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Sri Lanka blast scary for family

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

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A trip that was meant to be the experience of a lifetime has been tinged with sadness for one Mid Canterbury teen after the tragic events of the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka.

Christchurch Boys’ High School student Archie Redfern is currently on tour in the island nation with the Willows Club’s youth cricket tour squad.

The group had been in the country for nearly a week after previously visiting Malaysia before the attack happened in Colombo, including three days in the capital city, but had fortunately moved to another city, Archie’s father, Hamish Redfern, said.

“They arrived in Colombo on Monday (April 15) and stayed there for three days and played two matches and luckily they shifted on to Kandy after that,” he said.

“They were just leaving to go to Galle when it happened.”

Fortunately, the Redferns in New Zealand received an email from the organisers of the trip letting them know what had happened and that the group was safe before they saw the news for themselves.

“It was definitely a good thing we heard from them first, it was all quite scary,” he said.

All social media was blocked in Sri Lanka following the attack, giving the family an anxious period of time as they waited for further news.

“We didn’t hear from them for quite a few hours after that so it was quite a relief to hear from them again,” he said.

The attack targeted churches and luxury hotels, just like the ones the tour group had been staying in throughout the

trip. “That did make things a bit more scary, it turned out that the hotel that we had stayed at in Colombo was next door to one of the ones that was attacked,” he said.

“It is horrible to think how it easily could’ve been them sitting down for breakfast.”

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■■MACKENZIE SHEARS

Speedy sheep shearer Shaun Rakaia shearer Shaun Burgess was among the top shearers at the Mackenzie Shears at Fairlie on Easter Monday.

Burgess was among six shearers in the final of the national open lambshearing title and sped through the 20-lamb pen fastest in 18 minutes 21.72 seconds, he and North Island shearer David Buick more than a lamb ahead of anyone else in the race.

But Burgess did not have the quality on the day and had to settle for sixth place, with Buick having both quality and time to take first place.

Nathan Stratford, of Invercagill, was second while third place overall went to Pleasant Point shearer Ant Frew, who had shorn at the Royal Easter Show on Saturday.

Alex Smith, of Rakaia, was fifth in the senior lambshear class (11 lambs), while Mark Kennedy, of Mt Somers, was fourth in the junior final (four lambs).

New Zealand team blade shearers Tony Dobbs, of Fairlie, and Allan Oldfield, of Geraldine, were first and third in Monday’s blades final, in which Oldfield was beaten to the runner-up purse by father and 2017 World Championships representative, Phil Oldfield.

■■ UNEMPLOYMENT

Concern at rise in jobseekers

By Linda Clarke linda.c@theguardian.co.nz

The number of registered jobseekers in Ashburton has risen from 359 in March last year to 430 in March this year.

The rise might be 20 per cent but the unemployment rate is 1.8 per cent, among the lowest in the country.

Ministry of Social Development figures released last week showed 13,000 more people nationally on the jobseekers benefit than a year ago.

Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon said the 20 per cent Ashburton increase was concerning as it came at a time of very low unemployment and significant job vacancies in the district.

A labour report commissioned by the Ashburton District Council last year showed 500 job vacancies.

“Every day I hear from employ-

ers who can’t find staff and have had to resort to looking offshore,” Falloon said.

MSD data showed the number of jobseekers grew quarterly from 359 in March 2018 to 419 in June, 423 in September, 432 in December and then 430 in March this year.

The total number of those on benefits grew from 1059 in March last year to 1137 this March. These included 261 on sole parenting benefits and 435 on supported payments this year. Nearly 800 people had been on a benefit for more than a year.

Falloon said other districts to report jobseeker increases were Selwyn (328 to 445, 36 per cent increase), Christchurch City (8116 to 9801, 21 per cent increase), Timaru (675 to 772, 14 per cent increase) and Southland (371 to 429, 16 per cent increase).

He said changes made by La-

bour in Government to make it easier to receive a benefit were starting to bite.

“In Ashburton alone there’s been a 20 per cent increase in benefit numbers. In a time of record unemployment in the district that shouldn’t be happening.”

He said the Government was also proposing to get rid of some of the obligations in place, like turning up for job interviews and naming the father of a child so child support could be sought.

“Taking a soft approach on benefit obligations and making it easier for people to rort the system will only make it harder for employers out there who need staff, and for taxpayers who have to pick up the bill.

“Health, justice and education outcomes for benefit-dependent families all improve when someone in the household is in work, and that should be the focus, not

creating more beneficiaries.”

Labour list MP in Rangitata Jo Luxton said she heard regularly from local employers concerned about staffing. “I know there are shortages out there and the Government is working on solutions to address this.”

She said Ashburton’s overall figures were still low and the rise in numbers likely due to the district’s growing population and post-holiday season job changes.

Luxton said the first step to getting a job was the will to work and new Government initiatives were supporting people to earn or learn.

A new skills and employment initiative, Te Ara Mahi, launched in February was also about supporting regional employers to meet their workforce needs and helping local people learn the skills needed for local jobs, she said.

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Water quality work to be released

By Linda Clarke

Left – The Hinds/Hekeao Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) site. PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN

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The findings of work under way to dilute nitrates in underground aquifers in Mid Canterbury will be revealed at public meetings next week.

Nitrates in groundwater is a major concern in Canterbury where some concentrations are getting worse.

The Hinds/Hekeao Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) project is already attracting attention around the country for its success and the governance group in charge has plans to roll out a network of sites around Mid Canterbury to increase the benefits.

MAR chairman Peter Lowe said public meetings in Mayfield and Hinds on April 30 and in Ashburton on May 1 were about releasing the latest findings and the group’s business plan for the future.

He said it was important people knew about the success of the project so far and how it could become a tool to improve water quality across the district.

A Ministry for the Environment report published last week said 13 per cent of groundwater sites nationally failed standards because of nitrates; 59 per cent failed because of E.coli. Intensive farming

have shown it is diluting nitrate concentrations and raising water levels.

A second MAR site is also operating near the Hinds River, with aims to improve flows in the waterway.

Lowe said data over the past two years had shown conclusive-

was blamed.

Mid Canterbury farmers have been among those leading the MAR project, which began in 2016 with a pilot site at Lagmhor.

Surplus stockwater has been fed into a leaky pond and the water has filtered down into groundwater; scientific measurements

ly MAR was working and was an important tool to help improve groundwater quality and quantity.

It has already been reported nitrate levels in groundwater at the Lagmhor site have decreased from 4mg/m3 to less than one; nitrate levels down gradient influ-

enced by the pilot reduced from 14 to four.

“At the public meetings, we will be presenting our latest findings and data and we will be presenting the preliminary business case … what options there are for the district.”

He said all those with an interest were invited. “Everyone is affected by water, one way or another.”

A new trust has formed to take over project management of the MAR project, endorsed last week by the Ashburton District Council. Mayor Donna Favel will be a member of the new Hekeao/ Hinds Water Enhancement Water Trust.

The trust is also applying to the Provincial Growth Fund for almost $1 million to help fund the next phase of MAR. The Mayfield meeting will be at the Mayfield Hall at 11am on April 30, followed by the meeting at the Hinds Community Centre at 7.30pm the same day. The Ashburton meeting will be at the Hotel Ashburton on May 1 at 6pm.

starting to get used to the slowness of the wickets over there as well, he scored 71 in the last game and a 54 not out in the game before that, so they were doing really well against some high quality opposition.

“They’ve been playing in 35ºC heat and 80 to 90 per cent humidity. In one of the games they went through 120 bottles of water.”

Redfern said the family was just looking forward to having their son home now, with him only just getting back from a rugby tour to South Africa before departing to Malaysia and Sri Lanka.

“It has been an incredible experience for him but we are just looking forward to getting him home now,” he said.

“It is so sad these tragic events have happened.”

Sri Lanka blast scary for family From P1 The group’s first game they were scheduled to play in Galle was cancelled, and Redfern said he expected the second game would be, leaving the group to stay in the hotel, unable to complete their other scheduled activities.

“They are confined to the resort they are staying in at the moment

and they won’t be doing most of the stuff they had planned,” he said.

“Even stuff like they had been planning on staying in a hotel by the airport near Colombo the day before they would fly out, but now they are going to have to hop on a bus at midnight and travel from where they are straight on to the flight.”

Before the attack, the tour

group had been having an amazing time, Redfern said, as they battled alien cricketing conditions and quality opposition.

“They were supposed to be playing at a test venue in Galle, but that isn’t going to happen now. Archie was saying that they had played members of the Sri Lankan under-19 side as well,” Redfern said.

“It was gutting as he was just

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In brief Eric Rush coming The Southern Rugby Club has revealed Eric Rush will be the guest speaker at its 25th jubilee celebrations next month. The club, formed from the amalgamation of Hinds and Mayfield rugby clubs 25 years ago, has planned a two-day celebration on May 10 and 11. Rush will be guest speaker at a function on the Friday night; Saturday will include a day full of rugby at the Hinds Domain, culminating in a dinner and auction of commemorative jubilee playing jerseys. Registrations are flowing in, organisers say.

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Methven’s Ruth Coppard, along with her grandchildren, takes part in the annual scarecrow challenge last week.

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■■ METHVEN SCARECROW TRAIL

Scarecrows provide fun

By Matt Markham

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Big crowds of families are flocking to Methven to partake in the annual Methven Scarecrow Trail but the race isn’t over yet for anyone who might be a little bit late out of the blocks.

The competition began on the first Saturday of the school holidays and finishes this Sunday, to coincide with the end of the school holiday break for youngsters.

The popular event sees Methven businesses and families get in behind the event by creating scarecrows to match the subject of the year which, this year, is famous children’s movie characters.

More than 2000 people usually take part in the searching for and identifying of the 40 scarecrows around the Methven township and organisers said that the interest in the 2019 edition has

been huge with a great standard of creations.

As well as prizes for entries into the competition – a hotly contested battle is the prize for best scarecrow with those behind the creations really upping the ante this year with their creations.

Some have gone the extra step and created scarecrows which gain added effect at night time with the use of lights.

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Scarecrow hunters walk the trail, trying to find as many scarecrows as they can and identify them. There are prizes for the most correct answers and for the best scarecrow, voted for by those taking part in the trail.

Proceeds of the trail will this year go to Methven Primary School.

Vigilance still needed on roads Despite the busy Easter period being over on the roads, police are still urging motorists to remain vigilant on the roads.

Due to the increase in traffic volumes during the school holiday periods, the risk of serious crashes are higher.

“Three people were killed on New Zealand roads over Easter weekend. While that could be viewed as an improvement compared to Easter last year, any number is too many,” acting national manager road policing Inspector Peter McKennie said.

“After this weekend there are three families whose loved ones won’t be coming home, and many more people were seriously injured.

“All of these deaths and most of the serious injuries happened on roads with a 100 kilometre per hour speed limit and no safety barriers. We’re asking people to be extra vigilant on those types of roads and to drive at a speed, and in a manner, that gives them the best opportunity to react safely to the unexpected.”

Drivers are being urged to follow the road safety basics – make sure everyone is wearing seatbelts, do not drive while impaired or fatigued, do not allow yourself to get distracted and drive at a speed within the limit that is safe for the conditions.

“There is never a time for complacency on the roads. We want everyone to get home safe these school holidays, and on every day of the year,” McKennie said.

Champion charity baker Patricia McLaren has raised $1000 for the Ashburton health shuttle.

McLaren is a regular at the Saturday morning farmers’ market and has donated the proceeds of the last two stalls to the health service, which ferries Ashburton people to their appointments in Christchurch. She makes and sells pickles, chutneys, jams and other baking using food from her big garden. McLaren said she would be looking next at making goodies using figs from her own tree, with the proceeds going to Ronald McDonald House.

Methven flypast Keep your eyes to the sky if you’re heading to Methven’s Anzac Day ceremony tomorrow. The New Zealand Defence Force has announced a P-3K2 Orion will fly over Methven at 10am as part of an Anzac route that will start in Invercargill at 7am and finish in Blenheim. Several different aircraft will be in the air around New Zealand, conducting Anzac Day flypasts.

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Ardern to feature on Australian silo NZME

Akld wharf plan approved NZME Independent commissioners have granted consent to build the Queens Wharf mooring dolphins which will provide berthage for large cruise ships.

The commissioners released their decision yesterday.

“After considering the evidence we have decided to grant consent, subject to conditions,” they said.

The controversial project will allow mega-cruise ships that currently anchor in the harbour to berth at Queen Wharf. The wharf can currently provide for cruise ships up to 294m. The dolphins will allow for ships of up to 362m.

In November 2017, Auckland Council’s governing body agreed to proceed with the application for mooring dolphins on the wharf.

Panuku Development Auckland lodged the resource consent application in July last year, which was followed by public submissions and five days of hearings.

The independent commissioners then considered the views of submitters, the reports and evidence put before them in making their decision.

The commissioners decided resource consent can be granted, subjected to conditions of consent.

“We have found that although the proposal would have a range of adverse effects on the environment, both during construction and operation, those effects are able to be avoided, remedied or mitigated to an acceptable level by way of good construction management, engagement with Mana Whenua, and consultation with other stakeholders,” the commissioners said.

“The proposal by Panuku that the occupation consent for the dolphins expire once Captain Cook Wharf is operational as a large cruise ship berth, or in 15 years’ time (whichever is the earlier), and that the structures are then removed, was a key feature of the application that weighed in its favour.

“Its positive economic and social bene-

fits, and improvements to the current process of receiving large cruise ships, were also beneficial features.”

Panuku Development chief operating officer David Rankin said the decision was being welcomed by the organisation.

“The decision has thrown a lifeline to the cruise industry, which is facing increasing pressure from international ports to compete as larger ships continue to enter the market,” he said.

“Our growing cruise ship industry provides significant economic benefits to Auckland businesses.”

Meanwhile, New Zealand Cruise Association chief executive Kevin O’Sullivan said the decision was an important win for the cruise industry.

“It will ensure that Auckland will continue to be an important and integral part of regional cruise tourism,” he said.

A number of community and urban design groups have been fighting to stop the dolphin proposal, opposing further expansion of the harbour for port use.

Paintings of Jacinda Ardern hugging a Muslim woman after the Christchurch mosque shootings will feature on Melbourne’s skyline in a community-funded art project.

Images of the New Zealand PM wearing a headscarf in solidarity with Muslims after the March 15 massacre have featured prominently around the world.

The world’s tallest building lit up with the photo in praise of her compassionate response to the shootings.

Melbourne locals have now raised more than $A11,000 ($NZ11,750) to have street artist Loretta Lizzio paint images of Ardern’s embrace on the side of 23-metre silos in the suburb of Brunswick.

Tamara Veltre, who organised the funding campaign, said Ardern “led the world after the shootings”.

“Her complete embrace of the Islamic community, and in fact of all New Zealanders as part of a whole that can never be divided by hate, has been both beautiful and powerful to witness,” Veltre said.

Lizzio is donating her time for the project and the funds will be used to get her to Melbourne and pay for accommodation.

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Veltre said the silo’s owner, as well as agreeing to the project, had offered to pay for electricity to light up the paintings at night.

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Sri Lanka wakes to emergency law

By Sanjeev Miglani nzme

Sri Lankans have woken to emergency law as authorities search for those behind suicide bomb attacks on churches and luxury hotels that killed 290 people, with a focus on militants linked to foreign groups.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for Easter Sunday’s attacks on three churches and four luxury hotels that also wounded about 500 people.

Police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera said the number of people arrested since Sunday had risen from 24 to 40.

They are mainly Sri Lankans, although Gunasekera said police were investigating whether foreigners were involved in the attacks carried out by seven suicide bombers.

The president’s office declared that emergency law would come into effect from midnight, giving police extensive powers to detain and interrogate suspects without court orders. An overnight curfew was also put into effect.

The declaration came after nerves were frayed even further in the seaside capital Colombo when explosives went off on Monday near one of the churches hit in Sunday’s attacks while bomb squad officers were working

The inside of St. Sebastian’s Church damaged in a blast in Negombo, north of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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It was reported the blast was a controlled detonation.

Tuesday was also declared a national day of mourning.

The attacks brought a shattering end to a relative calm that had existed in the Indian Ocean island since a bitter civil war fought by Tamil separatists ended 10 years ago and raised fears of a return to

sectarian violence.

It also underlined concerns over fractures in the Sri Lankan government, with questions raised over whether an intelligence tipoff was shared at the appropriate levels.

A government spokesman has said an international network was involved in the bombings but suspicion has focused on Islamist

militants in the Buddhist-majority South Asian country.

The nation of about 22 million people also has significant numbers of Hindus, Muslims and Christians.

Intelligence sources said the attacks carried hallmarks of the Islamic State extremist group, although they were cautious because the group had not

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A document seen by media showed that police had received a tip-off of a possible attack on churches by a little-known domestic Islamist group this month.

The intelligence report, dated April 11, said a foreign intelligence agency had warned authorities of possible attacks on churches by the National Thawheed Jama’ut group.

Questions over why the intelligence warning was not acted upon could feed into a feud between Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and President Maithripala Sirisena.

Sirisena fired Wickremesinghe last year only to be forced to reinstate him under pressure from the Supreme Court and their relationship is reported to be fraught.

International experts said, even if a Sri Lankan group had carried out the attacks, it was likely that al-Qaeda or Islamic State were involved given the level of sophistication of the co-ordinated bombings.

Most of the dead and wounded were Sri Lankans, although government officials said 32 foreigners were killed.

Others who died included British, US, Australian, Turkish, Indian, Chinese, Danish, Dutch and Portuguese nationals.

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Fire safety tips for winter

By Jaime Pitt-MacKay

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As temperatures begin to drop and households prepare for the winter months, firefighters are urging households to make sure their homes are fire safe.

“One of the first things people s hould be doing is getting their chimneys checked,” Ashburton fire risk management officer Bevan Findlay said.

General fire safety

“There are two reasons for that; bird’s nests and clogged chimneys which can both lead to chimney fires.

“If you haven’t used it for a few months, make sure to get it cleared out.”

Findlay said one of the big risks associated with chimney fires was the potential for them to spread in to roof spaces, which can be difficult to detect until they are well developed.

Other forms of heating are also something that needs to be kept in mind.

“Remember the rule of keeping things one metre away from the heater,” he said.

“Whatever you’re doing don’t put anything that could be flammable too close to heaters.

“Also make sure to check your electric blankets, make sure to get them checked by an electrician, and make sure they are replaced if they are getting too old.”

■■ Always have fresh air coming into the room where a gas heater is in use.

■■ Have your heater serviced every 12 months.

Smoke alarms

Fireplaces and chimneys

■■ Don’t overload power points or multi-boxes.

■■ Use only one plug per outlet.

■■ Extension cords are for temporary use only and should not be used as a permanent extension of your home’s wiring system.

■■ Stub out all cigarettes in an appropriate solid ashtray.

■■ Never smoke in bed.

■■ Ensure all electric appliances are well maintained and in safe working order.

■■ Make sure candles are on a wide, flat base and not near anything that could catch fire.

■■ Clean chimneys and flues before your first fire of the season.

■■ Always use a fireguard or spark-guard with open fires.

■■ Never throw rubbish into the fireplace – particularly batteries and aerosol cans.

■■ Dispose of ashes safely. Put them in a metal bucket with a lid, then thoroughly douse with water. Ashes can stay hot enough to start a fire for up to five days.

■■ Before going to sleep, make sure your fireplace fire is out.

Heaters and clothes dryers ■■ After kitchen fires, fires involving heating and drying are the next most common reason Fire and Emergency New Zealand is called out.

■■ Remember the heater-metre rule – always keep furniture, curtains, clothes and children at least one metre away from heaters and fireplaces.

■■ Don’t store objects on top of your heating appliance.

■■ Never cover heating appliances.

■■ Don’t overload clothes dryers and clean the lint filter after each load cycle.

Gas heaters: When using gas heaters please take a few moments to consider the following safety precautions – they may save a life.

■■ Make sure the ceramic heater element is not broken or chipped and that the element guard is in place.

■■ Check to see that the hose is in good condition and doesn’t show any signs of damage or wear.

■■ If the heater does not light straight away, turn it off and then try again.

■■ Don’t let the gas build up before trying to relight it.

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■■ Smoke alarms are the most valuable lifesaving devices you can have in your home. Fire and Emergency New Zealand recommends long-life photoelectric smoke alarms.

■■ They should be installed on the ceiling in every bedroom, hallway and living area.

■■ Test the smoke alarm battery regularly.

■■ Keep your smoke alarms clean and free from dust and spider webs to keep them in working order.

■■ Use a vacuum cleaner to remove all the dust.

■■ Smoke alarms have a life of 10 years.

■■ Check the expiration date of your smoke alarm, the date can be found on the underside or side of the alarm.

Electric blankets

■■ If your electric blanket or cord is showing any signs of wear, have it checked by a competent service person or have it replaced. Don’t take the risk.

■■ Always make sure that your electric blanket is switched off before getting into bed.

■■ Never use pins or sharp objects to secure the electric blanket to the bed and never tuck it in under the bed.

■■ If the blanket becomes soiled, sponge it lightly and allow to dry naturally on a flat surface.

■■ Do not dryclean or use a washing machine or spin dryer.

■■ When putting your electric blanket away for summer, don’t fold it – roll it.

■■ Fire and Emergency recommends you replace your electric blanket every five years or sooner if it shows any sign of damage.

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Finding the right job, for the right person Y

ou can have all the jobs in the world on offer with the best looking packages and be great employers, but unless there’s willing people to step into the role on offer, chances are it will remain vacant.

Unemployment figures and jobseeker stats quoted further up in today’s edition of the Guardian sure make interesting reading and show that Ashburton should be both proud but a little concerned at the same time.

We should be celebrating the district’s 1.8 per cent unemployment rate for the district, it is after all one of the best in the country.

But likewise, we should probably wonder a little louder about where things are headed with a

20 per cent increase in jobseekers – as the market becomes even more competitive.

Despite that increase, there are still plenty of employers saying they are struggling to fill positions; that employing the right person isn’t as easy as just putting it out there and watching the applications come rolling in.

There’s still that issue of getting the right person into the role which often can become the

sticking point. A lot of jobs require specialist skills, or extended experience or qualifications just to justify being looked at with more than a cursory glance.

And we don’t have those people.

A weekly look on employment websites like Seek or Trademe will see a number of jobs sitting there still from when they were uploaded a few months ago.

That’s a sure-fire sign that the right person isn’t yet forthcoming and instead of taking a risk and bringing someone on board, employers are being a little more selective in their process, and rightly so too.

Labour List MP Jo Luxton is right when she says that some of the figures featured in today’s

article on page two can be attributed to our growing population.

Once seen further afield as a bit of a sleepy town, there’s more interest in this district with some exciting things on the horizon and we’re seeing more and more people relocate to our shores.

Initiatives like Te Ara Mahi, which has been introduced by Government, will work to support regional employers to meet their workforce needs, as well as helping locals upskill to enhance their chances of landing a role will undoubtedly help.

But the bite appears set to be felt for a wee while yet.

A whole wave of new employees are about to roll their way into the district for the winter months with the ski season al-

ways bringing people back to the district, especially Methven.

They snare jobs in bars, cafes and obviously up the mountain and certainly boost the job numbers but they also leave a hole once the mountain is closed and the snow has melted away.

Unless you are a potential employee on the hunt for a job and struggling to get a look in anywhere due to a lack of qualifications or experience or if you’re an employer and can’t quite find that person you are after then it’s hard to understand just what the situation is like.

Numbers can tell you so much, but they are, at the end of the day, limited and being at the coal face and seeing it first-hand can paint a far different picture.

Komarov was killed when his Soyuz 1 spacecraft smashed into the Earth after his parachutes failed to deploy properly during re-entry; he was the first human spaceflight fatality.

In 1990, the space shuttle Discovery blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying the $1.5 billion Hubble Space Telescope.

In 1995, the final bomb linked to the Unabomber exploded inside the Sacramento, California, offices of a lobbying group for the wood products industry, killing chief lobbyist Gilbert B. Murray.

In 2003, US forces in Iraq took custody of Tariq Aziz, the former Iraqi deputy prime minister.

In 2005, Pope Benedict XVI formally began his stewardship of the Roman Catholic Church.

In 2013, in Bangladesh, a shoddily constructed eight-storey commercial building housing garment factories collapsed, killing more than 1100 people.

Ten years ago: Mexico shut down schools, museums, libraries and state-run theatres across its overcrowded capital in hopes of containing a deadly swine flu outbreak.

Five years ago: The tiny Pacific nation of the Marshall Islands took on the United States and the world’s eight other nuclear-armed nations with an unprecedented lawsuit demanding they meet their obligations toward disarmament and accusing them of “flagrant violations” of international law.

One year ago: Former police officer

Joseph DeAngelo was arrested at his home near Sacramento, California, after DNA linked him to crimes attributed to the so-called Golden State Killer (DeAngelo is awaiting trial.)

Today’s birthdays: Actress Shirley MacLaine is 85. Actresssinger-director Barbra Streisand is 77. Rock musician Doug Clifford is 74. Rock singermusician Rob Hyman is 69. Rock singer-musician Jack Blades (Night Ranger) is 65. Actor Michael O’Keefe is 64. Rock musician David J (Bauhaus) is 62. Actor Glenn Morshower is 60.

Actress Stacy Haiduk is 51. Rock musician Aaron Comess is 51.

Actor Aidan Gillen is 51. Actress Melinda Clarke is 50. Actor Rory McCann is 50. Rock musician

Brian Marshall is 46. Actor Derek Luke is 45. Actor Eric Balfour is 42. Actress Rebecca Mader is 42. Actress Reagan Gomez is 39. Actor Austin Nichols is 39. Actress Sasha Barrese is 38.

Singer Kelly Clarkson is 37. Rock singer-musician Tyson Ritter is 35. Actor Joe Keery is 27. Actor Jack Quaid is 27. Actor Doc Shaw is 27. Actor Jordan Fisher is 25.

Thought for today: “The door to the past is a strange door. It swings open and things pass through it, but they pass in one direction only. No man can return across that threshold, though he can look down still and see the green light waver in the water weeds.” — Loren Eiseley, American anthropologist (19071977).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Wednesday, April 24, the 114th day of 2019. There are 251 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in History: On April 24, 1980, the United States launched an unsuccessful attempt to free the American hostages in Iran, a mission that resulted in the deaths of eight US servicemen.

On this date: In 1800, Congress approved a bill establishing the Library of Congress.

In 1877, federal troops were ordered out of New Orleans, ending the North’s post-Civil War rule in the South.

In 1916, some 1600 Irish nationalists launched the Easter Rising by seizing several key sites in Dublin.

(The rising was put down by British forces five days later.)

In 1920, King George V’s son, Edward, Prince of Wales (who later reigned briefly as Edward VIII), visited New Zealand partly to thank the Dominion for its contribution to the Empire’s war effort.

In 1922, A total of 245,059 small poppies and 15,157 larger versions were sold, earning £13,166. Of that amount, £3695 was sent to help war-ravaged areas of northern France; the remainder went to unemployed returned soldiers and their families.

In 1932, in the Free State of Prussia, the Nazi Party gained a plurality of seats in parliamentary elections.

In 1941, disaster struck during the hurried evacuation of Allied forces from Greece when a large number of civilians and Commonwealth troops, including New Zealanders, were killed while they were boarding the Greek yacht Hellas at the port of Piraeus, near Athens.

In 1951, the first New Zealander was killed in battle In the Korean War. Kayforce suffered its first fatal battle casualty with the death of Second Lieutenant Dennis Fielden.

In 1967, Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir

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Govt had better be more than meets the eye

By David Cormack NZME

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t’s the 1980s. I’m a child. The coolest show on TV is easily Transformers. The premise is what it says on the can. There are robots and they can transform.

Except the parameters within which they can transform are fairly narrow. They can go from being a robot, to being a vehicle, and back again. That’s it. It’s not wholly transformational. They’re more part-time transformers.

It’s 2017, the Labour Party under charismatic and impressive new leader Jacinda Ardern has formed a Government in a coalition with New Zealand First with confidence and supply from the Green Party. This will be a transformative Government, Ardern tells us.

It’s going to be a big-time transformer. It’s going to transform New Zealand I guess is the takeaway. Except at its first big chance to do so it didn’t even get to vehicle stage. It baulked. This was some Optimus Sub-Prime rubbish.

I don’t for a second think that a capital gains tax would have been a magical panacea for our housing crisis, for our rising inequality, for our homeless problem, or for child poverty.

But boy, wouldn’t it have been inspiring to see the Government do something bold and transformational to at least begin to address those issues?

Then again, like the Transformers of the 1980s, the parameters this Government has set up for itself means it’s limited its own ability to transform.

The Budget Responsibility Rules means it can’t borrow much more to do big infrastructure projects, it flat out said there’d be no new streams of revenue so it can’t put in a new tax bracket at $150,000 a year – even if it moved the other tax brackets up – and, well, there just doesn’t seem to be the appetite to do anything bold.

Ardern said capitalism was a “blatant failure” when it came to housing the poor. Winston Peters said, “far too many New Zealanders have come to view today’s capitalism not as their friend but as their foe”.

He’d also said earlier that year: “The truth is that after 32 years of the neoliberal experiment the character and the quality of our country has changed dramatically, and much of it for the worse.”

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They promised us a transformative Government but has Labour already failed to deliver?

Go for those people.

But you’d better do something transformative. Because that’s what you promised us. You’ve got the “Wellbeing Budget” in May, which I’ve been assured has strong demonstrations of progressivism in it and it needs to.

As soon as the Prime Minister said there wouldn’t be a capital gains tax so long as she was leader it was apparent what this was.

It was a brilliant political move strategically, and a concession that it wasn’t just because NZ First blocked it, but an admission that the courage to make a big change to our tax system just isn’t there.

The door could have been left open for a CGT if the next Government is just Labour and the Greens, and hey, maybe there’ll be a different adjustment to our tax system. Like a land tax. Or a wealth tax. Or nationalising the banks. But I’m not holding my breath.

All this talk of governing in a

in New Zealand better placed to actually do something about those problems than Jacinda Ardern and Winston Peters. And yet at their first big opportunity to do so they did nothing.

They didn’t even do a little bit.

They did nothing.

There’s a bunch of people who could have done nothing. I could have done nothing. My 8-month old daughter could have done nothing. John Key sure as hell did nothing. But none of us promised the country we’d be a transformative Government.

Someone like me isn’t going to flock to National as a result of this. Sure I’m disappointed in a supposed left-wing Government rushing to meet Tony Blair in the centre, but I’d still prefer that to a National-led Government.

Meanwhile a bunch of centrist voters who might go National or might go Labour will feel better about going Labour if the CGT was what was holding them back.

Fine.

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Kindness doesn’t redress the imbalance where one generation got huge amounts of support to get houses, jobs, education, and healthcare while those coming next have been left fighting over scraps.

So this Government had better step up. This Government had better start getting progressive soon. There’d better be more than meets the eye. Or are they just robots in disguise?

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he weekend might be about relaxing but it doesn’t mean appetites disappear.

Lunch on the run is always a great option, but that relies on having a fridge well stocked with all the makings of a top class sandwich or nibble.

With just a little planning there are plenty of options for creating a tasty lunch that can be eaten without taking your gardening shoes off.

Simple spaghetti pockets 420g can spaghetti 1 spring onion, chopped 1/2 small red capsicum, chopped 1/4 C unsweetened crushed pineapple, well drained 1C grated cheese 8 x 20cm diameter flour tortillas

Corn and bacon quiche

■■ Mix together spaghetti, spring onion, red capsicum and pineapple.

■■ Place a tortilla on a board.

■■ Spread about ¼ cup of spaghetti filling over one half of the tortilla, to within 2cm of the edges. Sprinkle with grated cheese and fold over to enclose the filling.

■■ Fold in half again to make a rounded triangle.

■■ Heat a non-stick frying pan ■■ Cook for 3-4 minutes, turning once until the tortilla is crispy and golden and the filling hot.

■■ Repeat with the remaining tortillas.

Pinwheel scones

400g block frozen savoury shortcrust pastry, thawed 1 medium onion, peeled and diced 100g middle bacon, chopped 1/2 C grated tasty cheese 410g can creamed corn 5 eggs 300ml cream or whole milk ■■ Roll the pastry and line the base and sides of a 27cm deep loose bottom quiche dish.

■■ Refrigerate for 15 minutes.

■■ Preheat oven to 200°C. ■■ Blind bake pastry for 10 minutes.

■■ Remove baking blind beans and return pastry to oven for a further 2-3 minutes.

■■ Remove from the oven and set aside.

■■ Reduce oven temperature to 180°C. ■■ Heat a dash of oil in a frying pan.

■■ Cook onion and bacon until onion is soft and bacon cooked.

■■ Scatter over the base of the prepared quiche base. Sprinkle over grated cheese.

■■ In a bowl beat together creamed corn, eggs and cream until well mixed.

■■ Season with freshly ground black pepper and a little salt.

■■ Pour into pastry case. Bake for 40-45 minutes, until filling is set and golden.

■■ Allow to stand for 5 minutes before removing from the dish to serve.

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2C self-raising flour 1/2 t salt 2C grated cheese 1C milk 1/2 C soda water 1/2 C chutney 50g ham, chopped 2 spring onions, chopped

375ml dark beer 3/4 C plum sauce 1/4 C barbecue sauce 1T apple cider vinegar 8 chicken thighs ■■ In a medium saucepan over a low heat, combine beer, sauces and vinegar.

■■ Simmer for 10-15 minutes until reduced by half, stirring occasionally. Leave to cool.

■■ Cut 2 deep slits into the thickest part of each thigh.

■■ Combine the chicken with two-thirds of the marinade in a shallow dish, reserving the rest for basting.

■■ Cover and chill for 2 hours or overnight.

■■ Heat the barbecue to a medium heat.

■■ Drain chicken and cook for 25-30 minutes, turning every 5 minutes and brushing with reserved marinade, until completely cooked through.

Spinach and feta scrolls 1 1/2 sheets frozen puff pastry, thawed Cooking oil spray 250g baby spinach 100g crumbled feta cheese

Chicken and pasta pie

■■ Preheat oven to 200°C (fan bake).

■■ Sift self-raising flour and salt into a mixing bowl.

■■ Stir in 1C of the grated cheese ■■ Pour in milk and soda water and mix to form a soft dough.

■■ Turn dough on to a floured board and roll out to a rectangle 1cm thick (approx.

30cm x 40cm).

■■ Spread chutney over the dough to within 1cm of the edges.

■■ Sprinkle over remaining grated cheese, chopped ham and spring onions.

■■ Gently roll from the long side to make a pinwheel.

■■ Cut into 12 pieces. Place close together, cut side up on a greased baking tray.

■■ Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden and cooked. Serve warm.

Boozy chicken thighs

2T olive oil 1 onion, thinly sliced 150g mushrooms, sliced 2C cooked pasta 1 1/2 C shredded cooked chicken 4 eggs 1C milk 1/2 C grated parmesan 1/4 C plain flour 1/4 C chopped parsley ■■ Preheat oven to 180°C. ■■ Lightly grease a 6-cup ovenproof dish.

■■ Heat oil in a large frying pan on high.

■■ Saute onion 1-2 minutes, until tender.

■■ Add mushrooms; cook, stirring, 3-4 minutes. Remove from heat.

■■ Stir pasta and chicken through mushroom mixture. Spoon into prepared dish.

■■ In a bowl, beat together eggs, milk, parmesan, flour and parsley ■■ Season to taste. Pour over mushroom mixture.

■■ Bake 25-30 minutes, or until set. Serve in wedges with salad.

■■ Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C fanforced).

■■ Line a large oven tray with baking paper.

■■ Join pastry sheets, overlapping them by 1cm and pressing together to join.

■■ Place pastry over the baking paper.

■■ Spray a medium sized frying pan with oil.

■■ Place spinach in the frying pan and sauté over a medium heat for 1-2 minutes, or until just wilted. Transfer to a colander and squeeze out excess moisture.

■■ Spread spinach over pastry, leaving a 3cm border around the edge.

■■ Sprinkle feta over top.

■■ Brush pastry edge with a small amount of water and roll up loosely.

■■ Cut into 6 equal rounds.

■■ Arrange the rounds with the cut-side up on the baking tray.

■■ Bake for 15-20 minutes or until the pastry is crisp and golden.

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1907 The Triple Entente is agreed between Great Britain, France and Russia as German militarism becomes a concern

1912 Formation of the Balkan League, a military alliance against the Ottoman Empire

1908 Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina causing tension with Serbia

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Wednesday, April 24, 2019

ANZAC DAY FEATURE

Ashburton District Anzac Day services Ashburton Dawn service – 6.30am Cenotaph, Baring Square West, Ashburton Hakatere service – 7.30am Hakatere Marae, State Highway 1, Ashburton Cemetery service – 9am Services Plot, 48 Bremners Road, Ashburton

Methven Rakaia March (for ex service and relatives) – 10am Rakaia Service – 10.15am Rakaia Community Centre, Mackie Street, Rakaia

Civic service and wreath laying – 11am Cenotaph, Baring Square West, Ashburton

Mayfield and Districts Parade – 9.45am Mayfield Panther Rock Cafe carpark, Mayfield

Hinds Service – 10am Hinds Hall, 20 Rogers Street, Hinds

Service – 10am Mayfield Memorial Hall, State Highway 72, Mayfield

Methven March – 9.30am Memorial Arch, McDonald Street, Methven

Morning tea – noon Mayfield Memorial Hall, State Highway 72, Mayfield

Service – 10am Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street,

Golf match – 12.30pm Mayfield Golf Club, Mayfield

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Jul 28 Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia Jun 28 Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated at Sarajevo

Aug 3 Germany declares war on France Aug 4 Germany invades Belgium and Britain declares war on Germany

Aug 1 Germany declares war on Russia

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100 years on, we still remember This year marks 100 since the world celebrated the first anniversary of peace after the battlefields fell silent in World War One.

Donna Favel

ASHBURTON MAYOR

The Great War, a devastating campaign that ended in 1918 after four years of bloodshed, has a particularly poignant meaning for us in New Zealand, as it was this war that brought forth the Anzac legend, a symbol of comradery, friendship and bravery that we remember to this day.

A century after those first commemorations of peace were held, Anzac Day remains a powerful and revered day of mourning, contemplation and respect for those who have served, fought, fallen and returned from various wars and conflicts that our country has been involved in.

I always experience a sense of appreciation and pride each year when I see our community remain faithful to Anzac Day commemorations.

Each year, crowds gather at our district’s numerous services as the bugle sounds The Last Post, and it is in these moments that I am reminded of our compassion,

Above – Soldiers rest, March 1918. togetherness and collective respect for those who fought for the freedom we each enjoy every day.

The memory of Anzac and of peace also lives on in what are referred to as ‘peace oaks’ that were planted around our district from 1919.

Peace oaks were planted all around the district, including in the Ashburton Domain, around Methven, and by numerous schools.

This was how our community

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attempted to express its gratitude for the peace that had been granted around the world.

Many of these trees remain standing today, and I think they act as a great symbol of how we too have kept the spirit of Anzac alive in our hearts and minds, even after the passing of so many years.

Like many, I find it difficult to fully comprehend the depth of devastation those brave men and women must have gone through in the Great War.

The uncertainty, violence, shock and grief must have been unbearable.

Anzac Day is an opportunity for us to keep their spirit alive and reaffirm our values of peace, and I hope to see many people at our services doing just that. It is heartening to see in recent years the increased attendance at these services.

Like those peace oaks, we will not let the passing of time erode our sense of loss and respect. We will be as strong as ever.

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Sep 5 First Battle of Marne begins

Aug 23 Japan declares war on Germany

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Oct 19 First Battle of Ypres begins which essentially ends the war of movement on the Western Front

Aug 29 New Zealand captures German Samoa

Aug 19 President Woodrow Wilson announces that the United States will remain neutral

Oct 29 The Ottoman Empire (Turkey) enters the war on Germany’s side

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

ANZAC DAY FEATURE

A time to remember Andrew Falloon RANGITATA MP

It’s difficult for us today to comprehend an event like the Great War. All told, more than ten per cent of our population, or over 100,000 New Zealanders, would leave our shores to serve.

They went not knowing the horrors they would see, the hardships they would endure.

At the time we had little national identity. We were a far flung outpost of mother Britain, and when the war began we in New Zealand, and we in Mid Canterbury, answered her call.

My great grandfather Thomas McGregor was one of them. I can’t imagine what it must have been like for Tom to leave a town like Ashburton, to travel half way around the world to flight in a conflict in places he’d never heard of.

Today international travel is as easy as jumping online and buying a ticket.

You can be pretty much anywhere in 24 hours.

Right – Mr and Mrs McGregor.

Most of us have been overseas, but for New Zealanders in 1914 those distances must have been incomprehensible.

Tom fought bravely alongside thousands of other Kiwis at Gallipoli and the Battle of the Somme.

Unlike so many others he returned home, but would forever carry a bullet in his upper chest.

Nearly 17,000 of our fellow New Zealanders would not be so lucky, making the ultimate sacrifice in places whose names are now etched into our nation’s history. Passchendaele. Gallipoli.

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The effects stayed with us for generations, not just for those brave men and women who served, but for those who remained, keeping the home fires burning.

At the time the Great War was called the war to end all wars. Of course it wasn’t. Just two decades later the world was again in wretched turmoil.

Once again New Zealanders bravely responded, but again the price paid was one of tragedy.

This Anzac Day we remember their service. Those who have selflessly served us abroad, putting their lives at risk to protect the democratic freedoms we cherish.

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Apr 22 Start of the Second Battle of Ypres Jan 19 The first Zeppelin airship raid on Britain takes place

May 7 The liner RMS Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat Apr 25 Allied troops land in Gallipoli

May 23 Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary

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ANZAC DAY FEATURE

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Take some time, to reflect Every April, across the country, we reflect and remember the sacrifices made by New Zealanders in overseas conflicts and peacekeeping missions. That is what Anzac Day is about for me, it is about sacrifice. The sacrifices that individual men and women in our country have made and continue to make, so the rest of us can live our lives in safety.

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It’s a time of remembrance, to show gratitude and national pride for all of our service men and women.

And, a time for reflection. To reflect on the lives of the brave Ashburton soldiers that never made it home, and those that did, but were affected for the rest of their lives.

This Anzac Day marks 104 years since Anzac troops first landed at Gallipoli in Turkey, the site of New Zealand’s first major battle of the First World War. Two thousand seven hundred New Zealand

soldiers lost their lives during this battle alone. That loss is still felt profoundly by many New Zealand families.

Around 100,000 New Zealanders, 10 per cent of our population at the time, served overseas during the War. This included more than 2200 Māori, serving in the Māori (Pioneer) Battalion. This year, through our expressions of love, compassion and unity, we reaffirm our commitment to peace and freedom of faith, not only in the aftermath of war, but every day.

On Anzac Day, I’ll be here in Ashburton, speaking at the 9am service. There are a number of services being held all over the region, and I encourage you to attend one of them to pay tribute to our veterans, and their spouses and families.

Wear a poppy on your shirt, go to a dawn service, spend the day with your friends and family – whatever you do this Anzac Day, take some time to reflect on why we are able to do these things; due to the men and women that came before us.

Left – King George V passes the men of the Auckland battalion as they moved up to the front, March 1918.

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Dec 20 The Allies evacuate the Anzac Cove and Suvla areas

Sep 5 Tsar Nicholas II assumes control of Russian Army Sep 25 Start of the Battle of Loos, a British attack on German positions in northern France

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1916

Jan 27 Conscription is introduced in Britain Feb 21 Start of the Battle of Verdun, north-east France

ANZAC DAY FEATURE

The water canteen which saved a life I never got to talk to much to my grandfather about the war before he passed away, it wasn’t really something he liked to talk about too much – but there’s a constant reminder of his sacrifice of fighting for our country sitting in the display cabinet at my parents’ house.

In amongst a vast array of other heirlooms and special items collected over the years sits grandad’s water canteen from his time on the front line, battered and bruised like a front-rower after 80 minutes on the rugby paddock, it looks like it could tell a story from just its first appearance.

Take a closer look though and the story becomes quite remarkable.

Almost invisible to the naked eye, the top corner shows some frayed strapping and buried away behind it is a hole.

That hole could be thanked for the existence of the entire side of my father’s family because it’s a

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shrapnel hole – a bent back mess of tin from where shrapnel burst through its defences – ultimately saving my grandfather in the process.

It’s a hugely significant item in the history of the Markham family – for obvious reasons – and Dad often talks about playing with the canteen when he was younger and the shrapnel still rattling around inside the canteen. But like me, Dad doesn’t know too much about Grandad’s time away at war because it wasn’t something he liked to talk about.

That’s a common occurrence for so many people who bravely left their families behind to go

and stand for our country all those years ago.

So, when we remember tomorrow the sacrifice those people made and celebrate the world we now live in because of their efforts – it pays to remember that those memories sadly aren’t fond ones for a lot of people in our society.

As for me, tomorrow I will pull grandad’s water canteen and medals out of the cabinet and take a moment to reflect on what he did and how lucky he was to come home.

Handed down to me for my 21st birthday, I can’t wait to pass it on to my son when he turns the same age so that future generations of my family are reminded of just how much was put on the line all those years ago for us to live a better life.

Right – Grandad’s army water canteen is a hugely significant item in the history of the Markham family.

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Jul 1 Start of the Battle of the Somme

Mar 15 Tsar Nicholas II is forced to abdicate as political unrest grows in Russia

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Feb 1 Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare campaign resumes having ceased from September 1915 due to outrage from neutral countries

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Recalling the facts of war Linda Clarke

SENIOR REPORTER

It’s been 30-plus years since I visited Gallipoli as part of my OE. I still remember the sombre veil that dropped over our happy tour bus that day – there were tears and heavy hearts as we saw where our soldiers landed and the steep slopes where they were fodder for the Turkish troops.

The mood did not lighten as we took in more war sites and cemeteries.

My photos are faded now in an album hardly ever examined. As a mother now of two fighting-aged sons, I wonder how I would have dealt with news of their death in such an inhospitable spot.

Angry, I’m guessing, but back then there was no way for people to know exactly what happened and how savage, but ultimately futile, the attack would be.

The lives of so many young men were snuffed out at the peninsula, and the lives of many more changed forever because of the things they saw and the things they did to survive.

Thanks to the excellent research of family members in Northern Ireland, I know relatives of mine fought in World War One and their small communities were equally affected.

My own existence in New Zealand is related to a war, but one that was fought in Ireland between the Protestants and the Catholics.

Information that has filtered through the generations points to

my grandfather being a member of the B Specials, an Ulster Special Constabulary unit that regularly patrolled the border between the newly-partitioned Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Family rumour has it that he was working one night when his patrol dog was shot. It was seen as a sign that the next bullet would be for him.

He and his brothers fled the country and moved to different

parts of the world.

By all accounts it was a swift departure from Ireland, and also for his wife and young son (my late Uncle Joe).

The family struggled and grew in Eiffelton and my Dad was born here, the last of a long line of brothers and sisters.

War fashions families for good and bad. It should be remembered not for its glory but for its fact.

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Dec 17 Armistice between Germany and Russia comes into effect

Nov 20 British tanks help win a temporary victory at Cambrai

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Names on monument fathers, sons Stand on the beach at Gallipoli, wander the slopes that run down to the sea and wonder at the insanity that sent troops into battle on that narrow strip of the Turkish Peninsula.

Anzac Cove and the surrounding hills today are tranquil places, deserted most often, except come Anzac Day each year.

There’s a strange kind of peace about the place for the rest of the year, just the odd visitor walking across grassy slopes, across land that 100 years ago was littered with the dead and dying.

The names carved on memorials tell nothing of the horror that was Anzac Cove on April 25, 1915 when wave after wave of soldiers were delivered onto the beach only to be gunned down by Turkish troops on the hills above.

Husbands, sons, grandsons, young men whose lives had barely begun, mown down, dying in agony, their bodies left where they lay.

Many families can count ancestors who were part of the Gallipoli campaign. My great uncle died there, two weeks into the

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campaign. His body was never returned, He is just a name on a memorial – Leonard Rountree.

The Gallipoli campaign is a kind of insanity that’s difficult to understand, driven from war offices in England, designed by planners who had little idea of the geography or topography of the area. To them it was simply a battle to win, but to the men who

went willingly, to their families waiting at home it was a special kind of hell.

World War One might have ended over 100 years ago, but the memories of that war and subsequent wars are very alive today.

Anzac Day is when we recognise the sacrifice thousands of New Zealanders made over the past 100 years, fighting battles on foreign soils. Those men and women are part of who we are today.

In every family there will be links – some tenuous – but links nonetheless to World War One and the battle on the Gallipoli peninsular that sparked the birth of today’s Anzac ceremonies.

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Mar 21 Germany launches the first of series of Spring Offensives which the Allies eventually counter successfully

Sep 19 Ottoman forces routed in Battle of Megiddo, Palestine

Aug 8 The ‘black day of the German Army’ as the Allies advance. German Army begins to collapse

Oct 4 Germany approaches United States to discuss an armistice but fighting continues

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There is no glory in war World War One killed about 18,000 New Zealanders and more than 60,000 Australians.

It left behind shattered families, many of which are probably still affected by the event to this day.

Personally I have a connection to the war, with my great grandfather John Albert Emmett of Sydney having been killed in action in France.

Known as Jack, he was a member of the 33rd battalion.

The war was only five months from finishing when he made his first foray onto the frontline on the Somme. It was to be the last day of his life.

The story of his death is told by his comrades, including a Private Burton, today recounted online in the Australian Red Cross Society Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau files.

Private Burton said he and his cobber Jack were detailed to carry rations, and at about midnight on 17 June, 1918, they were making for a place called Diggers Supports at Villers Bretenneux.

“Emmett had never been up in the lines before, and he got tired; so he lay full length in a trench on his back while I moved on a few yards and sat down on a fire step,” Private Burton said.

“A shell fell right between Emmett’s knees, and blew off his legs and the lower part of his body; and we buried him at a place called Crucifix Corner just out of Villers Bretenneux.”

Crucifix Corner Cemetery today contains 660 Commonwealth burials of the

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First World War; I am presuming my great grandfather is among them.

Just like many who grew up knowing our elders had lived through times of war, we just accepted none of them ever talked about it, and it was not the thing to ever bring up in conversation.

It is only in recent years we realise the importance of recording such stories, as time marches on and memories fade.

Consequently from talking to my aunty, a little has been filled in of the tragedy of Jack’s time at war.

Aged in his 40s, he had five children and a wife who depended on him, so did not have to go. However, he wanted to live up to his conviction that fighting in the name of one’s country was the right thing to do.

The fact that he never came home was a loss of mammoth proportions for

his children, of which my grandfather was one. As family lore goes, my grandfather was a difficult child for whom his mother had little affection.

Even though she was left a wealthy widow, she gave minimal time and money to her least favourite child.

The repercussions were felt throughout my grandfather’s life and he later became an alcoholic father to my mum and her two sisters.

His wife, my grandmother, struggled as best she could, but the family were poor and would have benefited greatly from caring grandparents, something World War One had robbed them of the opportunity of ever having.

I was always grateful my mum, with help from my dad of course, was able to give me the good childhood she had never had.

However, she carried the scars of a broken upbringing, and to some extent that sense of tragedy and heartache has been carried down the generations.

There is no glory in war, it really is a futile thing.

Yet fighting for our freedom was something our forebears were compelled to do all those years ago, and today we can justly be proud of the sacrifice they made.

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Aug 5, 1914 Governor-General Lord Liverpool announces that New Zealand is at war

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Make sure our children remember My six-year-old and I were looking at an atlas the other day, checking out the route that his grandparents were about to embark on for a tour through Europe.

We followed the path from Amsterdam to Budapest, and I was explaining the little I knew about some of the places, when my son saw Turkey.

He said “hold on mum, I’m just trying to find a place I know that’s near Turkey”. We were visiting my nana at the time and we looked

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at each other, probably a little confused. What sort of place would he know about that’s near Turkey?

He was struggling to find what he was looking for, when I suddenly had a thought. I asked him if the place he was looking for was Gallipoli.

“Yes!” he exclaimed, looking very proud of himself.

They’d been learning about Anzac Day at school, he told me, and Gallipoli was the place where all the soldiers died.

It made me think back to when I was growing up and what I knew about Anzac Day when I

was six, and at what point the reality of what actually happened all those years ago, really sunk in.

Every Anzac Day when we were kids, mum and dad would take us to the dawn Anzac service and we would watch on as both of our grandfathers marched past.

It was always a little bit exciting, trying to find the two of them in among – what was back then – a sea of faces.

When you’re young, it’s hard putting the sheer numbers of

lives lost while fighting for our country into context. It can be hard to believe it happened.

But it did, it’s a huge part of our history which shaped New Zealand’s future and, just like my parents when we were young, I now take my kids to a service every Anzac Day. It may have happened well before my time, and well and truly before their time, but I’m determined that my kids will always remember.

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Apr 25, 1915 Anzac troops land at Ari Burnu (Anzac cove)

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A terrifying time in our history In my hallway sits a bayonet with four quite horrifying notches embedded in its wooden handle.

We aren’t sure whether it’s from World War One or World War Two, probably the latter, but it’s immaterial really. It’s part of our family history and it tells of a terrible story.

The bayonet, owned by my grandfather, has a mechanical pin where it could be inserted on the muzzle of a rifle for close contact warfare.

As a child the blade used to sit in a glassed bookshelf in my parents’ house and we would remove it from its leather scabbard and run our fingers down the jagged indentations.

We would imagine what made the bayonet owner feel compelled

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to make the notches and wonder about the lives which were taken. Who were the victims, were they married and did they have children?

For me this memento of a terrifying time in our history represents the immense sadness and gratitude I have for the sacrifices that were made by my family and our forefathers.

In another sense it constitutes all that is wrong with war.

This isn’t a criticism, because I believe everyone who has served to defend our nation deserves our utmost respect.

And I feel like a fraud for even having an opinion on this.

My generation for the most part has escaped major conflict.

Gallipoli and the Western Front were before my time and I was too young to remember much about the Vietnam War. In my lifetime the conflict zones have been Iraq and Iran, Kuwait, Afghanistan and others.

That’s not to say my family has not been involved.

My father served for two years with British troops in Malaya and always protested that he never

saw action, admitting only once to bullets zipping past him.

My grandfather served in World War Two in Egypt as a medical officer with the New Zealand Medical Corps, and my great aunt was a nurse in the same country.

He reached the rank of captain and was invalided home. My great grandfather I believe was a major in World War One and another decorated family member commanded the Canterbury Mounted Rifles Brigade until 1921.

I can’t imagine the atrocities that they saw either in hospital beds or the battlefield.

As far as I’m aware my family was lucky and suffered no losses, but that doesn’t diminish their contribution or the mental scars they might have

carried home.

We aren’t exactly sure of the bayonet’s history or who it belonged to. It could have come from a family member, but my grandfather was a doctor who accepted “gifts’’ from returned servicemen who could not afford to pay their medical bills.

So what does Anzac Day mean to me?

It’s obviously a time of remembrance which commemorates all New Zealanders killed and wounded in war and also honours returned servicemen and women.

But it’s also personal for me because of my family involvement and that’s why I have a rather gruesome artefact to remind me of another era when great sacrifices were made.

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Dec 20, 1915 Evacuation of Anzac troops from Gallipoli

Jul, 1915 The Maori Contingent is despatched to Gallipoli Aug 8, 1915 Wellington Battalion captures Chunuk Bar

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No matter race, age or religion, Anzac Day is important ...

Anzac Day is a day ultimately about reflection, and with this small allocation of words I wanted to try and reflect on what the past, the present and the future of one of our most significant national days means to me.

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Unlike some of the other writers for this feature, I have not stood on the beaches at Anzac Cove and been able to reflect on the horrors and bravery that played out on that fateful day.

I do not have a piece of prized family memorabilia that links back to the horrible conflict that was World War One, but I do have family members that have served our country.

I had two great grandfathers that served during World War Two, but in the time I knew them when they were alive I was unaware and likely would have struggled to connect those two great men with the horrors that likely faced them at that time.

So when I reflect on Anzac Day, I think of them.

When I think of what Anzac Day means now, I think of what it means to those currently serving in our armed forces.

I have a friend who is currently in the army, and probably didn’t appreciate just how important the

day is to those currently serving as it is for those who have served in the past.

A role in the army is a thankless task, only often appreciated in the worst of times.

Even in peace time, life in the army is not easy, and getting the chance to be acknowledged alongside those who have served in the past is an important thing.

And on to the future of Anzac Day. Some have suggested that actions taken around the cancellation of Anzac events and the suggestion of Islamic prayer being broadcast at the events would be an attack on what those who have served in the past fought for.

This is simply not the case.

The people who served did so to keep New Zealand a free country,

and to allow us to live the lives we do today.

Whether we were born in New Zealand or not; Christian, Muslim or any other religion, we are New Zealanders, and we should be able to pause and reflect on Anzac Day in any way we please, because without Anzac Day, it is something we would not be able to do in the first place.

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Zooming away with national titles

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Ashburton go-karters produced their club’s best ever result at the 25th annual New Zealand Grass Kart Championships in Timaru over Easter.

From the youngest, right through to the more experienced drivers, the Ashburton contingent proved to be a force to be reckoned with on the track on farm land on the outskirts of Timaru.

The competition attracted more than 150 entries and was live-streamed to thousands of go-karting enthusiasts around the world by The Pits Media New Zealand, and those taking in the live action from Ashburton were given plenty to cheer about.

In his final year in the midget grade, Ashburton eightyear-old Ryan Gallagher was unstoppable, taking out six wins from six starts to claim the national midget grade title for the second time.

In the intermediate grade Scott McLaren was seventh and in the juniors Kane Botherway was second.

In the Lifans section Ben

McLaren was first with three wins, while Chris Burt was seventh in the 0-130cc class and Brad Rae was fourth in the 256-510cc class.

Ashburton was well-represented in the 206-255cc class, with Ben McLaren taking it out with six race wins, Jordan Rae second, Robbie Wells 17th and Andrew Green 20th.

Rae also had a podium finish in the 0-250 A/C (air cooled) class, finishing third, while in the superkart grade Ben McLaren won it with six race wins, with Kyle Robertson sixth.

Topping off a huge weekend, Ben McLaren also took out the champion of champions title, while the Ashburton club, as a whole took out the trophy for the most successful club.

Ashburton Family Go Kart Club president Michael Gallagher said it was a great result for one of the smaller clubs competing.

“Everyone performed exceptionally well, especially Ben for taking out four of the New Zealand titles which is a huge achievement,” Gallagher said.

Ashburton go-karters returned from the nationals with a massive trophy haul.

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SPORTS DRAWS AND RESULTS RESULTS ■■ Golf Rakaia Golf Club April 17, Ladies Division Thomas Trophy - Harrison Trophy - Stableford Round Sally Smith - 103 – 28 – 75 – 32 Stablefords, Val Sisson – 108 – 28 – 80 -28 Stablefords, Marion Wederell 102 – 22 – 80 -28 Stablefords, 9 Hole Players Stableford Round: Val Bell – 61 – 17 – 44 10 Stablefords.

Railway Hotel 2nd Shot No 3 - Fiona Rushton, Rakaia Seed Cleaning 2nd Shot No 6- Marion Wederell, Val Bell Nearest the Pin No 8 – Jo Johnson, Chertsey Spraying 2nd Shot No 15 – Sandra Quinn, S . Quinn 2nd Shot No 17 – Sandra Quinn.

Methven Golf Club April 17, Ladies Division, LGU. LGU. Silver: Jenny Senior: 82-15-67, Sara Gallagher: 95-16-75 Bronze A: Tania Wilson 87-20-67, Catrina Glass 91-21-70 Bronze B: Gail Limbrick 107-37-70, Nola Hydes 105-31-74 2nd Tuis Jenny Senior 42, Tania Wilson 42, Catrina Glass 39, Gail Limbrick 39 Aqua Japanese Restruant Best Nett of the Day: Jenny Senior 67 Twos and Nett Eagles: Gail Limbrick x3, Ellen Kemp x2, Robyn Maw, Jane Helmore and Marg Kelk.

Nearest to pin: # 17 Open Methven Travel Jenny Senior, #4 Open Methven Pharmacy Tania Wilson, #13 Open Cinema Paradiso Tania Wilson, #6 Br B & Open Arabica Roz Grant, #14 Br B 2nd Shot Supervalue F Redfern, #4 Saturday Girls Methven Foursquare Sharon Burrell-Smith.

Men’s Division April 20 - Stroke round Senior: Piers Rolton 79-8-71. Intermediate: Phil Johnson 83-14-69. Junior A: Mark Gazzard 94-21-73. Junior B: John Robinson 74-24-70.

Other Good Scores: 71 Phil Elliott. 72 Dayle Lucas. 73 Alister Maxwell, Paddy Helmore, Alan Smith, Gavin Santy. 74 Craig Middleton, Roger Callaghan, Geoff

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Two’s: Ian Lucas, Matt Duncan Dubliner Best Nett: Phil Johnson 69 . Methven Foursquare Second Best Nett: John Robinson 70. Methven Travel Best Gross : Dayle Lucas 77.

Closest to the Pin-Aqua Japanese Restaurant No 4: Phil Johnson. Hunters Wine No 6: Sam Fitzgibbon. Ski Time No 13: Matt Duncan. Green Parrot No 17: Alister Maxwell. Cinema Paradiso 2nd shot No 14: Michael Kemp.

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Mayfield Men’s Golf Club April 17, Men’s Mid-Week stableford competition.

Wayne Vessey 34, Ian Beach 34, Bernie Doyle 33 Alan Dixon 33.

Ruapuna Rosebowl semi-final Charlie Rapsey beat Wayne Blair and John Low beat Kerry Read.

April 20 Final Ruapuna Charlie Rapsey beat John Low rest played stableford round winners James Mcormick 42 Andrew Lake and Charlie Rapsey 39 John Sim Roger Lake 37 Andrew Peck 36 Paul Gardner Logan Tasker Allan Dixon 35 District Teams Winners Mayfield 37 Ruapuna 36.25 Lismore 34 Westerfield 33.75 Hinds 32.6 Nearest Pins: No 2 Aon Insurance: Not Struck, No11 Jon McAuliffe Bayleys: Not Struck, No 5 Marylin Cross Property Brokers: Wayne Blair, No 14 ANZ Bank: Wayne Vessey.

9 &18 second shot: Andrew Peck Twos: Wayne Blair Rosehope Rommey Player of the Day: James Mcormick 86/20/66.

Ashburton Golf Club Saturday 20 April The Radius Care Players of the Day and winners of the Keig Cup were Brent and Sam Clarke with a score of 6811.5=56.5nett. The winners of the Coasters Cup were Barry Jury and Alan White with a score of 58.5. Other winning scores were: Ian Rive and Royce Jamieson 60.5; Megan Ness and Karen McRae 61; Nick Ralston and Robert Pawsey 61; Trevor Watson and David Fisher 62.5.

Twos: Eric Parr, Brent MacGregor, Paul Greer and Barry Jury (2).

Nearest The Pins: Braided Rivers: Bruce Day; Rothbury Insurance: Dylan Stoddart; Allenton Meat Centre: Hamish Niles; South Island Seeds: Barry Jury: Property Brokers #6: Brent Clarke; Charming Thai Longest Putt: Perry Hunt.

Nine Hole Results: The Harvey Bakehouse winner of the day was Mal Trewavas 22pts on c/b from Peter Greening also 22; Gordon Clinton and Peter Woods both with 21pts.

Monday 22 April The winner of the Turkey Trot was Peter Walker with 44 pts. Other winning scores were: Neil MacDonald Tom Blacklow and Hilary Ward 41; Perry Hunt 40; Tim Newton, Paul Greer and Richard McKernan 38.

■■ Shooting Target Shooting Results, April 22.

Ashburton District Rifle Club 600 yards TR, Allan White 50.7, 50.6, 100.13, John Snowden 50.3, 49.4, 99.7, John Fleming 46.1, 48.2, 94.6, Brian Hawksby 44.3, 46.3, 90.6, Coby Snowden 41.0, 45.0, 86.0.

FTR, Murray Cook 58.5, 54.1, 112.6, Brian Graystone 56.1, 55.3, 111.4, Allan White 57.4.

FO, Bob McDonald 58.4, 58.4, 116.8.

Mt Somers Rifle Club Emily Heaven 62, 57, Jess Heaven 94.5, 86.1, Bree Greer 89, 88, Dave Millichamp 93.2, 97.4, Wayne Tubb 93.2, Kevin Fews 83.1, Andy Oram 96.3, 96.6.

Mayfield Rifle Club Sarah Gould 90.1, Daniel Gould 88.1, Robert Spencer Jnr 94.2, John Fleming 97.4, Martin Fleming 98.6, 99.5, Carl Nordqvist 96.4, 99.5.

■■ Squash Celtic Squash Club April 15 Team 3 v Team 4: 1 Adam Clement v Kevin Milne 3, 3 Ben Kruger v Mick Hooper 0, 3 Chris Thompson v Ian Dolden 1, Rob 1 Neil Keenan v Chris Lima 3, 3 Rebecca Abernethy v Robbie Kok 1, 3 Julian Syme v Hayden Robinson 0. Overall: 14- 8

Team 1 v Team 7: 1 Nick Marshall v Chris O’Reilly 3, 3 Harry Stanway v Jimmy Hunn 0, 3 Julie Smith v Nathan Forbes 2, 3 Tim Kuipers v Shane Muckle 1, 1 Sam Kuipers v Michelle Boleyn 3, 3 Guy Stanway v Jane Kingan 0. Overall: 14 - 9 April 17 Team 2 v Team 5: 3 John McDonnell v Paul Cousins 0, 3 James McCloy v Ed Harrison 2, 3 Blair Horrell v Steve Dev 1, 0 Brendon Clark v Neil Keenan 3, 3 Reece Wallington v Amy Muckle 2, 3 Jan Lee v Sian Hurley 0. Overall: 15-8 Team 8 v Team 6: 3 Jason Feutz v Chris O’Reilly 0, 3 Pete Blacklow v Ron Carlson 1, 1 Jordy Hooper v James Bowker 3, Kirsty 0 Chris Lima v Melissa Wilson 3, 0 Charlotte Smith v Hamish Trott 3, 3 Chrissie Stratford v Kate Williams 0.

Overall: 10 - 10

■■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club Monday Evening – April 15th, Flaxmere & King Trophies N/S 1st David Robins & David Fisher , 2nd Pauline Scott & Ruth Logan, 3rd Marjorie Hoar & Anne Gilbert E/W 1st Maryke Blignault & Georgina Black, 2nd Noel & Gladys Baker , 3rd Pat Wise & Graham Gilbert Tuesday Evening – April 16th, Robinson Salver N/S 1st Melva Stowell & Pay Jordan , 2nd Johnny Wright & Jeanette Lovett, 3rd Mary Buckland & Linda Baker E/W 1st Bev Macaulay & John Irwin, 2nd Mike Holdaway & Jim Rooney, 3rd Kay Robb & John Fechney Wednesday Afternoon- April 17th, Valetta Trophy N/S 1st =Rona Brownlie & Bev Turton and Rosemary McLaughlin & Judith Edmond , 2nd Joyce Johnson & Mervyn Jones , 3rd Pat Wise & Beth McIlraith E/W 1ST Linda Baker & Edna Segers, 2nd Paul & Pauline Fergus, 3rd Bev Macaulay & John Irwin Thursday Evening – April 18th, Mary Mulligan Trophy N/S 1st John Knight & Mary Buckland, 2nd David Greenslade & Bill Kolkman, 3rd Wendy Parr & Maryke Blignault E/W 1st John McDonald & David Sewell, 2nd Jim Rooney & Maureen Kolkman, 3rd Linda Baker & Maurice Small

DRAWS ■■ Indoor bowls Repesentative teams The following players have been selected to play for Ashburton against North Canterbury at the Ashburton Indoor Bowls Stadium on Sunday, April 28.

10am start, with all players to provide a plate for afternoon tea – lunch costs TBA. C Talbot, R Mackenzie, G Smith, H Rennie, G Wilson, C Gilbert, K Smith, T Palatchie, K Mackenzie, C Tubb, G Hurst, J Cleghorn, M Markham, Murray Bassett, M Gilbert, C Cleghorn, M Sheard, J Cuthbertson, B Laird, J Gibbs, M Lawson, M Sunbeam, J Nowell, N Atkinson.

Any players unavailable to play are asked to contact Mat Bassett, 0273926155.

The following players have been selected to play for Ashburton against South Canterbury for the Hight Trophy and Calder Shields against South Canterbury at the Ashburton Indoor Bowls Stadium on Sunday, May 5 beginning at 10am with costs to be notified.

Hight Trophy Team: G Wilson, Murray Bassett, M Sunbeam, J Nowell, M Lawson, C Talbot, C Gilbert, G Hurst, K Mackenzie, M Gilbert, G Smith, T Palatchie, Mat Bassett, M Markham, R Ellis, D Bell.

Calder Shield Team: M Sheard, J Gibbs, Atkinson, H Rennie, W Lee, C Tubb, C Cleghorn, J Stewart, R Mackenzie, B Laird, J Cleghorn, J Gilbert, J Cuthbertson, K Smith, M Eaden, N Chapman.

■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club Thursday, April 25 The annual Baker Trophy battle of the sexes will be played on Anzac Day; report at 11.30 for a 12 noon start.

Saturday 27 April The qualifying round for the Watson Cup 4 BBB match play will be held. In addition tickets for the Eagles fundraing raffle for Junior Golf will be sold.

Starting Times: Morning: Morning players at 8am; Afternoon report at 11.30 for a noon start, (earlier afternoon start).

Nine hole golfers report at 12.30 for a 1pm start.

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Wednesday, April 24, 2019

■■OPINION

In brief

Swimmers doing us proud I

f you’ve followed sports news from around New Zealand in recent days, chances are you would have heard of a young lady from Dunedin called Erika Fairweather.

The 15-year-old broke the 42-year-old national record of former New Zealand Olympian Rebecca Perrott in the 400m freestyle at the national age group swimming championships last week, shaving a couple of seconds off the old mark.

It was a huge effort and she’s indeed one to watch in the future, but what some people may not have realised unless they’d been watching closely is that where Fairweather swims, a young Mid Canterbury swimmer is following not far behind.

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Bree Middleton finished the national age group championships with five medals – four silvers and a gold. In each of those silver medal winning swims she finished behind Fairweather, but she managed to touch the wall first in the 1500m.

Now, I’ve done a lot of stories on young swimmers in my time and one thing I know for sure about the sport is that to get to

the top it requires a hang of a lot of dedication.

It’s a lot of very early mornings and at times hitting the pool multiple times a day to perfect technique, which takes commitment and a lot of family support.

But it’s well worth it. Over the years Mid Canterbury has produced some really talented young swimmers, some of whom have earned themselves scholarships to American universities. And looking at the current crop of young swimmers in the Ashburton Swim Team, they won’t be the last.

Like in any sport, when you’re a swimmer your main goal is to keep getting better in the pool, but swimming is a sport that

does so much for people out of the pool too.

I was talking to a former swimming mum recently who said swimming competitively when they were young had helped to set her children up in life. It taught them about things like discipline and time management – two valuable skills in life.

For the likes of Middleton though, right now, it’s all about what’s happening in the pool.

And she’s doing Mid Canterbury proud.

Of all the young swimmers I’ve reported on over the years, Middleton has to be one of the most promising and if she continues in the lane she’s currently in, there could be big things in her future.

■■BASKETBALL

‘Disappointing’ Adams tipped to be traded

By Joshua Price NZME

For the third consecutive year Steven Adams and the Oklahoma City Thunder are 3-1 down in a first round NBA playoff series, and barring a minor miracle they will again fail to make it into the second round of the extremely difficult Western Conference.

The difference this year compared with the last two, is that it’s Steven Adams who could easily become the fall guy for OKC. Two years ago the blame was simply put on the loss of Kevin Durant the season before, and OKC’s lack of talent.

Last year Carmelo Anthony bore the brunt of the franchise’s failings and was traded in the following off season.

This year shapes as Adams’ year to cop the blame.

It’s not that he’s played badly; Adams is actually having a career best season.

In the regular season he’s had a career high in points per game (13.9), rebounds (9.5) Assists (1.6) and steals (1.5).

His form was so good in the early parts of the season he was mentioned as a potential All Star.

But none of that matters in the NBA unless you play well in the play-offs, and Adams has been a big let down in their current series against the Portland Trail Blazers.

The scene was set for Adams to be a star in the series. Portland had lost their best centre Jusef Nurkic to a nasty injury just weeks before the post-season began. It meant Adams would be going head-to-head against his former OKC backup and fellow ‘Stache Brother’ Enes Kanter for dominance around the rim.

The match-up was meant to work in favour of Adams.

Both are great rebounders, but Adams is a far superior defender and was expected to shut Kanter down while dominating the

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Touch judge dropped The experienced touch judge who missed Tim Lafai’s escort on Manly winger Reuben Garrick in the final minute of the Sea Eagles’ loss to St George Illawarra has been dropped. The NRL’s head of football Graham Annesley defended the rule yesterday, after Manly coach Des Hasler claimed that no-one understood the escort law. But they confirmed senior touchie Nick Beashel would be relegated to reserve grade after failing to spot the escort penalty on Saturday night. “In our view the person most primarily responsible for missing that was the touch judge who was standing directly beside it,” Annesley said. “(The officials) agree it should have been a penalty. It’s a big miss given the circumstances.”

- AAP

Gould redundant Phil Gould’s reign at the foot of the mountains is over with his departure from Penrith NRL club to be confirmed as early as today.

Panthers Group CEO Brian Fletcher told AAP that Gould was set to be made redundant from his role as general manager of football. “(Chairman) Dave O’Neill and myself met with Gus this morning,” Fletcher said. “He believes his job here at Penrith is done and his position is now redundant. I will take that to the board tomorrow and Gus will move onto the next phase of his life.”

- AAP

Setback for Chelsea

Rumours are swirling about Steven Adams’ future with Oklahoma City Thunder.

Turkish player at the other end.

It wasn’t inconceivable that Adams would be used a lot more frequently at the offensive end taking away some of the responsibility of All Stars Paul George and Russell Westbrook.

And OKC tried. In game one, the ball was often thrown to Adams in the post – he responded by scoring 17 points and collecting nine rebounds.

But he was outplayed by Kanter who had 20 points and 18 rebounds in the 104-99 win for Portland.

OKC trailed by 13 points across the game with Adams on the floor.

It was worse in game two, his plus/minus dropped to -22, when he had 16 points and nine rebounds. His lack of ability to dominate close to the hoop allowed Portland to play with smaller players and not be punished without the ball.

Adams was great defensively

in game three of the series. He only had 10 points and seven rebounds but had the best plus/ minus of his side with +18.

But the good performance was shortlived as Adams was so poor in the game four loss (plus/ minus of -21), that he sat on the bench for most of the fourth quarter, with coach Billy Donovan choosing to go for a smaller more agile line-up to try and mount a comeback.

Donovan did the same with Carmelo Anthony in last year’s playoffs. And then he was traded in the offseason.

Adams certainly isn’t the sole reason OKC have been underwhelming in a series they would have backed themselves to win.

Westbrook and George, who the side heavily rely on, have been inconsistent with their shooting, and the side’s usually stifling defence has been picked apart by Portland’s guards Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum.

But should the OKC bow out today or over the next three games, George and Westbrook are unlikely to be scapegoats.

Westbrook is the darling of the franchise, he’s been there since he was drafted and holds just about every record the side has to offer, while also sticking with them when other stars have left.

George is finishing the first year of a four-year $US137-million contract and has been in the conversation for the league’s Most Valuable Player award throughout the current season.

That leaves Adams, the side’s third best player who has just finished the second year of a four-year $US100-million contract.

Overall he’s playing well, but is not doing enough to warrant taking up that much of the NBA’s $US101.89 million dollar salary cap.

Joshua Price is a sports reporter for Radio Sport.

Chelsea have suffered a setback in their push for a Champions League spot when they were held to a 2-2 draw at home to Burnley in the Premier League. Tempers flared at the end of the match when Chelsea coach Maurizio Sarri was sent to the stands. Jeff Hendrick gave Burnley an early lead with a crisp volley before N’Golo Kante and Gonzalo Higuain put the hosts 2-1 ahead by the 14th minute. However, Ashley Barnes drew the visitors level 10 minutes later. After Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and Arsenal all lost at the weekend, Chelsea had an opportunity to tighten their grip on a top-four place. The draw pushed Chelsea up a place into fourth, level on points with thirdplaced Spurs and one point ahead of Arsenal, both of whom have a played a game less.

- AAP

Nadal to play Mayer Eleven-time winner Rafael Nadal will begin his title defence at the Barcelona Open against Leonardo Mayer in the second round of the ATP Tour event. Argentine Mayer defeated Romanian Marius Copil 6-3 6-7 (3-7) 7-5 in the first round.

The 63rd-ranked Mayer saved all five break points he faced in a match lasting more than two and a half hours. World No.2 Nadal will commence his week at the clay-court tournament after a firstround bye. He is coming off a loss to Fabio Fognini in the semi-finals of the Monte Carlo Masters. “My personal opinion is that I played (against Fognini) one of the worst matches on clay,” Nadal said in Barcelona. “It’s a reality. There is no need to hide it. What has happened has happened.” Fognini, the champion in Monte Carlo, will play either wildcard Nicola Kuhn or qualifier Federico Delbonis. - AAP

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Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Timaru harness Today at Phar Lap Raceway

Timaru Harness Racing Club Inc Venue: Phar Lap Raceway Meeting Date: 24 April 2019 NZ Meeting number: 8 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 9, 10 and 11 1 11.36am (NZT) TAVERN HAREWOOD AMATEUR DRIVERS MOBILE PACE $7000, 4yo+ r40-r55, upr69., mobile, 2600m 1 4090P Eja Patron (1) fr........................D Stapleton 2 0009x Opawa Mach (2) fr....................N Chalmers 3 84089 Night Lights (3) fr.......................J Anderson 4 52926 Shardan Suzie (4) fr................T Woodward 5 00620 Allandale (5) fr.........................G Sinnamon 6 52000 Dying To See You (6) fr...................N Taylor 7 86586 Royal Jester (7) fr............................A Edge 8 96122 Fun In The Dark (8) fr.................. B Wilmott 9 10648 Den’s Legacy (9) fr....................... S Murtha 10 10650 Trompeur (21) fr.............................. W Frost 11 37673 Pat Campbell fr............................Scratched 12 77939 Highland Reign (22) fr..................... S Wigg 13 71P0x Get The Rhythm (23) fr....................P Cook 2 12.02pm MORE FM TROT $7500, non-winners 3yo+, stand, 2600m 1 72532 Cosmic Sun (1) fr................... B Williamson 2 0x Riley Idol (2) fr.............................R Holmes 3 50 Never Mind (3) fr.......................... J Geddes 4 77400 Sunrise Spur (4) fr...................... J Versteeg 5 26955 Muchacha Bonita (5) fr.................... J Dunn 6 06840 Ken’s Dream (6) fr......................... L Dobbs 7 83x6 Eyre I Go (7) fr............................... M Jones 8 6 Majestic Sunset (8) fr................... T Chmiel 9 56779 Pastrana (9) fr............................. K Hadfield 10 00P9x Quaestor (10) fr............................K Butt (J) 11 The Gardener’s Pride (U1) fr....... B Orange 12 870x Kapai (U2) fr......................................D Butt 13 5 Lane’s Ace (U3) fr........................... S Ottley 14 0 Steel Dust (U4) fr....................... T McMillan 15 9x302 Mdina (U5) fr.....................................C Butt 3 12.28pm TIMARU STH COSMOPOLITAN CLUB JNR DRVRS MBL PACE $9000, 4yo+ mares r70. jun.d, mobile, 2000m 1 52165 Lilac Star (1) fr........................S O’Reilly (J) 2 79544 Sweet Loress (2) fr.......................K Butt (J) 3 8408x Flyin Milly Mac (3) fr............... N Purdon (J) 4 94439 Divinia Bellezza (4) fr................ J Alford (J) 5 10385 Naiya Franco (5) fr.............. S Tomlinson (J)

M3 Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick Raceway Meeting Date: 24 April 2019 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 12.45pm (NZT) ABSOLUTELY ELECTRICAL C0 C0, 305m 1 68774 Choice Sister nwtd...........................C Morris 2 87556 It’s Timmy nwtd..........................J McInerney 3 3436x Sahara Dream nwtd...........................M Flipp 4 36838 Duke Bruce nwtd................................. N Udy 5 53772 Jamboree nwtd................................C Morris 6 88255 Ahuroa Whizz nwtd.........................R Murray 7 422 Bigtime Zeus nwtd A &.....................Williams 8 Bigtime Rex nwtd................................L Cole 9 75846 Two Percenta nwtd J &.........................D Bell 10 78676 Firecracker nwtd A &........................Williams 2 1.10pm WHANGANUI CHRONICLE C0 C0, 305m 1 66x2 Trudy Remarkable nwtd...................C Morris 2 64225 Goldstar Wilson nwtd........................S Stone 3 Bigtime Layla nwtd.......................S J Phillips 4 Taranaki Brie nwtd........................... C Brider 5 53 Bigtime Toby nwtd...............................L Cole 6 77286 Ball Chants nwtd................................M Flipp 7 54527 Sahara Pippa nwtd.............................M Flipp 8 88866 Hurricane Ayla nwtd....................... D Donlon 9 76574 Bigtime Claws nwtd A &...................Williams 10 47687 Skeldale nwtd J &................................D Bell 3 1.31pm AON CPF C1 C1, 305m 1 64757 Homebush Flutey 17.90.............J McInerney 2 13222 Bigtime Otis 18.16...............................L Cole 3 85786 Crackle 17.94..................................... B Hunt 4 35854 Zara Zara 17.81.................................M Flipp 5 45463 Banjo Hope 18.36 A &.....................Williams 6 84886 Magnetude Eight 18.11............. S Gommans 7 51276 Arthur’s Crown 18.17........................R Waite

M9 Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick Raceway Meeting Date: 24 April, 2019 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 4 and 5 Trebles: 3, 4 and 5 1 3.56pm (NZT) ADEPT ACCOUNTANTS C1 C1, 305m 1 22685 Bigtime Hunter 17.58..........................L Cole 2 64x47 Miss Wiggle 18.39 K &.......................Phillips 3 77x78 Blackish 18.24 H &............................. Woods 4 78762 Sozin’s Fortune 17.93................J McInerney 5 32425 Tynecastle Flyer 17.79 R &..................Voyce 6 66735 Sedgebrook Saint 17.96......................F Kite 7 51747 Sacha Allen 18.06.........................M Roberts 8 44868 Captain Kate 18.28..........................C Morris 9 35778 Cassia 18.03............................. S Gommans 10 47888 Judge Me Jackie 17.91................... L Pearce 2 4.13pm BOOK YOUR FUNCTION @ HATRICK C1 FINAL C1f, 305m 1 66341 Bigtime Kaea 18.01............................ B Hunt 2 71271 Bigtime Coco 17.99.............................L Cole 3 76541 Sozin’s Angel 18.01...................J McInerney

6 10217 Smoke N Reactor (6) fr.............L McKay (J) 7 24922 Sweet Mary (7) fr................ K Tomlinson (J) 8 00123 Be Mine Tonight (8) fr................D Keast (J) 9 21711 Chitura (9) fr..........................J Morrison (J) 4 12.54pm THE MAYFIELD LIONS DON INGOLD MEMORIAL PACE $8000, 3yo+ r40-r55, stand, 2600m 1 02368 Gotta Future (1) fr............................ J Dunn 2 1 Art’s Dash (2) fr......................C D Thornley 3 05x50 Dodgethebullet (3) fr....................G O’Reilly 4 82105 Magical Mellissa (4) fr 5 26454 I’m Jimmy James (5) fr.................K Butt (J) 6 060xP Dodge Phoenix (6) fr..................... J W Cox 7 07048 Flamboyant (7) fr................. B Laughton (J) 8 75525 Uptown Lady (8) fr.......................... S Ottley 9 33108 Iknow (9) fr..........................................J Hay 10 57728 Ultimate Rocker (10) fr..................... R May 11 x1008 Brantley (11) fr.............................. T Chmiel 12 10778 Star Reactor (12) fr......................A Lethaby 13 109 Miss Daytona (13) fr.................... J Geddes 14 70x00 Possente Cavallo (U1) fr.................R Close 5 1.22pm NIGHT ‘n DAY PARK HANDICAP PACE $9000, 3yo+ r56-r80 spechcp, stand, 2600m 1 25757 Pats Dragon (1) fr...................M Williamson 2 82321 Gabby’s Star (2) fr.................. B Williamson 3 202x2 Nearis Green (3) fr.............................J Hay 4 85204 Spot On (4) fr................................... J Dunn 5 07908 Essence Of Easton (5) fr.............G O’Reilly 6 00550 Clive (6) fr........................................G Ross 7 58815 Nimah Franco (7) fr...................... T Chmiel 8 61080 Gimmefiveminutesmore (1) 10M... M Jones 6 1.57pm EQUINE VETERINARY SERVICES TROT $8000, 3yo+ r40-r55, stand, 2600m 1 65096 Topnotch Eagle (1) fr....................K Butt (J) 2 80480 Don’t Rock The Boat (2) fr....O Thornley (J) 3 35003 Don’t Look Back (3) fr............. B Williamson 4 94289 Stellar Success (4) fr.............J Morrison (J) 5 90705 Tehoro Tease (5) fr 6 70020 Red Harbour (6) fr..................C D Thornley 7 90060 Foreverman (7) fr....................S O’Reilly (J) 8 0x4x9 Miss Moppet (8) fr........................... J Dunn 9 60000 Diana Harbour (9) fr......................... R May 10 32001 Girls Let Loose (10) fr..................G O’Reilly 11 21221 Lone Star Lad (11) fr...................... S Ottley 12 987P1 Global Flight (12) fr......................R Jenkins

13 73530 Tehoro Dazzle (13) fr...................R Holmes 14 00100 Grand Princess (14) fr............M Williamson 15 10854 Easy Pickings (15) fr...................B Hope (J) 16 58740 Rebel Kibbybones (U1) fr...................J Hay 17 80064 Michelle (U2) fr................... S Tomlinson (J) Emergencies: Stellar Success, Tehoro Tease 7 2.32pm MOTHER’S DAY 12TH MAY AT TIMARU PACE $7500, non-winners 3yo+, stand, 2600m 1 00007 Sheelasinleague (1) fr........ K Tomlinson (J) 2 09900 Bombshell (2) fr...........................S McNally 3 80097 Nicole (3) fr................................D Keast (J) 4 8x690 Delight Of Texas (4) fr................. J Versteeg 5 00500 Diamond Shadow (5) fr.................... J Dunn 6 90600 Fusitua (6) fr....................................G Ward 7 4008 Shotgun Wedding (7) fr.............C McDowell 8 007 Invisible Girl (8) fr...................... C DeFilippi 9 08090 Out Of The Shadows (9) fr.............. S Ottley 10 03009 Last One Grin (10) fr.................. M Heenan 11 0 Kwik Sport (11) fr...................... B Zampese 12 90x Donegal Gilbert (12) fr...................... R May 13 32723 Victor Tango (13) fr................J Morrison (J) 14 3828 Top Play (14) fr.............................. J W Cox 15 078 Thunderfromthethrone (15) fr.C D Thornley 16 0807 I Miss Mum fr...............................Scratched 17 930 Makasar Boy (16) fr.....................G O’Reilly 18 2x000 It’s A Shawthing (U1) fr................ B Orange 19 0P020 Chain Reaction (U2) fr............... T McMillan Emergencies: Sheelasinleague, Diamond Shadow, Fusitua, Last One Grin 8 3.07pm LION BEVERAGES HANDICAP TROT $9000, r56-r80 spechcp, stand, 2600m 1 00075 Justamollyarcher (1) fr.................R Jenkins 2 91550 Break Out (2) fr............................G O’Reilly 3 38370 Speedy Command (3) fr...............T Trathen 4 87112 Mr Fahrenheit (4) fr........................ M Jones 5 47267 Gorilla Playboy (U1) fr...........J Morrison (J) 6 50200 Maria Tsarina (U2) fr.........................D Butt 7 06969 One Over Da Stars (U3) fr........... B Orange 8 4600x Beyond The Horizon (1) 10M...........J Smith 9 78022 Globe Trekker (2) 10M.................A Lethaby 10 54006 Trick Star (3) 10M........................S McNally 11 32855 Lovey Dovey Moment (4) 10M...D Keast (J) 12 44763 Clifden Clowers (5) 10M.................R Close 13 63681 Missie Castleton (U1) 10M............... R May 14 0416x Medusa (1) 20M........................K Cameron

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3.47pm LASER ELECTRICAL TIMARU MOBILE PACE $7500, non-winners 2yo+., mobile, 2000m 1 80097 Nicole (1) fr 2 x0708 Tactical Change (2) fr.............C D Thornley 3 50806 Superstar Legend (3) fr..........M Williamson 4 084x9 Bicton (4) fr....................................... R May 5 Cranbourne (5) fr.........................S McNally 6 56575 Midas Touch (6) fr......................D Keast (J) 7 7 Millwood Bonnie (7) fr.............. M Anderson 8 06x Jeremy Wells (8) fr...................... T Williams 9 0 Peraki Lincoln (9) fr................ N Purdon (J) 10 0x603 Mongolian Machete (21) fr............. P Court 11 Ocean Beach (22) fr.................... B Orange 12 5598x Hilarious Prince (23) fr.................... S Ottley 13 08300 Beaudiene Overtake (24) fr.. K Newman (J) 14 95769 Lilbitbettor (25) fr....................... C DeFilippi 15 007 Invisible Girl (26) fr 16 Stinger Lindenny (27) fr................... J Dunn Emergencies: Nicole, Invisible Girl 10 4.22pm NEVELE R STUD MOBILE PACE $7500, non-winners 2yo+ f&m., mobile, 2000m 1 P5x49 Gottagettabeer (1) fr..............J Morrison (J) 2 007 Invisible Girl (2) fr 3 24 Fancy (3) fr....................................... R May 4 80097 Nicole (4) fr................................D Keast (J) 5 Firenze Amore (5) fr....................... S Ottley 6 038 Mrs Washington (6) fr..................R Holmes 7 Take A Bet (7) fr.......................... T Williams 8 0676x Jingle Jingle (8) fr.........................M Tapper 9 Melishka (9) fr.........................M Williamson 10 00040 Social Media (21) fr................... T McMillan 11 90625 Katchalight (22) fr.......................... J W Cox 12 333 Total Diva (23) fr.......................... B Orange 13 07786 Szybka Lane (24) fr......................... J Dunn 14 9380 Smooth Debate (25) fr....................R Close 15 Gliding Past (26) fr.................. B Williamson 16 23x Marlee (27) fr......................................J Hay Emergencies: Invisible Girl, Nicole 11 4.56pm BROSNAN TRANSPORT PASSING LANE MOBILE PACE $8000, 3yo+ r40-r55., mobile, 2000m 1 94304 Scotlynn Harry (1) fr............ B Laughton (J) 2 59997 Locked Out Of Heaven (2) fr..............C Butt 3 38100 Classie Margaret (3) fr................... J W Cox 4 02973 Awayovernight (4) fr................ N Purdon (J)

Wanganui dogs Today at Hatrick Raceway

8 36245 Outa Sims 17.95................................. N Udy 9 35778 Cassia 18.03............................. S Gommans 10 78488 Shamrock Green 17.88...............B Goldsack 4 1.48pm PALAMOUNTAINS SCIENTIFIC NUTRITION C1 C1, 305m 1 31364 Zara Jinx nwtd..................................... N Udy 2 85836 Mini Mansion 17.86............................M Flipp 3 38888 Alamein Tiger 17.80.................. K Gommans 4 85626 Sly Cath nwtd A &............................Williams 5 4F233 Queen Kong nwtd......................J McInerney 6 13 Lochinvar Flash 17.36.........................L Cole 7 27666 De Blonde 17.78................................ B Hunt 8 41564 Leslie Albert 18.06......................B Goldsack 9 35778 Cassia 18.03............................. S Gommans 10 58686 Naharis 17.73.....................................D Edlin 5 2.06pm RIVER CITY GAS C1 C1, 520m 1 63467 Bionic Boy nwtd............................M Goodier 2 51532 Dyna Frankie nwtd........................M Roberts 3 77367 Flash Barry 30.85........................B Hodgson 4 41454 True Testament 30.59...................B Hodgson 5 8878x Bigtime Bridget 30.83....................... C Brider 6 21231 Bigtime Bruno 30.60...........................L Cole 7 78252 Sahara Penny nwtd............................M Flipp 8 34536 Hashtag Blessed nwtd..................M Roberts 9 27788 Opawa Mine 30.42.............................. N Udy 6 2.22pm J P PRINT PETONE C1 C1, 305m 1 61643 Bigtime Puma nwtd.............................L Cole 2 8488x Leger’s Magic 18.71...........................M Flipp 3 78646 Ngakawau 17.82........................J McInerney 4 63688 Star Secret 18.26 A &......................Williams 5 88x78 Homebush Jasper nwtd............ K Gommans 6 14643 Clansman Douglas 18.16............B Goldsack 7 18686 Zara Daiken 17.98.............................. N Udy 8 64777 Rocky Top 18.08 H &......................... Woods 9 35778 Cassia 18.03............................. S Gommans

10 8F677 Cool Wolf 17.86.............................. D Donlon 7 2.41pm WANGANUI TOYOTA C1 C1, 305m 1 57635 Collect A Dream 17.91.......................M Flipp 2 37552 Epic Spark 18.00................................ B Hunt 3 16732 Punch On Ruby 18.11................J McInerney 4 84525 Lightning Lu 17.83 S &...............C Blackburn 5 838x8 Kushka nwtd J &..................................D Bell 6 47144 Bigtime Silver 17.99............................L Cole 7 55752 Replica Rango nwtd............................ N Udy 8 57856 Smalltime Johnny nwtd A &.............Williams 9 35778 Cassia 18.03............................. S Gommans 10 28777 Prettiest Eyes 18.08.........................M Olden 8 2.58pm LIQUORLAND WANGANUI C1 C1, 305m 1 37574 Dee Bee Gee 18.07.................... G Hodgson 2 88757 Sozin’s Roar 17.95.....................J McInerney 3 78412 Sefton Brew 18.07 J &.........................D Bell 4 76857 El Hefe 17.68 A &............................Williams 5 35572 Dream On Dreamer 17.91...............M Olden 6 26262 Flying Huey 18.09..................... K Gommans 7 67366 Bigtime Panther 18.03.................... M Gowan 8 57744 Bigtime Gal 17.99...............................L Cole 9 35778 Cassia 18.03............................. S Gommans 10 87687 Niamh’s Way 17.81.......................P Blanche 9 3.16pm FIRST SECURITY C1 C1, 520m 1 45554 Tuff Mr. Tee 30.64...........................B Mitchell 2 74887 Opawa Henry 30.53 J &.......................D Bell 3 42425 Jax Jewel nwtd..............................M Roberts 4 41874 Race Me Home 30.68..................B Hodgson 5 15875 Lizzy O’Shea 30.87......................B Hodgson 6 62623 Mainline Lil 31.21.........................B Hodgson 7 155 Bigtime Diesel nwtd............................L Cole 8 33547 Diamond Geezer 30.88.................M Goodier 9 27788 Opawa Mine 30.42.............................. N Udy 10 3.37pm THE ROCK 95.2FM C1 C1, 305m 1 68562 Cawbourne Symsy 17.78 J &...............D Bell

2 17376 Ahuroa Prince 18.11.......................R Murray 3 46587 Bigtime Winnie 18.10 A &................Williams 4 86842 Homebush Rieko nwtd...............J McInerney 5 233x5 Bigtime Willow nwtd............................L Cole 6 66577 Opehu Express 18.03.......................R Waite 7 25F16 Bigtime Luna 17.98......................S J Phillips 8 47625 Raining Sixes 18.32....................B Goldsack 9 35778 Cassia 18.03............................. S Gommans 10 57688 Sedgebrook Pride 17.95......................F Kite LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track SELECTIONS: Race 1: Bigtime Zeus, Sahara Dream, Duke Bruce, Bigtime Rex, It’s Timmy Race 2: Bigtime Toby, Trudy Remarkable, Goldstar Wilson, Sahara Pippa, Ball Chants Race 3: Bigtime Otis, Banjo Hope, Crackle, Outa Sims, Homebush Flutey Race 4: Lochinvar Flash, Queen Kong, Zara Jinx, De Blonde, Mini Mansion Race 5: Bigtime Bruno, Dyna Frankie, True Testament, Bionic Boy, Hashtag Blessed Race 6: Bigtime Puma, Zara Daiken, Clansman Douglas, Homebush Jasper, Ngakawau Race 7: Epic Spark, Punch On Ruby, Lightning Lu, Collect A Dream, Smalltime Johnny Race 8: Dream On Dreamer, Flying Huey, Sefton Brew, Dee Bee Gee, Bigtime Gal Race 9: Mainline Lil, Tuff Mr. Tee, Opawa Henry, Race Me Home, Jax Jewel Race 10: Cawbourne Symsy, Bigtime Willow, Homebush Rieko, Bigtime Luna, Ahuroa Prince

Wanganui dogs Today at Hatrick Raceway

4 x3841 Idol Duke 17.94..................................M Flipp 5 38331 Gotcha Pixie 18.15.....................J McInerney 6 F4531 Uno Eleven 17.75................................ N Udy 7 56211 Cawbourne Moss 17.66................M Roberts 8 22215 Guru’s Choice 17.76 A &.................Williams 9 32425 Tynecastle Flyer 17.79 R &..................Voyce 10 55752 Replica Rango nwtd............................ N Udy 3 4.31pm LASER PLUMBING C1 C1, 305m 1 38168 Bigtime Leo 18.04...............................L Cole 2 24266 Manly Monkey 17.80 J &......................D Bell 3 67584 Goldstar Sawyer nwtd.......................S Stone 4 54843 Ahuroa Flyer 18.13.........................R Murray 5 24368 Little Tornado 18.16..........................R Waite 6 46764 Auros Advantage nwtd.................... T Pilcher 7 37428 Hotdog Shannon 17.98....................C Morris 8 48847 Alamein Panda 17.90 K &..................Phillips 9 35778 Cassia 18.03............................. S Gommans 10 56887 Homebush Shea 17.91............. K Gommans 4 4.48pm HATRICK DASH C2 C2, 305m

1 13252 Tiger Uppercut 17.89........................... L Bell 2 58251 Go Ash 17.61.....................................M Flipp 3 16887 Eight Oh Three 17.82.........................M Flipp 4 72176 Alamein Dip 17.95 K &.......................Phillips 5 47134 Jay Wendy 18.04................................. N Udy 6 41234 Doosh 17.59...............................J McInerney 7 78232 Eye Kno 17.87 H &............................ Woods 8 76345 Bigtime Kylie 17.82..................... D P Symes 9 66815 Homebush Belle 17.81...............J McInerney 10 67275 Spirit Of Nathan 17.92.....................C Morris 5 5.06pm PRESIDENTS DASH C2 C2, 305m 1 3F727 Homebush Minnie 17.61............J McInerney 2 86164 Kinetic Shadow 17.84.......................... L Bell 3 35651 Secret Indy 18.01...............................M Flipp 4 64851 Hurricane Al 17.85...........................C Morris 5 43387 Bigtime Champ 17.66 A &................Williams 6 46136 Idol Patches 17.71.............................M Flipp 7 34282 Sozin’s Noir 17.71......................J McInerney 8 52842 Mr. Postman 17.85.............................. N Udy

9 63288 Blackjack Man 17.90...................B Goldsack 10 74754 Jinja Rules 17.69.......................J McInerney LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track SELECTIONS: Race 1: Bigtime Hunter, Sozin’s Fortune, Sacha Allen, Tynecastle Flyer, Captain Kate Race 2: Idol Duke, Bigtime Coco, Cawbourne Moss, Bigtime Kaea, Sozin’s Angel Race 3: Bigtime Leo, Manly Monkey, Ahuroa Flyer, Goldstar Sawyer, Hotdog Shannon Race 4: Eye Kno, Go Ash, Doosh, Tiger Uppercut, Jay Wendy Race 5: Mr. Postman, Sozin’s Noir, Homebush Minnie, Bigtime Champ, Kinetic Shadow

5 0929x Billie Jean (5) fr.............................. S Ottley 6 68009 Tom Rule (6) fr........................M Williamson 7 79x00 Fatherdantherodeoman (7) fr.......... J Dunn 8 12403 Paul’s Verdict (8) fr..........................R Close 9 6148x Melton Reactor (9) fr................. C DeFilippi 10 x6201 Pilch (21) fr................................... T Chmiel 11 60424 Hot Starff (22) fr...........................S McNally 12 09745 Ruby Tues Bay (23) fr......... K Tomlinson (J) 13 0965x Queenofdance (24) fr......... S Tomlinson (J) 14 15200 Kotare Yolande fr.........................Scratched 15 44130 Just Wondering (25) fr........................J Hay 16 47090 My Nikayla fr................................Scratched Emergencies: Scotlynn Harry, Tom Rule Pacifiers on : Quaestor (R2), Thunderfromthethrone (R7) Pacifiers off : Medusa (R8) LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down SELECTIONS: Race 1: Fun In The Dark, Shardan Suzie, Royal Jester Race 2: Mdina, Lane’s Ace, Cosmic Sun, Never Mind Race 3: Chitura, Sweet Mary, Flyin Milly Mac, Lilac Star Race 4: Uptown Lady, Art’s Dash, Ultimate Rocker, I’m Jimmy James Race 5: Nearis Green, Spot On, Pats Dragon, Nimah Franco Race 6: Girls Let Loose, Easy Pickings, Lone Star Lad, Global Flight Race 7: Donegal Gilbert, Nicole, Top Play, Victor Tango Race 8: Globe Trekker, Mr Fahrenheit, Medusa, Lovey Dovey Moment Race 9: Millwood Bonnie, Mongolian Machete, Ocean Beach, Midas Touch Race 10: Fancy, Total Diva, Firenze Amore, Take A Bet Race 11: Melton Reactor, Queenofdance, Just Wondering, Paul’s Verdict

Johnson to return next season Jockey Danielle Johnson is back on the horse, so to speak.

Johnson has been on the sidelines since mid-November 2018 when she sustained three fractures to her collar bone in a race fall at Ruakaka.

“I’ve been back riding trackwork for the last couple of weeks and I had four trial rides last Monday, but I won’t be back race riding until next season,” Johnson said.

“I still have a plate and six screws in my collar bone and they’re coming out on July 23rd.

“I couldn’t move my collar bone at all for a long time and it’s still a bit weak so it’s going to take a while to get my full strength back.”

Despite her five-month layoff, Johnson has maintained her base fitness and kept her weight under control by going to the gym and keeping active.

The 28-year-old said her time out of the saddle has been bittersweet.

“I’ve been a jockey since I was 16 years old and this is the longest time I’ve had off,” she said.

“I usually take a break over the winter, so it’s been nice having time off in the summer.

But riding over the Christmas and New Year carnival is what we strive for as jockeys and watching the horses that I would usually ride win was tough.”

“My goal is just to ride more winners and big race winners,” she said.

“I’m really looking forward to getting back in the saddle.

I loved riding at the trials the other day.”

– NZ Racing Desk

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Wednesday, April 24, 2019

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■■MOTOR RACING

More changes ordered for Mustang AAP Ford’s all-conquering Mustang race car has been ordered to undergo aerodynamic changes by Supercars officials.

Ongoing analysis by Supercars, including track data from the recent championship event at Phillip Island, has determined the Mustang holds an aerodynamic edge over its Holden and Nissan rivals.

Led by DJR Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin, the Mustang has won nine out of 10 races in 2019 and eight pole positions.

Its dominance has led to rival teams claiming the new vehicle has an unfair advantage.

Supercars has ordered the Mustangs to undergo alterations to its aero package, mainly its rear wing, ahead of the night races in Perth on May 3 and 4.

Under Supercars parity regulations changes are allowed if a significant disparity exists between the competing cars.

It’s the second time alterations have been forced upon the Mustang despite its initial specification being signed off in December by the championship and the three teams responsible for vehicle certification – DJR Team Penske, Triple Eight and Kelly Racing.

The Mustang and the Holden Commodores had to undergo centre of gravity changes in March after a test showed a disparity with Nissan’s Altima.

Ford’s global director of motorsport Mark Rushbrook expressed disappointment at the development.

“This is a world class car ... we stand by the state-ofthe-art package we introduced into the series,” Rushbrook said in a statement.

“From here on we will do our talking on the racetrack.”

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More changes are being made to the Ford Mustang Supercar to bring some more parity into the competition.

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SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

Ashburton

Rural Reporter The Ashburton Guardian is based in New Zealand’s primary production heartland, and our independently owned daily newspaper is looking for a new team member.

The person we’re seeking will have a strong affinity with, and knowledge of the rural sector. We are looking for a journalist with a solid media background, who is excited by the opportunity to write for our two monthly publications as well as for our weekly rural pages.

Our monthly publications are distributed across Canterbury and North Otago.

The rural reporter’s position offers the successful candidate an opportunity to write for a wide audience across the entire spectrum of the rural sector because of the district’s diverse agricultural economy.

We are open to employment options that could include working as an independent contractor or as a Guardian employee, full or part time.

The Ashburton District offers an opportunity to enjoy the best the outdoors has to offer but is within an easy hours drive of Christchurch City. We have Mt Hutt Skifield on our doorstep and offer a wide range of aquatic sports on Lake Hood.

If you have a solid portfolio of work, a full driver’s licence and the right to work in New Zealand, don’t hesitate, please apply by email, with CV attached, to :

matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

DENTAL ASSISTANT FULL TIME POSITION

Looking for the ideal part-time driving job?

We need school bus drivers!

We are a large modern dental practice based in Ashburton with four clinicians. We have an opportunity for a friendly person to join our busy team.

We are looking for someone who is well presented, energetic, physically fit and has the ability to build rapport with patients in a cheerful lighthearted manner.

You will support the clinician by assisting during dental appointments and instrument sterilisation. For this you will need to be well organised with attention to detail and be able to follow instructions.

Computer skills and a clean driver’s licence are required, worth noting a police check will be done.

If you want to work in a positive, fast paced environment where patient care is the number one priority please apply in person or send your cover letter and CV to: Bernie Jopson Practice Coordinator Bernie@parksidenz.co.nz Applications close for this position on Tuesday, April 30, 2019.

Application close 5pm, Tuesday, May 7.

TRADES, SERVICES

Driving a school bus is very rewarding and allows you plenty of time to follow other pursuits in between daily trips.

We currently have vacancies within our company for School Bus Drivers in the Ashburton area.

Assistance may be available for suitable applicants to obtain the required licences.

For further enquiries to:

information,

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The Manager Pearsons Coachlines Ltd 403 West Street Ashburton Email: pearsonsashburton@xtra.co.nz Phone: (03) 308 2992 or 021 344 647 Website: www.pearsonscoachlines.co.nz

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

Allenton.

9am - 12pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH HOLIDAY PROGRAMME. All children welcome. Donation of $2.50. For more details call the office on 308 5174. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome. Phone Age Concern 308 6817. St David’s Church, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

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

9.30am - 4pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. Come and join fellow sheddies for some fun and fellowship make/fix something in our new workshops. 8 William Street.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main St, Methven.

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

Soil Testing Fert Spreading

Student and Regular User Rates For Term Two 2019 • Ashburton to Lincoln $30 return • Ashburton to Christchurch $39 return • Rakaia to Lincoln $20 return • Rakaia to Christchurch $30 return Rates are for minimum three days travel each week.

We stop at ARA Institute, Canterbury University and several Christchurch schools.

Visit: www.midcanterburyshuttleservice.co.nz or call or text 021 083 85112 for more information.

April 24 & 25, 2019 10am - 3pm 5pm (sharp) 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 Wednesday walks, 5km town circuit for all walking abilities years. For more information ring Age Concern 308 6817. and fitness levels. Meet on Philip Street beside the Croquet Seniors Centre, Cameron Street. lawn.

10am - 4pm 6pm (sharp) HOSPICE MID CANTERBURY OP SHOP. RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. Quality clothing and homewares. Donations welcome. 71 Wednesday walks, 5km town circuit for all walking abilities Tancred Street. and fitness levels. Meet on Philip Street beside the Croquet lawn.

10.30am AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. 7pm Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome.

GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Phone Age Concern 308 6817. Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox Sequence dancing, all welcome. Pipe Band Hall, Corner Street.

Queens Drive and Creek Road.

10.30am - 12pm 7pm ASHBURTON OPEN COFFEE MORNINGS. THE MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Every Wednesday, come for a coffee and chat, child friendly Learn to dance (7pm), Beginner/Intermediate (8pm-9pm), location, all welcome. Phone Adi 027 220 8791 or Sue-ann Instructor Annette Fyfe Phone 307 7138 a/h, Tinwald Hall, 021 679 348.

Graham Street.

10.45am 7.30pm MSA TAI CHI. ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Seated exercises suitable for people with limited mobility.

Weekly fitness, fun and friendship. Contact Elizabeth 308 MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street (not school holidays).

5437. Buffalo Hall, 20 Cox Street.

1pm - 4pm 7.30pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. ALLENTON INDOOR BOWLS. Open for research, visitors welcome. Ashburton Heritage All welcome to come and play indoor bowls at the Indoor Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

Bowls Stadium, McNally Street, in the Riverside industrial area.

1.30pm AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. 7.30pm Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome.

ASHBURTON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. Phone Age Concern 308 6817. Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox Results, landscape.

Entries, photojournalism.

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Cameron Street.

11am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. ANZAC Day Worship, Hospital Chapel.

Available for small farms and lifestyle blocks.

Ph 027 258 9286

MOTORING

WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Street. Phone 308 6737.

LIVESTOCK, PETS

BUYER of unwanted animals.

Cattle, bobby calves, horses and all farm animals. We also sell pet food. Call Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 621, A/H 03 348 9439.

307 7900 HIRE

Level 2, 73 Burnett St, Ashburton | Members of I.B.A.N.Z & Brokernet NZ Ltd.

THURSDAY (Anzac Day)

SUN CONTROL WINDOW TINTING - Vehicles-homesoffices. Phone Craig Rogers 307 6347 - 027 258 0884 or 0800 TINTER. Member of Master Tinters NZ. Follow us on facebook w w w. w i n d o w t i n t e r. c o . n z

RURAL TRADING POST TRAVEL

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2pm - 4pm VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum only open (parts shed closed). 86 Maronan Road, Tinwald.

GENERAL hire. Lawnmowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more. All your DIY / party hire, call and see Ashburton U-Hire. 588 East Street. Open Monday-Friday 7am - 6pm; Saturday 7.30am - 5pm; Sunday 8.30am 12.30pm. Phone 308 8061. www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

GARDENING

MUSHROOM Compost at Westside Hire, 171 Alford Forest Road. $22 per scoop.

Call now on 308 0006, premix and chip too. Pickup and delivery options, You can even hire a trailer!

FOR SALE

CONTAINERS for sale or hire, ex shipping: general and insulated. Sidelifter available for delivery. Wilson Bulk Transport. Phone 308 7772.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

ASIAN ladies, size 10, Sasa and Kiki, sexy body, 34DD, busty.

Chinese prostate massage, in/out calls. Phone 021 046 4314.

73 Burnett St, Ashburton

Puzzles www.guardianonline.co.nz Puzzles and horoscopes

Cryptic crossword

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

Your Stars

ACROSS 1. In this form thin porridge was a weapon in enemy hands (5) 4. Press it out into chevrons (7) 8. Behaving like an antidote to the theatricality of a shopman?

(13) 10. Almost pull back in making a flower (5) 11. A compound used for a chimney in Scotland (4) 12. How one may measure flesh for food, one is told (4) 16. Where Romans met the Foreign Office with some spirit (5) 17. Thoughtful way to study paper pattern when about four (13) 19. They were once applied to blood-letting (7) 20. It annoys one, being a bit puerile sometimes (5) DOWN 1. Listless look of Acacia lad can make silk from (13) 2. Animal doesn’t sound as if it’s been used (3) 3. It may annoy one, this snake (6) 4. A spot of trouble one may narrowly get by (6) 5. It is about money of late origin (6) 6. Their base is game, they being inside (9) 7. Tess’s shingles might produce a condition of blindness (13) 9. One cake at a hop? That’s plenty! (9) 13. As he’s far out, it’s starting again (6) 14. They are fabulously sour, being out of reach (6) 15. It’s the devil of a tune that will spoil things (6) 18. Is so chosen, badly, to be off colour (3)

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): A fitness routine that doesn’t enmesh well into the patterns and rhythms of your lifestyle is not likely to last long. Finding a physical program that works for you will improve every area of your life.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): If you don’t have anything you’re very excited to do in the next three months, plan something. One shining event about 90 days away is just the goal you need to put all your other goals in alignment.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Your body will lead your emotion even more than usual and you can use this to your advantage by getting physical in ways that make you feel powerful, playful and positive.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Sometimes, you want to feel interesting. But lately, you’ve put out so much energy that you’re ready to be low-key and absorb what you can. You’ll mostly feel like blending in and be interested in others.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): The smart plans don’t always come down from the top. In fact, through a series of simple, intuitive decisions, you’ll build a method of operating that is nothing short of genius. Trust yourself.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Don’t overthink it. What occurs naturally will be fine. The fact that you’re not too worried about it will lead to a better interaction than if you overprepare, strategise and obsess. Relax.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): The people you love will shape your future. You’ll go where they go so you can be there for them, rearranging your life so you can experience things together. You’re right to be picky in the early stages of love.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You’ve accidentally told the same story to the same person more than once. It’s not such a bad mistake. You might even call it “branding;” people need to hear things multiple times before it sinks in.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Finding a tranquil space within yourself will be easier after you find a tranquil space in your environment.

Public spaces are unpredictable. Maybe it’s time to clear or create a space of your own.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Joke around with people who share your sense of humour and the vibe will be comfortable. It will be the opposite with those who don’t default to humour so readily. They won’t like having to keep up.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You’d walk across hot lava to help another person, but unless that person is in a volcano it probably won’t. Find out what’s needed before you put yourself out doing all the wrong things.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): When something about a person hits you the wrong way, it’s a good thing to keep to yourself today. Still, take note and remember this reservation. Your subconscious is telling you something.

Previous cryptic solution

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GUINEY, Alister Henry (Ali) – Passed away on Monday, April 22, 2019 at Hospice Marlborough with his loving wife Jean at his side. Father of Alena Keating, loved son of the late Ian and Marjorie, loved brother and brother-inlaw of the late David, Sue and Mark, Val and John Manson, Peter, and Alan, loved son-inlaw of Betty and the late John Roughan, brother-in-law of Richard and Linda, Terry and Shirley, Brian and Mere, Darryl and Rachel, and Andrea Sheridan. A loved uncle of all his nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews. Messages may be sent to 43 Kowhai Drive, Renwick 7204. A funeral service for Ali will be held at the Renwick Community Memorial Hall, 27 High Street, Renwick at 10am on SATURDAY, April 27, followed by burial at Fairhall Cemetery.

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JOHNSTONE, Betty May – Peacefully on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at Tuarangi Hospital, Ashburton in her 92nd year. Dearly loved wife of the late Leonard Rae. Loved mother and mother-inlaw of Pamela (deceased) and John Davies (deceased), Allan and Noella, Colin and Patricia, Keith and Julie-anne, Graham (Jock) and Lulu.

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COULTER, Craig Robert – Taken from us suddenly on April 23, 2019. Age 55 years.

Most loved husband of Carolyn. Adored Dad to Lee and Sophie, Vinny, Lucy and Holly. Loved Grandad of Charlie. Loved brother of John Coulter and the late Angela Lowe. Son of the late John Coulter, Mary and Michael Walsh. Loved son inlaw of Ross and Jenny Sinclair and brother in-law of Paul and Kaye Sinclair, the late Beth Jones, Shayne Jones and Manette Boucher.

Uncle of Mellissa Coulter, the late Simon, Jessica and Nick Cockburn, Courtney Sinclair, Emma and Alex Jones and great uncle to Heidi.

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Lining up a shot at the Coronation Target Shooting Club at the weekend is Charlotte McKenzie.

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Shooting their way to top

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It may have been early season, but the scoring didn’t reflect it when entrants lined up for a shot at the Target Shooting Mid Canterbury Open Championship title at the weekend.

It was the opening weekend on the South Island calendar for open championships, and Target Shooting Mid Canterbury’s was the first to go on the line on Friday night and Saturday, with competitors from as far away as Nelson and Invercargill converging on the Coronation Target Shooting Club range for the event.

The master grade competition was lit up with five 200s scored, and 13 100s across the entire field, with a young Ashburton shooter coming out on top. Shania Harrison-Lee from the Phoenix Target

Shooting Club, in her first master grade outing, produced two 200s and won with a score of 399.33.

In second was Rachel McLaren from the Wood Club in Nelson who also got a 200 on her way to 398.25 while Coronation’s Steve McArthur was third on 396.26, with two 200s.

A grade was won by Graham Hunter (Collegiate Club, Invercargill) on 392.20 at his second home of Coronation, while B grade was won by Paul Holland (Richmond Club, Nelson) with 393.19 from Coronation’s own Colin Taylor with 388.14. Coronation’s Bill Rankin was third with 385.12.

C grade was won by Holly Gibbons (Wakefield, Nelson) with 282.9, with Phoenix’s Andrew McKenzie second with 278.6 and Brendan Cleave (Gore) third on

277.6. D grade was won by Coronation’s Charlotte McKenzie with an excellent score of 288.11.

After all grades were shot the top 10 qualifiers came together for a competition, with Harrison-Lee also taking out the M, A and B grade top 10 with 200.14, while the C and D top 10 was won

by Gibbons with 193.04.

On Sunday attention turned to the inaugural Phoenix Target Shooting Club Open Championships, and once again it was a mighty battle in the master grade, with McArthur coming out on top in that one with a score of 299.90, beating out Harrison-Lee who finished with a score of 297.20.

In A grade Katherine Butt (Richmond Club, Nelson) took a well deserved win with with a total of 296.20, narrowly beating Phoenix

president TJ Stewart who finished with 100.7 for 296.14, with Tony Black from the Balclutha Club in third with 296.14.

Holland took out the B grade again with a sound 294.13, again beating out Taylor (293.18), with Peter Boerlage (West Eyreton) third with 291.14.

C grade was won by Samantha Whitcombe (Paparua, Christchurch) with 286.10 and D grade was won again by Coronation’s Charlotte McKenzie, with the first-time entrant scoring 293.07.

Another promising local youngster, Maddison Tourle from Phoenix, also had great day and finished with a great result of 258.05.

The open top 10 was taken out

by Coronation’s Sandy Bennett with 199.11 and the B, C, D top

10 was taken by Faron Holland (Richmond) with 195.10.

The overall top shot for the entire weekend was Harrison-Lee (Phoenix) who, at only 16 was an exciting prospect in the sport, while the top B, C, D shooter for the weekend was Paul Holland from Nelson, while 13-year-old Coronation shooter Charlotte McKenzie was the runner-up, a big honour which cemented her as one to watch.

Target Shooting Mid Canterbury president Nina McKenzie said the weekend was a huge success and it was great to see the team work among members of the Mid Canterbury target shooting family to make sure both events ran smoothly.

She said it was great that so many people came from so far away to take part.

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