilliant Jayla 17.53 L &...................... Morris 3 68424 Chip Off Block 30.86 ...................J McArthur 4 75421 Cawbourne Merl 17.64 J & .................D Bell 4 54743 World Freakshow 30.47 ..................M Olden 5 74632 Opawa Tommo 17.71 ......................... N Udy 5 75274 Ivanhov 30.39 K & .............................Phillips 6 45684 Cawbourne Danial 17.71 ......... K Gommans 6 36384 Black Roadstar 30.70....................B Mitchell 7 88517 Cawbourne Clay 17.56........................ L Bell 7 43442 Goldstar Holly 30.58 .........................M Flipp 8 61333 Shelly McBell 17.63 ...............J T McInerney

9 85617 Homebush Bailey 17.94 .........J T McInerney 10 72647 Crazy Kicker 30.10 .............................L Cole 10 34555 Hypocritical 17.32 ........................M Roberts 10 2.55pm THE ROCK 95.2FM C4 C4, 305m 7 2.02pm J P PRINT C2 C2, 305m 1 21853 So Over It 17.49 L &........................... Morris 1 68421 Sammy Baxter 17.68 .............J T McInerney 2 73265 Homebush Ramona 17.53 .....J T McInerney 2 82254 Cawbourne Web 18.08 ................M Roberts 3 11473 Bigtime Summer 17.53 ......................L Cole 3 16886 Chaos Theory 17.83 .......................M Olden 4 27138 Hard Merch 17.62 ......................... M Gowan 4 73766 Let’s Go Sprite 17.65 .............G Fredrickson 5 57411 Cawbourne Pottsy 17.58 ..............M Roberts 5 35135 Uno Again 17.74 ................................ N Udy 6 42472 Thunderation 17.48 ............................L Cole 6 14212 Bigtime Blackie 17.52 ........................L Cole 7 45144 Bigtime Reign 17.51........................... N Udy 7 21722 Bella Jade nwtd L & ........................... Morris 8 81643 All In Berlin 17.44 ............................B Marsh 8 31465 Feel The Force 17.54 ............... S Gommans 9 18556 Allegro Boom 17.61 ...........................L Cole 9 24854 Doosh 17.70...........................J T McInerney 10 13287 Botany Win 17.57 ...................J T McInerney 10 33577 Thrilling Mia 17.61 J & ........................D Bell 11 3.19pm WANGANUI CHRONICLE C4/5 C4/5, 520m 8 2.19pm DOPEY DOG LASER ENGRAVING C3, 305m 1 67215 Cawbourne Brick 29.68................M Roberts 1 26522 Missing Allegro 17.62.........................L Cole 2 61315 Bigtime Welldone 29.88 .....................L Cole 2 8x416 Elite Dose 17.63............................ M Gowan 3 52647 Thrilling Wilson nwtd ....................... K Walsh 3 276x6 Box Of Fluffies 17.41..............G Fredrickson 4 36145 Thrilling Surge 30.48 ....................... K Walsh 4 84752 Hu Xian 17.51 G R & ...................... S Voyce 5 71232 Bigtime Jason 30.18 ..........................L Cole 5 21256 Cawbourne Stick 17.54 ................M Roberts 6 58536 Cawbourne Nath nwtd .................M Roberts 6 12421 Nui Magic 17.63 ................................M Flipp 7 22382 Cawbourne Crowie nwtd ..............M Roberts 7 88758 It’s The Lovely 17.58 ................ K Gommans 8 72347 King’s Call 30.41 ..............................R Waite 8 82736 You’re The Best nwtd ......................... N Udy 9 14877 Cawbourne Toddy nwtd................M Roberts 9 13668 Kirkham Kylie 17.51 .....................M Roberts 12 3.39 BOOK YOUR FUNCTION@HATRICK C4/5, 305m 10 16168 Opawa Maf 17.74 ............................... N Udy 1 18275 My Girl Chloe 17.38 ........................ K Walsh 9 2.37pm WANGANUI TOYOTA C2/3 C2/3, 520m 2 21187 Bigtime Ellie 17.44 .............................L Cole 1 12474 Bigtime Power 30.16 ..........................L Cole 3 14137 Opawa Blair 17.53.............................. N Udy 2 27822 Tranquil Rue 29.96 ......................A Turnwald 4 F2344 Stole Me Wallet 17.50 .............. K Gommans 3 26537 See Eye Aye 30.30 ............................L Cole 5 F7327 Allegro Lass 17.50 .............................L Cole 4 58136 Golden Pixel 30.52 ..................... G Hodgson 6 43725 My First Litter 17.71 .....................M Roberts 5 63275 Opawa Shay 30.27............................M Flipp 7 25345 Bigtime Thinker 17.36 ........................L Cole 6 x3114 Trendy Mind 30.26 .................G Fredrickson 8 45168 Homebush Olive 17.63...........J T McInerney 7 63817 Ace Bale 30.48.............................M Roberts 9 35377 Cawbourne Mezza 17.41 .............M Roberts 8 82453 Cawbourne Cents 30.20 ..............M Roberts 10 37374 Viva La Vixen 17.72 ....................A Turnwald 9 78468 Stinger 29.94.....................................M Flipp 13 3.57pm AON CPF C1 C1, 305m

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32312 Bigtime Rapid 17.69...............G Fredrickson 153 Graemes Pick 18.34........................ C Brider 375x8 Homebush Pippi 17.84.................. R Maisey 57778 To The Bank 17.84 ....................... P Denbee 82F1 Ciara 17.87 I C & ...........................J Lenden 22444 Baduzzi 18.20 ........................J T McInerney 118 Mila Mila 17.83 ............................A Turnwald 15588 Niamh’s Way 17.99 ......................P Blanche 46442 Botany Dianne nwtd ...............J T McInerney 52258 Another Flag 17.92 J & .......................D Bell 14 4.17pm LIQUORLAND WANGANUI C1 C1, 305m 1 64751 Wong All Along 17.86..................A Turnwald 2 45312 Amy Baxter nwtd ....................J T McInerney 3 75886 Tracey 17.92.................................. R Maisey 4 F5776 Buzzy As 17.81 ..................................J Hunt 5 43363 Watch Your Back 18.07 ......................W Kite 6 7x332 Sweet Lovin’ nwtd ..................G Fredrickson 7 85622 Mattie Blueblood 17.87 ..........J T McInerney 8 24325 Piko Piko 17.99 ............................... C Brider 9 54841 Bigtime Racer 17.78 ..............G Fredrickson 10 27722 Celtic Rover 17.95......................... M Gowan 15 4.39pm ABSOLUTELY ELECTRICAL C0 C0, 305m 1 62727 Roketto nwtd .....................................D Edlin 2 52533 Eamon nwtd .................................P Blanche 3 76323 Toki Girl nwtd ............................... P Denbee 4 78772 Cawbourne Jeff nwtd ...................M Roberts 5 74337 Piko Piko Dawn nwtd ...................... C Brider 6 5843 Bigtime Rosie nwtd ............................L Cole 7 35344 Tomorrow Star nwtd ................. S Gommans 8 65526 Cawbourne Gibbo nwtd ...............M Roberts 9 35736 Cawbourne Kai nwtd ....................M Roberts 10 34746 Cawbourne Broady nwtd..............M Roberts LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Monday, April 24, 2017

■ MOTOR RACING

TRADES, SERVICES

Tyre drama decimates Supercars Chaz Mostert and his Prodrive Racing Ford team survived more tyre drama to win the Sunday Supercars race at Phillip Island yesterday.

After twice suffering tyre blow-outs on Saturday, Mostert and his team got the balance right between being fast but also preserving his rubber to take his first victory of the season from teammate Mark Winterbottom.

Erebus Racing’s Dave Reynolds finished third after a superb drive.

The one-two finish is a massive boost to the Ford outfit, which have been playing catchup to Red Bull Racing and Shell V-Power Racing so far this season.

Mostert moves to third in the championship.

“It is a credit to all the guys behind me,” the 25-year-old said. “After yesterday blowing two right rears yesterday they turned this car upside down.

The whole win is on those guys.”

The podium for Winterbottom also breaks a run of poor results for the 2015 champion.

“It is all about surviving,” he said. “It is crazy racing like that. They made rule changes and [we had] car changes and you just are counting the laps down.”

It was a tough weekend for

Chaz Mostert the three Kiwis in the field.

Scott McLaughlin was the best of them, finishing 14th despite looking like he had the fastest car. He was caught out with strategy and couldn’t recover late in the race.

Red Bull Holden Racing was one of the only teams to avoid tyre dramas on Saturday but within the space of a lap both Shane van Gisbergen and Jamie Whincup had right rear tyres explode. The Kiwi finished 16th with Whincup in 18th.

Late in the race the third car in the stable, driven by Craig Lowndes, had his right front blow as well.

“We thought we were pretty good on tyres so we went in today pretty confident,” van Gisbergen said. “No issues yesterday and the cars were pretty much the same so it was a big shame. “It sucks.

“It was average racing going like that going into every corner wondering when the tyre was going to pop.”

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6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Bettys circuit training in the hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

12pm - 1pm BAPTIST CHURCH FREE LUNCH.

Tuesday

ANZAC DAY 9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church. 48 Allen’s Road.

9.30am - 4pm ASHBURTON MENZ SHED. Open day for all members. 182 Methven Highway.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH GOODWILL SHOP. Selling clean pre loved clothing.

Tinwald Methodist Church, Cnr Archibald and Jane Streets, Tinwald.

General Meeting of the above society will be held in the Savage Club rooms, cnr Cox and Williams Streets on Wednesday, April 26 at 2pm.

HIRE

GENERAL hire.

Lawnmowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more.

All your DIY / party hire, call and see Ashburton U-Hire.

588 East Street. Open MonFri 7.00 - 6.00pm; Sat 7.30am - 5.00pm; Sunday 8.30am 3.00pm. – Ph: 308 8061 www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

SUN CONTROL WINDOW TINTING. Quality window films for privacy, UV (fading), heat, safety and security. For cars, homes and offices.

Phone Craig Rogers 307 6347 or 0800 TINTER. Member of Master Tinters NZ. Check us out on FOR SALE OLD newspapers available.

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Situations Vacant

307 7900

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

FARM cottage for rent. 5 kms from Ashburton. Phone 302 6737.

April 24 & 25, 2017

Free lunch for everyone. Baptist Church, please enter off Cass Street.

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

Seafield Road.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research. Heritage

Centre, 327 West Street.

1.30pm ASHBURTON SENIOR NET. Help day with Robin Burton.

M.S.A. Reading Room.

2pm GREY POWER ASHBURTON. Speaker Berni Marra CDHB manager Ashburton Heath. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

6pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Bettys circuit training in

the hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

7.30pm CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE EUCHRE. Every Monday night, Catholic Parish Hall Cnr Burnett and Winter Streets.

7.30pm ASHBURTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Speaker Pat Bishell on flower arranging. Sports pavilion, Walnut Ave.

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST OP SHOP.

10am M.S.A. TAI CHI.

7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB.

Good clean ‘Second time around” clothing for sale. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr of Cass and Havelock Streets.

10am NEWCOMERS SOCIAL GROUP.

Weekly coffee morning for new people to Ashburton. Nosh Cafe at Ashfords, West Street.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE.

New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter. Main Street, Methven.

SITUATIONS VACANT

People & Capability Advisor Fixed term 12 months, 40 hours per week This intermediate HR position will provide you with the task diversity and task ownership to ensure each day is challenging and allows you to make a difference to our great organisation.

To find out more about this vacancy and what the Ashburton District Council has to offer you – go to our website.

Applications close Wednesday, 26 April 2017.

www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/careers

Editor - Ashburton Guardian A rare opportunity has arisen to lead the editorial team of a daily newspaper that has long been an integral part of the thriving Mid Canterbury region.

The Ashburton Guardian has one of NZ’s highest levels of local readership in a region which is benefiting from a thriving local economy driven by a diverse agricultural sector, population inflow from Christchurch, and tourism. Independently owned, the Guardian is based in modern premises in the centre of Ashburton.

The six-day morning newspaper, with a strong subscription-only digital edition, also publishes YOU, a monthly lifestyle magazine, two monthly rural publications and Guardian Property weekly – in total publishing over 400 publications a year.

The Editor will lead and motivate a news team of 11 comprising reporters, photographic staff and sub-editors. Key attributes will be regional or community newspaper reporting experience, staff management skills and strong interpersonal abilities.

As a member of a small management team, the Editor will be expected to contribute ideas for business growth and work collaboratively with other managers and sales leaders.

An hour’s drive from Christchurch, Ashburton and Mid Canterbury offer an enviable lifestyle that includes affordable housing, good schools, a rural lifestyle for those who want it, and access to the great outdoors including Mount Hutt skifield.

The position offers a competitive salary package.

Daily Events Monday

MEETINGS, EVENTS

Use Margins for Ashburton Ostomy Society Inc. double lined title The Annual

COMPUTER PROBLEMS ??

For prompt reliable computer servicing and laser engraving. Contact Kelvin, KJB Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot Place, Ashburton. Phone 308 8989. Proudly serving locals for 30 years. Same day service if possible.

SUPERGOLD discount card welcomed.

Exercises and Tai Chi for Arthritis.

M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

12pm - 3pm JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

Signing Centre, New Community House, 44 Cass Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM.

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

1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB.

Club day, non-members welcome.

115 Racecourse .

Weekly club night, all player levels welcome. E A Network Stadium, River Terrace.

7.30pm ASHBURTON TABLE TENNIS.

Please apply to:

Bruce Bell, Owner & Publisher Email bruce.b@theguardian.co.nz Phone +64 21 339079 Applications close on April 28

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Weekly games, come and have a go! Ashburton Club and MSA, Havelock Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP. Monthly meeting, all welcome, enquiries to Faye 308-1852.

MacKenzie Centre, Kermode Street.

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Puzzles

www.guardianonline.co.nz Puzzles and horoscopes

Cryptic crossword

Monday, April 24, 2017

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

WordWheel

ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Maybe your worldview isn’t exactly a pleasant one today, but it’s worth sharing anyway, because it’s real. You couldn’t make these things up if you tried!

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You’re grateful for your mistakes. They make you a more compassionate person, for starters. Also, because you got something wrong in the past, you’re able to get it right this time around.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): There are a few roles up for grabs in today’s scenario. Decide who you want to be, then act. Once cast it will be hard to change (if you’re acting like a parent it will be hard to switch to friend mode).

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You treat your love (or potential love) as an equal. This is the key to your success in relationships. “Equal” isn’t “same.” You respect differences and value them appropriately.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Your connection to an older person will be a highlight of the day. You’ll be creatively inspired by the traditions, manners and ways of doing things that have changed over the years.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Once you put your mind to it, you’ll be brimming with ideas for creating fun times with loved ones. This is a worthy mental exercise, especially if you follow through on a few and bring a camera.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): A soul’s cry isn’t heard with the ears so much as the heart. You’ll extend yours today as you listen past what a loved one is saying and into the meaning and feeling of it.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): The reason you wrap a gift instead of just handing it over naked is that thoughtful presentation and slow reveals add excitement and specialness to our interactions. Don’t skip the ritual. Add to it.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): There will be many different factors acting on your decisionmaking today. You’ll be motivated by a sense duty, driven by your own aesthetic desires and intrigued by the chance for political gain.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You’ll be tempted to let lethargy win, sleep late or take a nap. The thing is, you’ll only awaken feeling less vital.

Get moving instead. A sweat-inducing activity will kick-start your energy.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Ask any practitioner of psychometry; things can have a pulse.

Objects have vibes. If the energy of your things (namely, having too many of them) clutters your mind, a purge will free you.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Above all, you desire to offer the others something of value. It’s why you’re careful not to fall into the attention-seeking traps of our narcissistic age. Modesty and service are your callings of the day.

WordBuilder

Insert the missing letter to complete an eight-letter word reading clockwise or anti-clockwise.

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

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Guardian

Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian ANNIVERSARIES 25th Wedding Anniversary

HARRISON - LEE Richard and Pauline (nee Laing) 25/4/1992 at Alexandra Baptist Church.

Congratulations to you both. May the next 25 years together be just as happy.

Shania, Mum, Wayne and Katrina

DEATHS

MOSES, Keith Hedley (Holy) – On April 21 2017, peacefully at Terrace View Retirement Village, Ashburton. Aged 85 years. Dearly loved husband of Peggy for 60 years. Loving and adored father and fatherin-law of Merryn, Bryan and Becca, and Janine. Much loved grandad and pop of Gareth, Peter and Sasha, Sam and John; Emma, and Abby; and Alex and loving great grandad of Paxton.

Father-in-law of Trefor and friend of Jess. Messages to the Moses family PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. In lieu of flowers donations to the Parkinson’s Society would be appreciated and maybe left at the service. A service for Keith will be held at Our Chapel, cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton on Wednesday April 26, 2017 commencing at 1.30pm followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.

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TURTON, John Kieran ( J T ) – On April 23, 2017, peacefully at Tuarangi Home, Ashburton. Aged 66 years. Dearly loved husband of Bev. Loved son of the late George and Kath. Much loved brother and brother-in-law of Paul, Ann, Marie, Patrick and Kaye, Margaret, and the late Allan.

Loved brother-in-law of Lola and Tony, Lester and Avis, and David and Jacqui and loved uncle of all his nieces and nephews. Messages to the Turton family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. In lieu of flowers donations to the Alzheimer’s would be appreciated and maybe left at the service. A service to celebrate John’s life will be held at Our Chapel, cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton on Thursday, April 27, 2017 commencing at 1.30pm followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.

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5:30 Waterfront House Hunting 6pm My Floating Home 6:30 American Pickers 7:30 Rome – Empire Without Limit With Mary Beard 8:30 Britain’s Ancient Capital – Secrets Of Orkney 9:30 The World’s Most Famous Train 10:30 American Pickers

11:30 River Cottage Autumn 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Beverly Hills Pawn 2am Kylie Kwong – My China 2:30 Getaway 3am Lost Kingdoms Of South America 4am Britain’s Ancient Capital – Secrets Of Orkney 5am The World’s Most Famous Train

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From Genzon golf course, China.

10:30 Cricket – IPL (HLS) Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bangalore.

From Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

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From Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot.

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3:30 Cricket – IPL (HLS) Gujarat Lions v Kings XI Punjab.

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Sport Fast-pitch too fast Detroit Tigers centre fielder JaCoby Jones was taken to hospital after getting hit in the face by a baseball pitch travelling at 145km/h. Jones was drilled in the left side of his mouth by a fastball from Minnesota Twins reliever Justin Haley in the Major League Baseball match in Minneapolis yesterday. Jones went down but then sprang to his feet, tossed his helmet away and ran up the third base line in the direction of the Tigers’ dugout. The 24-yearold rookie was escorted back to the bench and removed from the game.

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Southern halfback Grant Huggins sets his backline alight during Saturday’s match against Lincoln, played at Mayfield. Southern went close in the high-scoring contest, but eventually finished second. Full match reports on page 17.

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Fury camp ‘clowns’

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Joseph Parker

Joseph Parker’s promoters have confirmed that the Kiwi heavyweight’s world title defence against Hughie Fury is off.

Duco’s David Higgins said the Fury camp have claimed that Hughie has picked up an injury in training and that they have given Parker the go-ahead to fight another opponent, a state of affairs that his left Higgins “shocked”.

“Do I think Hughie is injured?

No, I don’t.

“I think it’s make-believe,” Higgins said.

Higgins, who described the Fury camp as “clowns”, said his aim was that Parker, who arrived in Auckland from his Las

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Vegas base yesterday, would still fight on the scheduled date of May 6 at Auckland’s Spark Arena, but that it would take some time to organise another opponent.

“We want to do the right thing by the paying public,” Higgins said.

“We need to show them respect and we will.

“We as a company need to re-group and make different arrangements and we hope to do that by tomorrow morning.”

Fury’s withdrawal from a fight worth $1.7 million to him should have repercussions for his career.

He is undefeated at the age of 22, but few reputable fight promoters are likely to want to en-

ter into negotiations with him or his camp.

WBO president Paco Valcarcel posted on twitter earlier yesterday that the fight was in doubt and that he knew who was at fault.

“It seems the problem lies with Team Fury,” the Puerto Rico based Valcarcel tweeted.

The Furys have refused to communicate with Duco after the Kiwi company won the purse bid and the right to hold Parker’s first defence of his WBO title in New Zealand.

The latest information out of England was that they would arrive on Wednesday.

Now Parker must attempt to switch his focus entirely.

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Mike Conley showed why he landed the richest contract in NBA history as he sparked the Memphis Grizzlies to a thrilling playoff series-levelling win over the San Antonio Spurs. There were plenty of doubters when the Grizzlies splashed out on a $US153m, five-year deal to retain relatively unproven point guard Conley nine months ago. Yesterday he turned on a dazzling display before ecstatic home fans as the Grizzlies snatched a 110108 win in overtime to level the first round series with their higher-ranked western conference rivals at 2-2.

Amir hits top form Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir claimed his first five-wicket haul in tests since returning from a spot-fixing ban as the West Indies progressed to 9-278 at stumps on a rain-hit second day of the series opener at Sabina Park. Rain and a wet pitch permitted only an hour’s play in the second session, and the rain returned to wash out the rest of the day in Kingston. Amir, back on the international scene for 15 months, took the only two wickets on the second day to have 5-41.

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