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Centuries of fire service recognised

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

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Centuries of service from firefighters in the rural fire forces from across Mid Canterbury were recognised yesterday with the presentation of long service and good conduct to 25 rural firefighters.

The awards are presented to firefighters who have served for at least 14 years, and receive and additional clasp for every seven years service beyond that.

The longest-serving firefighter who received a medal was Des Syme from

the Lauriston Volunteer Fire Force who received a medal with six clasps, recognising 56 years of service.

Rural fire officer Don Geddes said the recognition for the rural firefighters had been a long time coming.

“These guys don’t get a lot as volunteers, especially being emergency service volunteers, so for someone to be doing this, available 24 hours a day, for 56 years is incredible,” he said.

“It is a little thing to show our appreciation because we wouldn’t be able

to perform our legislative role without them.

“We are here to enable them to do their job and support them and serve them, and not treat it as if they are there to serve us.”

A total of 25 medals and clasps were presented at the Ashburton Fire Station, representing more than 760 years of service.

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Centuries of fire service recognised From P1 Geddes said the medals were something that have always been available to rural fire firefighters, but only recently had they been made aware of being able to apply for them.

Too large a task for him to complete himself, Geddes said an organising committee with a representative from each of the rural fire forces was formed to get the applications in place.

“The committee has organised social outings for the members now such as clay bird shooting and awards nights and have set up a welfare fund which has its own sub-committee,” he said.

Left - Rural firefighters from across Mid Canterbury after receiving their long service good conduct medals at the Ashburton Fire Station yesterday.

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False alarms on the decline in Mid Canterbury

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

When the fire siren in Ashburton sounds and firefighters rush to their trucks, around 20 per cent of the time they are responding to false alarms.

While those numbers may seem high, it is a percentage that has been falling over the years, says Ashburton Volunteer Fire

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In the past, locations that had been repeat offenders for alarm activations had been penalised, but that has changed with the formation of Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Fenz).

“With the old fire service there was a tolerance of about two-ayear before there would be an element of a charge that would be incurred,” he said. “Now Fenz as

ogy has gotten better, but there is still the odd little glitch and that is just something electronics do, or something as simple as steam or dust can set them off.”

Burgess said even something as a spider can activate alarms.

“If you have a photo-electric alarm and a spider gets in there and disrupts the light beam it can activate them,” he said.

Brigade Chief Alan Burgess.

“We get some people who say it must be frustrating, but we can’t take any risks and we do not call it a false alarm until you get there as there have been a few occasions we have gone to locations that we are familiar with and it has actually been a fire,” he said.

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Burgess said a more education-based approach was being used to deal with the issue.

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■■ BIG SMOKE VS RURAL FOLK

Rural Folk take trophy home

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

The biennial duel between rural folk and those from the big smoke has turned on another fantastic night of entertainment, raising an estimated figure of more than $20,000 for local causes.

The Big Smoke vs Rural Folk event was hosted at Hotel Ashburton on Saturday night in front of a sell-out crowd, with the rural folk taking out the title.

The event, which is organised by the Ashburton Lions Club, sees two teams of 10 contestants from either a rural or urban background competing in six different events.

Convenor of the event Rex Whiting said the night was a success.

“It was a very good night,” he said.

“It was very successful in terms of fundraising, we don’t have an exact total yet but we believe it will be in excess of $20,000 in net profit.

“Once we crunch the numbers we will know the exact total.”

The funds are being split three ways between the Lions club, the Ashburton Rowing Club and Basketball Mid Canterbury.

The two sports who would be beneficiaries of the night were the theme of two of the challenges the teams had to compete in.

“There was one called frustration where the person was sitting on a elevated position shooting different sized balls through a hoop from small balls right through to a full sized basketball,” he said.

“Another very entertaining event was the paper run.

“The teams had to dress three members of the team in a wedding dress (made out of newspaper), some of them got quite creative and were even making fancy knickers and bouquets of flowers.”

A number of items were auctioned on the night, including a signed Crusaders jersey which sold for $1500, and a weekend trip for four to Hokitika for $800.

The Big Smoke team was captained by Ashburton Intermediate principal Brent Gray, while the Rural Folk team was captained by Guardian editor Matt Markham as a late call-up.

“Both the captains did a great job in introducing their teams,” Whiting said.

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Mixed feelings about retiring Social work has been a rewarding career for Cathie Withington, who is retiring after more than three decades in the profession. Susan Sandys reports.

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s Cathie Withington plans her retirement after more than 30 years in social work, she is considering taking up the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery.

Called kintsugi, the craft is seen to have similarities to the Japanese philosophy of embracing the flawed and imperfect.

Using a lacquer mixed with powdered gold, its practitioners take pieces of smashed ceramics and mend them together, creating something just as beautiful, if not more beautiful, than the original.

While Withington does not consider herself to be the slightest bit artistic, she plans to give the art form a go anyway.

After all, it is something she has pictured herself doing, in the philosophical sense, for many years.

“I think it’s a really good metaphor for social work, you take something broken and turn it into something beautiful,” she said.

From Ashburton originally, Withington went from nursing to pursue a long-term interest in social work, taking up a position at Anglican Care in Timaru 35 years ago. Commuting to the University of Canterbury one day per week, she completed a certificate course, before doing her diploma in later years.

One of her early jobs was in Masterton at the Wairapara Hospital Board, supporting mental health patients, elderly and others, alongside their families.

A memorable incident was as she supported a father in the hospital suffering horrific burns, which he had sustained while unsuccessfully trying to rescue his preschool son and family puppy from a house fire.

“He said in tones of utter bewilderment, he had smacked the child the day before for playing with a lighter, so why had the boy done it again,” Withington said.

“That was one of the saddest things ever, the death of this child was tragic, but the depth of this father’s lack of knowledge and understanding was just so sad.”

Other emotionally gruelling tasks in her role over the years have included supporting women through pregnancy termination.

Seeing first-hand the difficult situations some women were in was heart-breaking, and while she did not believe in abortion, she first and foremost valued supporting the woman in the choice she had made.

“Although philosophically I’m pro-life, I’m also pro-love and pro-support,” she said.

One case which comes to mind was a mother of six children including one who had special needs, who herself did not believe in abortion, but made the choice to have one as she did not want to forego her responsibilities to her existing children.

“I took her to the clinic and we had to walk through a group protesting against abortion. Knowing how she felt, those people … there was nothing they did was ever going to change her mind.

She didn’t want to do it either, but she didn’t believe she could cope.”

Many of those Withington sees are parents caring for their children in circumstances of hardship, such as raising children with special needs while working full-time.

“I see some people here and I’m actually in awe of their courage. In spite of everything

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they are going through, they put a smile on their face and they do what they have to do to get through the day. And they work in some cases tirelessly to get these kids things they need.”

One of her most satisfying roles is mentoring students who are on placement while undertaking social worker training. Withington has been the Ashburton Presbyterian Support Family Works community family worker for the past 14 years, and before that she worked at Oranga Tamariki, then called Child, Youth and Family, for 12 years.

Some of the most rewarding jobs from the past have not been the easiest things to deal with at the time, and she is still in touch with some of the families from which she was involved in making decisions to uplift children from.

She has stayed in touch with some of these children, who despite their difficult circumstances have been grateful to her for the decisions she made.

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One father she counselled was learning the consequences of disciplining his kids harshly.

One day he told her “Cathie I get it, I don’t set out to abuse my kids, but what I did, the kids find abusive.”

One mother benefited her family from completing “homework” of kicking a ball around for two hours with her children each week.

“Just that completely changed her relationship with her children.”

For another family, it was setting aside time after tea some nights for board games.

Withington has a “feel-good folder” in her desk drawer, full of thankyou cards and heart-warming messages from former clients, which she will pull out and look at, especially on those more difficult days.

And she has an assistant, KC the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, who comes into the office with her on some days. He lies in his basket under her desk, but

also enjoys being patted and can have a comforting presence for some of her clients.

Withington has mixed feelings about retiring. Some days she finds herself counting down the days, others she gets more of that positive feedback and wonders how she could ever leave.

“But it’s time. There are lots of new people with new ideas, new ways of doing things, they will do an amazing job,” Withington said.

Withington’s last day on the job was yesterday, when she was presented with a carving from pounamu gifted by a former long-term client. She and husband Jeff will soon be off on a cruise, on which she will celebrate her 65th birthday.

Upon her return she will no longer have the complexity of broken lives to deal with, but instead the new challenge of kintsugi.

“I’m not at all artistic, but love learning, and can’t wait to do something creative,” she said.

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Everyone can be a volunteer

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Women in public positions have a responsibility to show leadership when it comes to working as volunteers in their community, Diane Rawlinson says.

The Ashburton District councillor did double duty during volunteers’ week, spending time at Riding for the Disabled (RDA) and on Friday spending a few hours at the Hospice Mid Canterbury shop.

“It’s important people like councillors do this to show that everyone can volunteer,” she said.

For Rawlinson, the two organisations she gave her time to were both dear to her heart.

“Horses have been my life so I immediately asked for RDA and when I have more time I’d like to work with the hospice,” she said.

She is one of many people around the Ashburton District who have given time to fill volunteer roles during Volunteer Week.

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Accommodation opportunity could be lost It could be a case of going ... going ... gone for a large Ashburton house that was once home to the elderly.

Cameron Courts closed in March and its remaining residents relocated to other care facilities and that left owners Ashwin and Laureen Mani needing to find a new use for their property.

They’ve had it on the open market to sell, but from the outset Mani said his preference was to find a new accommodation

People in the Ashburton District can now access new and improved property and district plan information through the Ashburton District Council’s new online map service, now available for free on the council website. The council has partnered with New Zealand’s leading mapping solution provider, LocalMaps, to produce the information. ​Currently, the service provides property information and district plan data for the district, which people and businesses can freely access through the interactive maps. The information includes land, property, building and planning activity. The service also links to other council online services for a streamlined experience.

In May, the Ashburton District’s hotels, motels and camping grounds provided 1860 nights worth of accommodation. Bed nights were close to 3000 for January, February and March, but dropped to 1791 in April.

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Right - Diane Rawlinson is swapping life as an Ashburton District councillor for a stint as a volunteer at Hospice Mid Canterbury’s shop.

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use for the building. He was as happy to lease or rent the property as he was to sell it.

But if that new use is not found soon, Mani said he will have no option but to sell the large property and a vacant adjoining section to the highest bidder.

That would be an opportunity lost in creative housing solutions for Ashburton and although some ideas have come forward, no one seems keen to lead any of the possible housing projects, he said.

“It’s in the news every day that there is a housing shortage

in New Zealand and Ashburton must be no different, but doing something needs someone with enthusiasm as well as ideas. I’m very open to these ideas and opportunities.”

The ideas that have come forward range from boarding style accommodation for older people of limited means to a large scale flatting arrangement for single working people, with shared lounge and kitchen facilities.

Mani said there was an opportunity to reconfigure the bedrooms by removing walls to create fewer, larger rooms. He’s

happy to work with someone who has the ideas and energy for a project that would benefit the community.

“For me the book is wide open.

I’ll work with people to achieve a good outcome. I have options but they’re not my first choice,” he said.

With potential buyers signalling an interest in the building as a redevelopment site or possible use as a backpacker lodge, Mani said time was running out to achieve a use that would keep the building in community hands.

Money saved on connecting Ashburton Airport to the urban water supply will see a new public toilet installed in the Mid Canterbury Aero Club’s new hangar. The hangar is under construction and with around $40,000 saved on the connection project and on Thursday, Ashburton’s district councillors decided the money saved could be diverted to the toilet project.

A memorandum of understanding between the council and the aeroclub will be developed to cover maintenance and cleaning.

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■■ PUBLIC TRANSPORT

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Hundreds of people took advantage of free public transport across Auckland yesterday.

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E-scooter thrown from Wellington overbridge NZME An electric scooter was thrown from an overbridge on to a busy Wellington motorway lane on Saturday night, almost hitting a car passing below.

Police are investigating the incident and have warned against throwing any object off bridges into traffic – an act that has been fatal in the past.

Alli O’Donnell and her partner were driving into the city to drop her brother off to meet friend on Saturday night and had just emerged from the tunnel when the scooter came flying at their car.

O’Donnell was in the front passenger seat and looked up to see an object hurtling towards the front windscreen.

“Someone had thrown it, with great force I imagine, off the bridge.

“My partner swerved to miss it, then it rebounded off the road.

“He was pretty shaken by it, it could have literally killed us.”

O’Donnell reported the incident to police after posting about it on Facebook.

“Hey can we like not throw electric scooters off bridges into on coming traffic because someone just did exactly that outside of the Terrace Tunnel & it was cm away from going through our windscreen and we had to swerve to miss it, thanks,” she wrote.

Other Facebook users commented, urging her to report it.

“Police would like to remind those responsible that throwing any items from bridges poses serious risks to vehicles and their occupants,” a police spokesperson said.

“Matters like this are taken extremely seriously.

“Motorists are urged to remain vigilant and call 111 if they spot suspicious activity taking place.”

Public transport was free across Auckland yesterday as the city celebrated 100 million passengers using the network in one year.

There was a surge of passengers on buses, trains and some ferries, especially from families who may normally find the cost prohibitive.

As well as all buses and trains, most ferries were free including Auckland-Devonport and Auckland-Hobsonville. However, Waiheke ferries were only free for

people who already held multi-passes to the island.

Passengers still had to pay for ferries to Rangitoto, Tiritiri Matangi and Motutapu, as well as the Skybus to the airport.

AT was hoping the scheme would attract new users who would keep using public transport once they realised how easy and pleasant it could be.

It’s also a preview of things to come — from September children will be able travel for free on public transport in Auckland at the weekends.

■■ BASSETT ROAD MURDERS

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An oil painting purportedly by one of New Zealand’s most infamous killers is up for grabs online after being found in the rafters of a South Island garage following an earthquake.

The painting, depicting an ocean scene, is said to have been crafted by Ron Jorgensen — one of the men behind the 1963 Bassett Road machine gun murders in Remuera.

Back in the day, 115 Bassett Road had been operating as a beer house, a place where people could drink their grog and spin their tales well under the radar of the authorities.

On December 7, 1963 the men behind the operation, George Walker and Kevin Speight, were found dead.

The pair were executed in the front room of the house by Jorgensen and John Gillies, two men known to police for the part they were already playing in Auckland’s seedy underbelly.

Their bodies were riddled with bullets from a .45-calibre machine gun.

It was the first time such a weapon, famously favoured by legendary gangster Al Capone, had been used in a crime in New Zealand.

Until Bassett Road, police did not believe there were any firearms of the sort in New Zealand.

The killers were both sentenced to life in prison.

Jorgensen was released on parole 21 years later, on the condition that he lived the rest of his life in Kaikoura.

In 1984, Jorgensen’s car was found wrecked at the bottom of a cliff, and he was never seen again.

Many believed he had faked his death, but he was eventually declared dead by officials.

This week an artwork said to be painted by Jorgensen was put up for auction on Trade Me. Jorgensen was well known for his painting, starting in his first

Owner Annick Larkin at 115 Bassett Road, Remuera, scene of a 1963 machine gun massacre.

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year of prison.

He was largely self-taught with some paintings selling for as much as $10,000.

Other prison artwork includes portraits — notably one of accused and pardoned double murderer Arthur Allan Thomas — and still life.

The painting up for auction has a $2500 asking price and has been viewed by more than 300 people.

Nash Robertson, who is selling the piece, included a photograph of the artist’s signature, which clearly says Jorgensen.

“This original piece of Ronald Jorgensen fell out of the rafters of my late father’s garage in the Kaikoura Earthquake,” Robertson

said on the auction site.

“It’s not in perfect condition as the photo’s will show, but feel free to email any questions.”

In 2013 Annick and Tim Larkin purchased the Bassett Rd property where the murders took place.

After the deal was done their real estate agent dropped the bombshell on the home’s notorious history.

“We were signing on the dotted line and the agent said, literally just as we were signing, ‘Do you know anything about the history of the house?”’ Mrs Larkin told the Herald later.

“And the agent told us that the vendor thought we might like to know the house had a bit

of a scary history to it, that two people were murdered in here in 1963.”

The news did not deter the Larkins from their dream home.

“It’s never bothered us at all, it doesn’t faze us one bit.”

When the Herald visited in 2013, the room where Walker and Speight were gunned down was used as a family lounge — a Christmas tree in one corner, wedding photos on the wall, comfy couches and toys masking the gory past.

“It’s bizarre, surreal,” Annick Larkin said of the room, after seeing crime scene photos.

“But it’s never been creepy.

“We’ve never felt weird in the room.”

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A memorial is seen at the site where a Beechcraft King Air twin-engine plane crashed, killing multiple people near the chain link fence surrounding Dillingham Airfield in Mokuleia, Hawaii.

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Plane crash kills 11 AP A skydiving plane crashed and burst into flames just after takeoff from a small seaside airfield on the island of Oahu, killing 11 people, officials said yesterday.

Authorities initially reported that nine people died in the crash and that three of them were customers of a skydiving company and six were employees.

But the Hawaii Department of Transportation tweeted yesterday that officials later “confirmed there were 11 people on board the plane” and no survivors. The twin-engine Beechcraft King Air plane took off from Dillingham Airfield on the north shore of the island.

The plane was operated by the Oahu Parachute Centre skydiving company and the ratio of employees to customers suggested that tandem jumps may have been

planned in which the customers would have jumped while attached to experienced skydivers, Tim Sakahara, a spokesman for the Hawaii Department of Transportation, said.

Neves described the site of the crash near the airport’s perimeter as being “quite a ways away from the runway” and said that some family members of those aboard were at the airport when the plane went down at about 6.30pm.

“In my 40 years as a firefighter here in Hawaii, this is the most tragic aircraft incident that we’ve had,” Neves said.

The plane was engulfed in flames when firefighters made it to the crash site about an hour drive from Honolulu, Neves said.

The victims were not identified.

Two Federal Aviation Administration inspectors went to the crash site and investigators with the National Transportation

Safety Board would investigate the crash, said safety board spokesman Eric Weiss.

The plane with two turboprop engines was manufactured in 1967, FAA records said. The phone for Oahu Parachute Centre went unanswered at the weekend.

On its website, the company says the jumps that it offers on Hawaii are “a magical experience. There really is no better place in the world to skydive”.

Videos from the company’s Facebook page show jumps from the same Beechcraft King Air that crashed, with customers strapped to employees and dropping from a side door of the aircraft from 3000 metres or higher, with the Pacific Ocean and the Oahu’s green mountains far below.

Dillingham Airfield is used mostly for skydiving and glider flights. Hawaii shares the airfield with the army, which uses it for helicopter night-vision training.

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Return to the street Coronation Street star Angela Griffin is set to reprise her role in the television soap after more than 20 years away.

The actress, 42, played hairdresser Fiona from 1992 and appeared in more than 250 episodes, before leaving the cobbles behind in 1998. And according to reports, the character is set to be embroiled in a huge love child storyline with her ex Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson), the Daily Mail reports. Fiona’s return will rock Steve’s world as she informs him that he’s the father of her daughter Emma Brooker, played by Alexandra Mardell. The bubbly young hairdresser has been living and working on the street alongside Steve for over a year, but he had no idea she was his own flesh and blood.

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After calling off Iran strike, Trump turns friendly AP US President Donald Trump said he is comfortable with his decision to call off US military strikes, adding that he is “not a warmonger”. He also said he could imagine a future where the US is Iran’s “best friend”.

Last week, Trump authorised a military strike on Iran in response to the downing of an unmanned US drone. He then abruptly aborted the mission on Friday (NZ time), citing a potentially high casualty count.

Washington has insisted the drone was flying over international waters, but Iran has disputed that account, saying the RQ4A Global Hawk was targeted after pen-

etrating Iranian airspace. Shortly before Trump spoke, Iran’s foreign minister posted new maps on Twitter he said offered further details on “the path, location and point of impact” of the US Navy surveillance drone shot down by Iran.

“There can be no doubt about where the vessel was when it was brought down,” Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote on Twitter alongside images he said listed the co-ordinates of the drone as it flew over the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump also thanked Iran for the “wise” decision not to shoot down an American military plane with a crew of 38 aboard.

Trump said Iran had a manned plane “in their sights” but instead hit the remote-

ly-piloted surveillance plane, “and that’s something we really appreciate”.

Conservative critics excoriated the Obama Administration when then-Secretary of State John Kerry publicly thanked Iran for releasing a group of American sailors who had apparently strayed into Iranian waters in 2016.

The president spoke as he left the White House for a weekend getaway at Camp David, where he said he will hold meetings on Iran. Trump said additional US sanctions will soon be applied to Iran, but did not specify the type. His administration has already applied stringent economic sanctions because of the country’s alleged support for terrorism.

Scamp the champ Scamp the Tramp will never win a beauty contest. But he’s won an ugly one. The bug-eyed, dreadlocked pooch took top honours at the 31st annual World’s Ugliest Dog Contest. Owner Yvonne Morones of Santa Rosa, California, won an appearance with Scamp on the Today show, US$1500 (NZ$2275) in cash, another US$1500 to donate to an animal shelter – and a trophy the size of a Rottweiler. “I think the audience saw his beautiful spirit and everything he’s given back to the community.” Scamp makes volunteer visits to schoolchildren and a local senior citizens centre.

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Organiser Richard Clucas said a good number of animals had been weighed in, with favourable weather throughout the weekend keeping hunters happy. “Everything went well and we have some good prizes again so all-in-all it has been a good weekend,� he said.

The competition ran for three days, beginning on Friday, and was the 12th year the competition had been held.

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ARTS DIARY ■■ July 1 – Ashburton Society of Arts 55th annual exhibition awards evening.

■■ To July 2 - Celebrating Matariki - Make your own woven star at the Ashburton Art Gallery.Free event. Open 10am to 4pm daily.

■■ July 4 – Simon O’Neill Recital at Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 7.30pm.

■■ July 4 – Taking the Piste Comedy Night – Methven, Arabica Methven, from 7.30pm– 9.30pm. Have you been wanting to venture off piste and take the plunge with your comedic talent? This is the space to do it. Hosted by comedian Bec Sandys.

■■ July 12 – Hobnail 25th Anniversary Boots And All Tour, Ashburton Trust Event Centre at 7.30pm. Hobnail is celebrating 25 years of touring and to mark the occasion they are embarking on a national tour.

■■ July 14 - Ashburton Musical Club, 2pm concert arranged by committee. $5 at door. Afternoon tea to follow.

■■ August 11 – Ashburton Musical Club public concert Opera Here, 2pm. Featuring visiting artists Lois Johnston and Claire Barton. Members $10, non-members $20, students free. Afternoon tea to follow.

Mount Hutt College is making waves in the world of music, and is planning a fundraiser to buy more instruments.

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Band numbers skyrocket Mount Hutt College is well on the way to building one of the largest secondary school concert bands in the country.

Pupils are flocking to free lessons in flute, clarinet, saxophone and brass, immersing themselves in the grand and symphonic world of concert music.

“It’s a big focus at Mount Hutt College,” said music teacher Matthew Wood.

The key had been making lessons as affordable for students as possible, and many are free with just a $30 per term instrument hire fee.

“While 28 students are currently involved it is expected that within the next six months those numbers will have swelled to over 40 students and the band will be among the

largest secondary school concert bands in the country,” Wood said.

The number of students involved in chamber music, that is small instrumental ensembles, had also increased five-fold in the past 12 months.

The school’s supply of instruments has been boosted with some on loan from Ashburton Intermediate and its principal Brent Gray, as well as the Ashburton Silver Band, the Ashburton Salvation Army and Cashmere High School.

“But even with these we are not even close to the further numbers required to sustain the expected growth of the coming years,” Wood said.

Thus the college is to host a fundraising

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concert and auction in the school’s hall on August 9 at 7pm.

Set to showcase a range of groups from the MHC Chorus and concert band to the Big Little Theatre Company and highland dancers, the concert will raise funds for more instruments.

“The aim is that anyone, regardless of their family’s financial situation, can have the opportunity to learn an instrument and have access to all the benefits and opportunities this creates,” Wood said.

Tickets will be $15 per adult, $5 per child and $30 per family (two adults and two children), and are available from the college office and Methven i-Site.

Door sales will also be available.

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hanks to the technological age, we are quite possibly more charitable than we have ever been.

With a couple of clicks, you can donate to a worthy cause through a Givealittle page, or sign a worthy petition such at that of Blair Vining, who is using his own battle with cancer to campaign to create a national cancer agency in New Zealand.

Unfortunately, someone who has been the focus of many headlines this year has chosen to use this to his advantage.

I am of course talking about the disgraced Israel Folau, who has set up a GoFundMe page to pay for his legal costs for his impending court battle over the termination of his contract with Rugby Australia after a high level

breach of their code of conduct.

Much has been made of the religious angle to this story, but what it boils down to is Folau breaching his employment contract.

He had been warned over his social media usage in the past, and as a person of fame with a following of his size, you should not be using it to discriminate against a group of people, no matter your beliefs.

He has chosen to take this bat-

tle to court, and is suing Rugby Australia for around $10 million.

It is a well known fact that Folau was the highest paid rugby player in Australia until his contract was torn up, so why does he need to use other people’s money to support his ‘battle’.

It is not hard to look on Givealittle or GoFundMe and find hundreds, if not thousands, of more worthy causes.

We even highlighted one that has fallen unfortunately close to home in Saturday’s Guardian.

Tennis coach Andre van Rooyen had an unfortunate diagnosis of stage four lung cancer, and requires a treatment that costs $10,000 a month.

His Givealittle page has reached more than $20,000 in donations which is amazing, and

could not go to a more deserving man.

He has contributed so much to tennis in Mid Canterbury in a short period of time, and is one of the nicest men I have ever met.

So it is infuriating to see that a fake cause like that of Israel Folau’s has reached more than $660,000 at the time of writing.

The highest paid rugby player in Australia, the owner of millions of dollars of property and luxury vehicles has to prey on the generosity of others to fund his legal battle.

It has been reported he is suing Rugby Australia for $10 million, yet makes no guarantee of even an acknowledgement to those who have supported him.

“In making this contribution I

acknowledge that my contributions are made freely as a gift on the basis previously affirmed and that there will be no obligations on Israel Folau to do anything for me in recognition of the gift or to apply the funds in any particular way with respect to his legal action, and that I hold no expectation to receive anything in return for my contribution,” the GoFundMe page says.

Controversy follows Folau like the plague, and while this is something that should not be promoted, the pure injustice of what he is doing cannot be ignored.

Do not be afraid to be charitable, online donation sites can do so much good, but only for worthy causes, and not for someone’s selfish greed.

a 5-4 decision, strengthened its 30-year ban on officially sponsored worship in public schools, prohibiting prayer as a part of graduation ceremonies.

In 1997, the US Air Force released a report on the so-called “Roswell Incident,” suggesting the “alien bodies” that witnesses reported seeing in 1947 were actually lifesized dummies.

Ten years ago: South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford admitted he had secretly flown to Argentina to visit a woman with whom he was having an affair, and said he would resign as head

of the Republican Governors Association.

Five years ago: Mississippi Republican Senator Thad Cochran, a mainstream conservative with more than 40 years’ of congressional experience, narrowly turned back a primary challenge from state Senator Chris McDaniel, a tea party favourite.

One year ago: Women in Saudi Arabia were able to drive for the first time, as the world’s last remaining ban on female drivers was lifted.

Today’s birthdays: Rock singer

Arthur Brown is 77. Actress Michele Lee is 77. ARock musician Jeff Beck is 75. Musician Mick Fleetwood is 72. Actor Peter Weller is 72. Rock musician John Illsley is 70. Actress Nancy Allen is 69. Reggae singer Derrick Simpson is 69. Actor Joe Penny is 63. Reggae singer Astro is 62.

Singer-musician Andy McCluskey is 60. Rhythm and blues/pop singer-songwriter Siedah Garrett is 59. Actor Iain Glen is 58. Rock singer Curt Smith is 58. Actress Danielle Spencer is 54. Actress Sherry Stringfield is 52. Singer Glenn Medeiros is 49. Actress

Carla Gallo is 44. Actressproducer Mindy Kaling is 40.

Actress Minka Kelly is 39. Actress Vanessa Ray is 38. Actor Justin Hires is 34. Actress Candice Patton is 34. Actress Kaitlin Cullum is 33. Singer Solange Knowles is 33. Actor Max Ehrich is 28. Actress Beanie Feldstein is 26.

Thought for today: “All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.” — Ambrose Bierce, American author (born this date in 1842, disappeared in 1914.)

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Monday, June 24, the 175th day of 2019. There are 190 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On June 24, 1983, the space shuttle Challenger — carrying America’s first woman in space, Sally K. Ride — coasted to a safe landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

On this date: In 1497, the first recorded sighting of North America by a European took place as explorer John Cabot spotted land, probably in present-day Canada.

In 1905, the New Zealand Truth hit the news stands, At its peak in the 1950s and 1960s, New Zealand Truth prided itself on being “the champion of the little person and the scourge of corruption and scandal in high places”.

In 1947, what’s regarded as the first modern UFO sighting took place as private pilot Kenneth Arnold, an Idaho businessman, reported seeing nine silvery objects flying in a “weaving formation” near Mount Rainier in Washington, United States.

In 1948, Communist forces cut off all land and water routes between West Germany and West Berlin, prompting the western allies to organise the Berlin Airlift.

In 1964, AT&T inaugurated commercial Picturephone service between New York, Chicago and Washington, DC (the service, however, never caught on).

In 1968, Resurrection City, a shantytown constructed as part of the Poor People’s March on Washington, DC, was closed down by authorities.

In 1975, 113 people were killed when Eastern Airlines Flight 66, a Boeing 727 carrying 124 people, crashed while attempting to land during a thunderstorm at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.

In 1992, the Supreme Court, in

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ne of the topics that frequently comes up when I meet with employers here in Selwyn and around the country is the difficulty they have getting the staff they need for their businesses.

While businesses try to employ locally where possible, with our national unemployment rate sitting at 4.2 per cent currently (and our regional rate for Canterbury even lower) many sectors are finding that there is a shortage of available workers.

This problem affects a broad range of industries and our agricultural and horticultural businesses have been amongst those most affected.

It is crucial that we have the workforce we need to manage, develop and maintain New Zealand’s primary sector so we can continue to produce the high quality food the world needs.

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want to build a life here and contribute positively to our country in situations where there are no New Zealanders able and willing to do the work on offer.

The reality is many industries simply wouldn’t be able to cope without a portion of their workforce coming from overseas.

One of the other consistent problems I’m hearing about is that employers and people here on work visas are facing long delays in getting decisions out of Immigration NZ, often more than four months.

To a small business owner trying to get a job filled or to a family waiting for a decision, that is simply too long a timeframe and we are calling on the Government to reduce these

delays immediately.

I’m also in agreement with industry views that it would make sense for more work visas to be issued for a period of two or three years, rather than one year where the facts support that.

This would hopefully also help reduce the pressure on Immigration NZ. The recent considerable hike to the income threshold for some skilled migrant categories is causing additional problems in various industries so I think this too needs to be looked at.

For the farming sector, the National Party has recently launched a new discussion document on the primary sector.

In this document we have proposed the establishment of a new Primary Sector Visa to allow a smoother track for rural employers to get the staff they need.

National is also proposing to extend the existing Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) programme which we believe is a win-win for both seasonal workers and their local employers.

For example, in the wine industry for every 2.5 RSE workers we bring in, one full-time job is created in New Zealand.

New Zealand currently has a number of working holiday visa schemes, including many with South American countries.

These schemes are an opportunity to broaden the primary sector workforce base, however, there has been a significant reduction in the number of workers here on working holiday visas.

We believe there is an opportunity to increase the caps and extend these opportunities to Central and Eastern Europe.

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Treviso’s scantiness is its salvation, just as Venice’s abundance is its ruin.

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he website of the city of Venice provides high-water advisories to help people avoid flooded areas. Now it also forecasts another kind of flood: tourist inundations.

A recent April day could have been worse, the city felt crowded, pungent, a little sticky. I boarded a train, eager to breathe in a gulp of fresh, authentic Italian air. I went to Treviso.

Treviso? For those who have actually heard of Treviso, the question is probably still — Treviso? Who in their right mind would willingly abandon Venice for a mostly overlooked destination best known for crimson radicchio, bright Benetton sweaters and The Fountain of the Boobs: a statue of a topless woman squeezing two arcs of drinking water – and on holidays, wine – from an ample bosom. And it’s not even the original.

But in one critical respect, Treviso’s scantiness is its salvation, just as Venice’s abundance is its ruin.

Venice has become arguably the European capital of overtourism.

Nobody knows for sure how many tourists visit Venice every year. Some estimates are as high as 30 million, but the city, which puts the number at about 12 million (up from about 9 million a decade ago) says such outlandish figures count single people multiple times. In any case, it’s clearly too many tourists for a town haemorrhaging residents, so much so that newspapers are running out of Death in Venice and Submerged City themed

headlines.

Venice isn’t the only European city overwhelmed by tourists. Barcelona, Amsterdam, Dubrovnik and others are all under assault.

Some have fought back with tourism taxes, bans on Airbnb rentals and fines for bad behavior.

Rome has simply made itself less desirable.

But Treviso, and kindred cities across Europe, offer an alternative. About a half-an-hour train ride from Venice, Treviso is the oasis next door, a place to replenish on the culture and modern manners of an Italian-speaking Italian city before rejoining the madding crowd.

The first time I visited Treviso, it was on a detour. Last year, I arrived in town to conduct interviews for an economics story and then planned to continue on to Venice with my wife and children.

But bad weather had left Venice flooded and inaccessible. So we stayed in Treviso.

As I talked about budgets and debt ceilings with the town’s entrepreneurs, my family walked under the city’s sheltering arcades, appreciating the antique stores and the beautiful dessert of tiramisu. They shopped for sweaters at Benetton. Between interviews, a photo arrived of my kids, their faces puckered toward the camera as they drank with delight from the Fountain of the Boobs.

That night they talked up the city. So did our friends in the US, who first used it as a base for their day trips to Venice, lightening the load on a sinking city, but then ended up preferring Treviso and skipping Venice. So did my Italian friends who begged me to keep

it secret. (Sorry.) I wanted to see more than the headquarters of the Confartigianato small-business association. I wanted to be a tourist in Treviso.

A world away And so on a recent afternoon, I watched the bell towers and domes of Venice grow hazy as the train pulled out of the station.

We rolled over the lagoon and past the sun-blotting cruise ships leaking day-trippers. I got off the train a short while later. I was a world away.

Canals flow in Treviso, too, but trout swim in them, water hens glide on them, and water mills still wheel in them, although now they’re just for show. At the confluence of rivers marked in Dante’s Paradiso joggers and bike riders set out on excursions.

After the faithful observe vespers in the packed St. Francis church, where Dante’s son is buried across from Petrarch’s daughter, Treviso’s residents observe the sacred hour of aperitif, when candy-coloured Spritzes and sparkling proseccos are worshipped.

Prosecco is produced in the surrounding hills, themselves spotted with villas. On Fishmarket Island, between two lazy canals, hundreds of locals sip an enormous variety of prosecco.

Corked bottle necks stick out of the ice beds, like a fisherman’s fresh catch. Around the corner, the beautiful people gather around the tables outside Osteria al Corder, opposite the exquisite porcelain shop Morandin.

The bohemian crowd prefers Osteria Muscoli, where old men spend the mornings, and soak

up the spirits with salted pork sandwiches.

And just about everyone seems drawn to Cantinetta Venegazzu.

Located under my Il Focolare hotel room, where John Grisham wrote The Broker the wine bar draws a night-time crowd that spills on to the narrow piazza paved with round river stones.

Opposite is the restaurant where, legend has it, tiramisu was born, and where there is talk of opening up a tiramisu museum.

“In Treviso, it’s better that someone touch your wife than your tiramisu,” Antonella Stelitano tells me as she greets me outside the hotel.

Outside, by the Loggia of the Knights, we watched a panel judge traditional Fugassa bread.

A few minutes later, we bumped into Treviso’s mayor, Mario Conte, carrying a loaf to his car. He invited us to his City Hall office.

“We want people to come here because they choose Treviso, not because there are too many people in Venice,” the mayor told me as he stood under an antique map of the city.

Of course he wanted more people to visit Treviso, he said, and he took heart in the 500 people who that very day had taken a 15-minute ride on a new shuttle bus from Treviso’s airport. The mayor’s goal, he said, was to use cultural offerings to attract tourists to spend two nights in Treviso.

“It’s a choice that we have made,” the mayor said. “To raise the level of the visitor.”

A few years ago, Rafat Ali, the founder of Skift, a travel industry news and research site, coined the word “overtourism” to appeal,

he later wrote, “to people’s baser instincts with an element of alarm and fear in it”.

In Italy, there is also an effort to divert tourists away from its own tourist traps. “I invite the tour operators to promote the Beautiful Country also away from the most frequented routes,” said Marco Centinaio, a former tour operator who is now Italy’s minister for Farming, Food and Forest Policy, and Tourism. “Discover the lesser known and smaller towns,” he said.

But tourists increasingly are seeking out new destinations on their own, ones to which they often return, again and again.

There are plenty of reasons to return to Treviso.

Among them is the Salce Collection, a new national museum with a rotating selection of some 25,000 original advertising posters. It shows Armando Testa’s Punt E Mes masterpieces alongside Pirelli and Barilla ads from Italy’s boom years. I was sold.

Hardly anyone in Treviso would argue that those things, really, can compete with the treasures of Venice. Really, nothing can. But Venice, unfortunately, is less and less able to compete with smaller Italian cities when it comes to offering a sense of real Italian life.

On my last night in Treviso, I prepped with a prosecco before heading to dinner at the restaurant Med. I ate exquisite tortelli, as good as anything in Venice.

From the tables around me I heard the lilt of the local Veneto tongue. Under my feet, a glass floor showed another canal rushing toward Venice.

I decided I wouldn’t.

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Paddon dominates in Timaru

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Eights power into finals Mayfield’s Emma Dyke and her New Zealand women’s rowing eight were in the thick of the action at the World Rowing Cup II in Poland over the weekend.

Having finished second in their opening race and failing to go straight through to the final, with only the first-placed boat progressing, the Kiwi women had to take the long route and race again on Saturday night in a repechage.

The crew of Ruby Tew, Dyke, Lucy Spoors, Kelsey Bevan, Beth Ross, Kirstyn Goodger, Ella Greenslade, Jackie Gowler and coxswain Caleb Shepherd made sure of it in their repechage

though, taking the lead from 1000m.

Great Britain shifted to second place but were unable to match the Kiwis’ speed, with Canada maintaining a steady pace in third place, as New Zealand crossed the line in 06:39.00, with Great Britain second in 06:40.63.

All three – New Zealand, Great Britain and Canada – progressed to the A final, which was to be raced last night.

After a weather affected day one, day two was a good day for the Kiwi crews as a whole, with 14 New Zealand crews racing across a mixture of repechages, semi-finals and finals, and all

progressing through to finals, with eight crews making A finals and the medal round.

The New Zealand men’s eight this year also featured a familiar local face, in Chertsey born and raised Hamish Bond.

The crew of James Lassche, Phillip Wilson, Brook Robertson, Bond, Shaun Kirkham, Mahe Drysdale, Matthew Macdonald, Stephen Jones and coxswain Sam Bosworth lined up in just their second race of the international season, facing Italy, Canada, Australia and Poland in their repechage.

The Kiwi crew needed a top four finish to make their way

into the A final, and it was Canada who were out in front from the start and successfully held their lead against Australia, while New Zealand and Italy battled for third place.

New Zealand had to settle for third, and Italy fourth, but both still moved forward to the A final, which was also to be raced overnight.

All up there have been 823 from 45 countries competing in 23 boat classes at the world cup event, held at the Polish venue which previously hosted the 2018 world under-23 championships and world rowing cup events in both 2017 and 2016.

Jones provides NZ with first K1 podium Top kayaker Luuka Jones has created more history with her first-ever podium finish at an ICF canoe slalom World Cup in Slovakia.

The 30-year-old Tauranga

paddler finished second in the women’s K1 final on the Bratislava course, emulating her silver medal at the 2016 Olympics.

Jones qualified fifth with a strong semi-final, picking up a

solitary touch and finishing in 104.66secs.

She was slightly off the pace in the early part of her final run but then stormed home in 100.65secs to take the lead.

Jones then sat and watched as the next three paddlers failed to better her time; only Austrian Corinna Kuhnle’s withering 99.71sec effort could top it as the last paddler on course.

Hyundai rally driver Hayden Paddon paid credit to the Paddon Rallysport crew after he and co-driver Samantha Gray dominated the Rally of South Canterbury with 12 wins on twelve special stages.

The Hyundai i20 AP4 ran virtually faultlessly throughout the one-day rally on Saturday, enabling the pair to power to an outright rally win with a margin of six minutes, 54.4 seconds from second-placed Ben Hunt.

Paddon was entered in the all-comers category, having opted not to enter the New Zealand Rally Championship this year, leaving Hunt to take maximum NZRC points.

Paddon achieved his pre-event goal of upping the pace he showed last year when he won by a margin of nearly five minutes with John Kennard in the co-driver’s seat.

The Hyundai i20 AP4, not being restricted by championship regulations, had a little extra power and different gear ratios this year, helping Paddon to push harder and secure a nearly seven-minute winning margin. Along the way, Paddon secured new stage records on all 12 special stages.

“It was a great day,” says Paddon of his home rally in Timaru.

“We really enjoyed it. The stages were in amazing condition and the car was great, thanks to the team’s preparation.”

Paddon says the forestry stages provide a contrast to the highspeed rural stages, and that the South Canterbury Car Club has the strong makings of an iconic South Island rally with this event.

“It was a trickier start this morning, in the dark in the forest, but that contrasts well with the high-speed stages to create a great event.”

With the work done on the i20 AP4 before the event, we didn’t have the top end speed we thought we might, but there was plenty of speed out of corners and I enjoyed those higher speeds more.

“I think this event could become an iconic South Island rally something like the Otago Rally. It’s got all the components and now needs some time.”

As a one-day rally, the South Canterbury event offered competitors just one day of reconnaissance and one pass through each of the 12 special stages.

“Samantha went well; the onepass recce is harder for co-drivers, trying to get all the linking of notes correct, but she did well. It’s good to have contested both two-pass and one-pass rallies together.”

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Searching for a way through the Timaru Girls’ High School defence on Saturday was Hampstead’s Shannon Thomson-Laing.

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Hampstead in goal-fest

By Erin Tasker

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Hampstead slotted an impressive nine goals in their latest South Canterbury senior women’s hockey competition match against the Timaru Girls’ High School (TGHS) 1st XI in Ashburton on Saturday.

And their coach Nicky Foden couldn’t have been much happier with the 9-0 win.

In fact, she was ecstatic.

After a slow start to the season where they finished round one with just one win to their names, she predicted that would change in round two, and she was turning out to be right.

Saturday’s win was their third of the season which put them in third spot on the five-team leaderboard, and it was by far their

best game of the season.

“We actually killed it. The girls are starting to gel,” Foden said.

Hannah Mowat scored five of her side’s goals, while Emma Mealings scored three and Sam Dalziel scored the other.

Nine goals was an awesome result, but it wasn’t just about the score.

Foden said there had been a noticeable change in her side both on and off the field.

“It’s unbelievable.

“The team has changed, the energy has changed,” Foden said.

When Hampstead played TGHS in the first round, they lost 5-1.

So to turn that into a 9-0 win in the second round, was huge.

Heading into a massive game this weekend against top of the

table Geraldine, where the Mary Smith Trophy – played for between Mid/South Canterbury’s top teams – would go on the line, a result like Saturday’s was a huge confidence boost, Foden said.

Hampstead were without a few players against TGHS, too, with seven players sick meaning they had just 12 players for the game.

It was a similar story for Mid Canterbury’s sole senior men’s team, Wakanui, who headed to Timaru to play Cambridge with just 12 players on Saturday, due to a combination of factors.

But they too managed a good win, 4-2.

Cambridge struck first and went to the first quarter break up 1-0, before Nick Sinclair put the finishing touch on Wakanui’s

first goal in the second quarter, followed by Scott Marshall sending the second home.

Cambridge struck back to make it 2-all at half time, and Wakanui went on the attack in the third quarter, but weren’t rewarded until the dying stages of the quarter when Stephen Blain put the ball away after a penalty corner.

An Andy Moore run up the right wing before driving into the circle where Jeremy Moore converted, made the end result 4-2 in favour of Wakanui.

Wakanui player/coach Sam Moore said an injury to the influential Hayden Sinclair last weekend meant the side had been forced to change things up a bit, and that possibly caught Cambridge off guard on Saturday.

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No action against Folau from Netball Australia Netball Australia have released a statement saying they don’t endorse Maria Folau’s decision to endorse husband Israel’s GoFundMe page in his legal fight against Rugby Australia.

A GoFundMe page established by the ex-Wallaby to raise funds for had passed A$642,570 by 3.30pm yesterday.

The Silver Ferns international reposted a link to the GoFundMe page on her Instagram account.

“Netball Australia and Suncorp Super Netball is committed to providing welcoming, inclusive and supportive places for all people to play and watch our great game.

“We are aware that Adelaide

Thunderbirds’ athlete Maria Folau re-posted her husband’s GoFundMe page details via social media.

There is no action required by the league,” the statement said.

“We will continue to support Maria as a valued member of the Thunderbirds and the Suncorp Super Netball league.”

A second statement by the CEO of Netball South Australia Bronwyn Klei said that Folau hadn’t broken any of the social media rules written within her contract.

“While Netball SA is no way endorses the reposting, we do not believe Maria has contravened our social media policy.”

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Fan sets up counter campaign NZME A counter GoFundMe campaign has been launched against Israel Folau by a disgruntled rugby fan in an attempt to show the former rugby player that “intolerance will not be tolerated” in the sport.

The fundraiser was created by Robbie Owen in the United Kingdom, days after Folau established his own GoFundMe page to raise funds to cover the legal costs in a bid to show the sacked rugby star that rugby is an inclusive sport.

Funds raised will be donated to Stonewall, the organisation responsible for the Rainbow Laces initiative encouraging tolerance and inclusivity across all sports.

Owen, wants to make it clear that Folau’s homophobic commentary isn’t supported by rugby fans.

“Rugby regularly labels itself as an inclusive sport, one that supports people from all walks of life,” Owen states in the fundraiser’s description. “That is why I believe it is important that we, as fans, make the message clear. Intolerance such as Folau’s is not welcome in rugby.”

Folau’s decision to take his fight to Go Fund Me has prompted a sharp backlash.

“From our perspective (Go Fund Me) is a place where sick children get support, so it’s certainly not a strategy we think is appropriate,” Rugby Australia chief executive Raelene Castle said.

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Southern suffer second shock

By Erin Tasker

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Southern being without a win three rounds into Mid Canterbury Rugby’s Watters Cup wasn’t something many would have picked heading into the competition, but that’s exactly what’s happened.

A 36-32 defeat at the hands of a Rakaia side now in the Watters Cup box seat, was Southern’s second on the trot, and meant the team that drew the Canterbury Country combined competition final less than a month ago were now in the position of needing to win their final two games to make the local competition’s semi-final.

It wasn’t where Southern coach Andrew Carr wanted his side to be, but he said they had no-one to blame but themselves after letting big half-time leads slip to lose to both Rakaia on Saturday, and Methven the weekend before.

“We’ve made our bed and we have to lie in it and try and dig ourselves out of a hole,” Carr said.

Southern got out to a commanding 19-0 lead early on Saturday, in what was their first appearance of the season at the Mayfield Domain, and at halftime it was 27-5 in their favour.

But from there, it was all Rakaia, with stand-in skipper Seta Koroitamana well and truly leading the way, earning praise from both Carr and his own coach Terry Murray after the game.

Carr said Koroitamana was inspirational, and Murray agreed.

“Seta was unreal.

“He scored two really good tries, and the other standout was Tom Blyth, he had an incredible game,” Murray said.

Rakaia headed into the game without three key players, with Jackson Donlan, Matt Bentley and Kody Nordqvist all out with injury, and Koroitamana taking over the captaincy from Donlan with Andrew Letham his vice-captain.

Under the new leadership combo Rakaia bounced back from a first-half dominated by the home side and produced a second half powered by self-belief where they grabbed hold of any opportunity that presented.

Murray said his side knew they’d have to pull something out

Kenny Faalavaau tries to get around the Celtic defence during Hampstead’s 33-26 loss on Saturday.

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of the hat in the second half, and they did just that.

As Southern’s lead slipped away, Carr couldn’t help but feel a sense of deja vu. A week before that his side had led Methven 20-3 at half time, before losing 21-20.

He said his side was playing some outstanding rugby in the first 40, but they were simply being out-passioned in the second 40.

He said it was all mental and his players needed to do some major soul-searching before facing Hampstead this weekend, in what would be a bottom-of-thetable clash not many would have picked.

Last season, Rakaia were in a similar position to the one Southern was in now.

They made the combined com-

petition final, which they lost to Waihora, but then struggled in the Watters Cup and failed to even make the final.

Last year’s final was between Southern and Celtic, with Celtic claiming the crown for the first time in more than decade.

This season though, having lost the bulk of their squad from 2018, Celtic have struggled, and on Saturday they picked up their first win of the Watters Cup, beating Hampstead 33-26.

For Hampstead, it added another week onto their 10-year drought when it came to winning a Watters Cup match, but as had been the case for the past two seasons, they were so close.

They stuck with Celtic early on, trading tries with Angus Lindsay and Tololima Savainaea crossing

for Celtic and Elise Falealili and Tevita Ula for Hampstead, before Lindsay’s second not long before half time gave Celtic some breathing space at 21-14.

It didn’t last long though, with Hampstead’s third try to captain Lofi Lapa narrowing the gap to 21-19 at half time.

With a bit of luck on their side Celtic opened the scoring with their fourth try early in the second, and dominated for the next 20 minutes to move out to a 33-19 lead, and while Hampstead exerted some late pressure which resulted in Junior Vura crossing for a late try to set up a potentially interesting finish, a staunch Celtic saw the game out.

Hampstead coach Shaun Bovey said his side gave away too many penalties early in the second half.

“We played very good rugby, but we weren’t good enough on the day,” Bovey said.

Celtic coach Shane Enright said he was happy with the win, but felt there was still room for improvement, as his side probably should’ve put the foot down and run away with it from 33-19.

Celtic now had the week off, before facing Southern in a mustwin last round battle if they were to stand a chance of making the semi.

While Southern and Hampstead would square off in a battle of the two bottom teams this coming weekend, the other game would see the two unbeaten teams of the competition so far – Rakaia and he team that had the bye on Saturday, Methven – battled it out.

Jaguares make history; disappointment for Chiefs

By Liam Napier Not to be for the Chiefs.

Their inspiring late revival ended in Argentina and so, too, has their season, beaten 21-16.

No one could fault the Chiefs’ desire and effort. After needing six games to get their first win of this campaign, they have since responded with pure desperation.

Welcoming Brodie Retallick and Sam Cane back certainly helped.

But three wins in the final three weeks of the regular season – one

brilliant comeback to overturn a 20-point deficit against the Crusaders in Suva – pushed them into the playoffs, against all odds.

Travelling to Buenos Aires, and playing in a hostile, foreign atmosphere, is never easy.

Not least when you meet a formidable Jaguares side that has now won 10 of their last 11 matches.

With the World Cup on the horizon, Argentina rugby is building at the right time, and the Jaguares are a big reason for that.

One of their starting XV for this match has not played for Pumas – the same off the bench, too.

Watching a loose forward such as Pablo Matera thunder about makes you appreciate just why this Jaguares team and, indeed, the Pumas are such a threat.

Their defence was outstanding in the second half – the predominant reason why they will be back at home next week to host the semi-final.

At one point they repelled 15 phases on their own line before

another mistake from the Chiefs let them off the hook.

The passion of Jaguares fans and players at the final whistle showed just how much reaching their first semi-final means to them.

The Chiefs will rue blowing an eight-point second half lead; their error count and poorly malfunctioning lineout throws at crucial times.

Truth is, given their horror start to the season, they did well to make it this far.

In their first home playoff match

the Jaguares were always going to come out of the blocks quickly.

Still, a try after 50 seconds wasn’t expected.

The Jaguares upped the tempo in the second spell, though, and exposed the Chiefs by giving the ball air to the edges. The Chiefs’ ill-discipline proved costly, too, and their inability to win a lineout became a major issue.

Ultimately the Chiefs will take heart from sneaking into the playoffs but expectations are such that more is expected.

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Crusaders set the bar

By Phil Gifford

T

alking points from the weekend’s Super Rugby, a few thoughts on Israel Folau.

World Cup blueprint?

The form side of the quarterfinals was, as you might have expected, the Crusaders, who not only dazzled as they beat the Highlanders 38-14, but were also, when they needed to be, ruthless and clinical. At the World Cup the average highs in Yokohama will be 22C, and the lows still a relatively balmy 15C. The bash it up in the forwards and boot the ball in the backline that is the style of the northern hemisphere teams withers when the sun’s out. Look for the All Blacks to run the ball like they’re wearing red and black.

Town edges country in JAB annual fixtures The Rakaia Domain was a busy place to be yesterday morning, as town took on country across the grades in the annual Mid Canterbury Rugby JAB town versus country day. Among those taking part was Archie Rooney for the Country U11.5 team. The day’s under-9 and under-10 games ended in a draw, while the under-8s went the way of country, and the under-11.5 and under-13 games were won by town to give town the overall victory.

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Canes set up Crusader clash AP Salesi Rayasi came off the bench to score two tries as the Hurricanes beat South Africa’s Bulls 35-28 in a Super Rugby quarter-final on Saturday, setting up an all-New Zealand semi-final against the defending champion Crusaders.

The ACT Brumbies followed up with a 38-13 win over the Durban-based Sharks to move into a semi-final next weekend against the Jaguares in Buenos Aires.

Forward Peter Samu scored two tries to lead the resurgent Brumbies to a seventh consecutive win.

The semi-final combinations mean only one New Zealand team can reach the final.

Rayasi took the field in only his fifth Super Rugby match as an early replacement the injured Wes Goosen.

The rookie winger made a clean break from the base of a ruck to score his first try in the 27th minute and handled twice on his way to his second in the 44th which gave the Hurricanes

a decisive 29-14 lead just after halftime.

But Rayasi also conceded a penalty try and received a yellow card for a deliberate knock-on which prevented a Bulls try in the 50th minute, making his appearance more eventful.

Winger Cornal Hendricks, who was denied a try by Rayasi’s indiscretion, still managed to score two tries for the Bulls.

They scored the first try of the match through winger Warrick Gellant in the 13th, conceded the lead when scrumhalf T.J. Perenara scored four minutes later and trailed for the rest of the match.

But the Bulls refused to give up, falling behind by up to 15 points but rallying on each occasion to push the Hurricanes the whole way.

“It was great quality for playoffs footy,” Hurricanes captain Dane Coles said.

“The first half was bloody good and they made a comeback in the second half and took the game to the wire.

Both teams scored four tries

and were largely separated by two second-half penalties to Hurricanes fullback Jordie Barrett, who also made a try-saving tackle in the 68th minute.

Trailing by seven points, the Bulls, who had already drawn two matches in New Zealand this season, threw everything at the Hurricanes to try and force the match to extra time.

But in an unfair twist it was Hendricks who dropped the ball after the final siren to end the match.

The Brumbies advanced to their first Super Rugby semi-final in four years, ensuring an Australian presence in the semis.

“I’m really proud – the Sharks threw a lot at us and the way the boys kept digging deep for each other was special,” Brumbies captain Christian Leali’ifano said.

“The forwards have been amazing all year, they were challenged again tonight and stepped up and provided a great platform for us.”

Storming backrower Samu scored in the first minute after

receiving an inside ball from lock Rory Arnold and dashing 35 metres to cross between the posts.

Curwin Bosch got the Sharks on the scoreboard with a 50-metre penalty, but Arnold had his second try assist on 10 minutes when he put Henry Speight into the corner for a 14-3 lead.

The teams traded penalty goals before the Sharks conceded their first rolling maul try of the season when Samu scored on 24 minutes.

The Brumbies held a 24-6 lead at the break but the Sharks closed the gap when Andre Esterhuizen barged through Irae Simone to score in the 56th.

Joe Powell clinched the match when he ran 20 meters to score with eight minutes to go.

His replacement, reserve scrumhalf Matt Lucas, scored a try in the final minute.

The Jaguares are also in form, having won 10 of their past 11 games; the Brumbies most recent loss came against the Argentine side in Buenos Aires eight weeks ago.

Couch the place to be I can’t think of another club competition in any sport anywhere in the world that spans three, let alone four continents. Still, for Kiwis rugby fans, shut out the world on Saturday for an 11.05am kick off in Buenos Aires, for the Jaguares-Brumbies game, and then look forward to the 7.35pm semi between the Crusaders and the Hurricanes in Christchurch.

The new superman?

A quick check list for Richie Mo’unga after the Crusaders’ pasting of the Highlanders. Kicked all the goals? Tick. Scored two tries?

Tick. Threw the perfect pass to David Havili for the best try of the game? Tick. Stripped the ball clean off a Highlander who looked twice his size? Tick. Ran the game as if he was a chess master, and the other 29 on the field were his pawns? Tick. If we find out he drove the team bus to the ground then maybe he does work for the Daily Planet during the week.

Coach killer part one Liam Squire’s shoulder charge on Whetu Douglas three minutes into the second half in Christchurch was the prelude to a nine minute, 14 point burst, that set the Crusaders on the way to their crushing win. Not being a high shot it didn’t look especially dangerous, but then that’s easy for me to say, given that I’ve never had Squire’s shoulder smash into my ribs.

However, it was very, very dumb, and entirely illegal.

Coach killer part two Four minutes after Squire was in the bin, the Crusaders rolled a lineout, and somehow the Highlanders left it entirely to one poor guy, prop Dan Lienert-Brown, to somehow stop it. Props, as I’ve often mentioned, can usually do anything, but halting eight rampaging Crusader forwards single handed proved a step too far. Just to rub it in for Squire and his coach, Aaron Mauger, it was Douglas who scored the try.

A few words for Israel Folau I don’t know you, so at heart you may be a good guy. But asking for crowdfunding is behaving like a self-centred, self-righteous, self-pitying disgrace.

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Absences expensive for Barbarians

By Erin Tasker

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A run of late withdrawals through sickness meant Ashburton Barbarians rugby league coach Steve Gamble had to come out retirement on Saturday.

Heading into a massive clash against the defending champion Burnham Chevaliers, at Burnham, it wasn’t an ideal scenario to be in and the player shortage

ended up costing them dearly.

The Chevaliers ran away with the game 54-14, but Gamble said it wasn’t a bad performance by the Barbarians given the circumstances.

“The score didn’t reflect the effort our boys put in.

“We went for 80 minutes, but unfortunately it was just one of those things where you lose players the night before and there’s

not much you can do about it,” Gamble said.

He said about six players pulled out on Friday, forcing him to dust off his boots again, after officially retiring during last season.

“By the time the game started we were down to 13 players, two reserves, and unfortunately I had to be one of them,” Gamble said.

He ended up playing a good 60 minutes, while another who had

been crook for two weeks leading into the game also took to the field, having to power through.

“And we had one our players, Hemi, he is 46 this year and he played 78 minutes,” Gamble said.

“What we had was a good team, but eventually it just took its toll and they put a big score on us.”

Gamble and his crew were hoping that those who had been hit by the winter bugs would be able

to shake them before this coming Saturday, when the Barbarians returned home after what seemed like an eternity.

Between the bye, a team pulling out of the competition and away games, the Barbarians hadn’t played at home since May 11.

They’d finally get a home game this weekend against the Woolston Rams, with kick off set for 2pm at Robilliard Park.

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Black Caps’ plan comes to fruition

Kiwis bury World Cup ghosts

By Niall Anderson The imposing figure of Carlos Brathwaite, unbeaten on 99 off 76 balls, stood 22 yards away, brandishing his bat like a club.

A weapon that had just bludgeoned Matt Henry for 25 runs from the 48th over, bringing the West Indies within eight runs of one of the all-time Cricket World Cup comeback victories.

And now, Jimmy Neesham had to come up with a plan to stop him.

Neesham, who had bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 33 runs, had been tossed the ball for the biggest over of the game by skipper Kane Williamson, and was now deep in conversation with the Black Caps senior leadership group, trying to solve a perilous problem.

How do you stop a player who was looking unstoppable?

In some ways, Brathwaite’s dominance gave the Black Caps only one choice.

“Fundamentally, a guy like Carlos Brathwaite, he’s got so much power, he spends so much time hitting yorkers and full length balls out of the park, I just wanted to really stay away from that strength of his,” explained Neesham.

“We talked it through at the top of the mark with Kane, and the yorker was a no-go, the only other two options are length and bouncer, and you don’t want to bowl a whole lot of length to a guy who is on [99 off 76 balls].

“I just wanted to try and get it up there as much as possible, luckily he’s 6’5” so I knew there wasn’t much danger of it going too high.

“I wanted to get it up high around his shoulder and his chin, and take a bit of pace off it with my wrist.

“I had a little bit of an advantage with a slightly longer side out to the leg side, which [Henry] didn’t have the over before, so I just wanted to try get him to hit out in that direction.”

Plan set, and to start, it worked a charm.

After one delivery was watchfully defended, two short balls outside off lured Brathwaite into the pull, only for him to come up empty.

The fourth was hit out to deep

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Carlos Brathwaite is consoled by Black Caps players after just failing to clear the rope and win the game for the West Indies yesterday.

PHOTO AP mid-wicket for two, before the fifth ball, a leg-cutter, drew another missed pull shot.

Things were getting a bit repetitive though, and it brought another debate for Neesham.

“Initially the plan was to try and get him to hole out to deep square, trying to go across the line, but after we’d bowled two or three of the same delivery, I had a feeling he’d get a read of what was going on.”

One thing wouldn’t change though – the short-ball approach, with Neesham digging another one in, and Brathwaite taking a mighty hack.

A hack that ended up mere metres short of clearing Trent Boult at long-on, but was instead caught on the rope, to the delight of an elated Neesham.

“Luckily he didn’t quite get 100 per cent of it,” he grinned.

“The plan was to get him to hit it straight up, but I think we’ll take 71 metres to long-on.

“A couple of metres further and it might have been a different story.”

Fortunately for Neesham and

the Black Caps, the story will forever be of a plan that worked – a plan that delivered a fifth consecutive World Cup victory.

Meanwhile one of cricket’s greatest captains has described Kane Williamson as a genius, as the odds were slashed on a Kiwi World Cup triumph.

New Zealand are distant fourth favourites behind India, Australia and erratic England, but have lost their traditional dark horse tag after a string of victories and a raindraw with powerful India.

Pre-tournament the Black Caps were priced between 13/1 and 10/1 to win the World Cup for the first time.

With yet another South African World Cup campaign having crashed, the Black Caps have risen to fourth favourites at odds between 6/1 and 9/2 after holding the West Indies at bay.

New Zealand’s TAB has England and India as joint favourites ($3), Australia third ($3.50) and the Black Caps fourth at ($6.50).

Former England captain Michael Vaughan was reaching for the superlatives after Kane Wil-

liamson’s big century against the West Indies, following his century against South Africa.

“Kane Williamson is a genius…!!”, he tweeted, adding: “His last 2 one day innings are right up there with the best.”

The Guardian’s Tanya Aldred described Kane Williamson as the “small bearded man in anonymous black embroidered together an innings of quiet genius”.

The Times noted that “several New Zealand players, including their captain Kane Williamson, who himself scored a brilliant century, went to console” Windies batting hero Carlos Braithwaite, after his amazing blast for glory fell just short.

Cricket writer Simon Wilde, said of Williamson: “In a tournament in which the cream is rising to the top, he is fit to live with the best.”

The semi-finals await – a win over Pakistan on Wednesday will confirm it beyond any doubt – and with Kane Williamson, averaging 186.5 at the Cup, in sensational touch, surely anything is possible.

Shaun Johnson admits the Kiwis had a point to prove and they buried some demons in a big way in their clash with Tonga.

The ghosts of the 2017 World Cup were all around before kickoff, where a rapturous crowd welcomed their Tongan heroes.

The contest wasn’t as close as most would have wanted, but was still a wonderful occasion, thanks to Tonga’s magnificent fans.

The vast majority of the 23,624 in attendance were behind the men in red, but New Zealand gradually took them out of the game with a controlled performance. There was to be no repeat of Hamilton two years ago, where the Pacific team overturned a large deficit to finish over the top of a shocked Kiwis side.

Johnson, who scored two tries in the 34-14 win on Saturday night, admitted there was a lot at stake.

“I was really nervous about playing this game because I have still got memories of what happened in the World Cup,” said Johnson.

“It wasn’t a grudge match but in my mind we needed this.

“This was a big game.”

Johnson copped a lot of the blame for the limp Cup effort two years ago but has been a key part of the revival, with wins at Mt Smart over the Kangaroos and Tonga.

“Thinking back to 2017 and what a lot of us had to go through and how disappointed a lot of us were, people will never understand what was going on behind the scenes and how we felt after we let our nation down.

“We copped a lot, and deservedly too, so to be a part of trying to put this jersey in a better place since then and having the leadership from Madge [coach Michael Maguire], Dallin [Watene Zelezniak] and the senior players really driving that is pretty special.”

Despite not having played together for seven years, Marshall and Johnson clicked superbly.

“You have got two experienced halves out there and I am not that boy any more. We were feeding off each other, with Roger hanging around and Brandon Smith doing his thing in the middle.”

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Swiss Miss claims Cup

Successful jumps debut

Under-rated mare Lil Miss Swiss produced a devastating late burst to snatch victory in Saturday’s feature flat race at Riccarton, the Greenwood Amberley Cup (1600m).

Dropped out to a clear last in a strung-out field by apprentice rider Tanya Jonker, the Rip Van Winkle five-year-old looked a forlorn hope when still spotting the leaders a conservative ten lengths at the 800m mark.

Set alight by Jonker down the outside rail in the home straight, Lil Miss Swiss claimed the lead in the final bound as she denied evergreen galloper Scapolo a fairy tale conclusion in his 78th and final start, as she snatched the victory by a short head.

Co-trainer Kelvin Tyler, who prepares Lil Miss Swiss with daughter Aimee at the venue, advised the team has bigger things in store for their charge later in the winter.

“That is the only way to ride her, drop her out and come around them,” Tyler said.

“Tanya knows her well although I did think it might be a bit short for her (Lil Miss Swiss) today and maybe not quite wet enough.

“I know she is well as she has been working the track down and she is in a good place.

“We don’t have a lot of races down here for these staying types, so possibly we will take

Former New Zealand Cup winner Gobstopper revealed a new string to his bow when he made a successful debut over fences at Te Aroha yesterday.

The Andrew Campbell-trained galloper had carved out a handy career on the flat with his Group Three victory in the 2018 New Zealand Cup (3200m) the major highlight of his six wins before yesterday’s contest.

Some indifferent form since that New Zealand Cup triumph saw Campbell trial Gobstopper over fences to sharpen him up but he was reluctant to commit to a hurdle start until following the advice of jumps rider Emily Farr.

Gobstopper responded with a polished display for Farr in the maiden 3100m event, jumping fluently on the pace throughout.

Farr sent Gobstopper to the lead at the 600m where he established a winning break on his rivals and although he made a mess of the last fence, he cruised home by a widening 13 lengths at the finish.

“I know him inside and out as I ride him every day,” Farr said.

“They (his owners) were ‘we don’t want to jump him, but we should jump him’ but I was like he jumps that good he will look after me.

“Coming to the last I knew I was on the wrong leg but I thought if I sit still, he will bunny hop it and he did.

“He doesn’t have the speed like he used to and he likes to sit and do his own thing so you can’t tell him what to do, you just have to sit there and ask him nicely.

“As an older horse this gives him something different and with the speed he has, all you need to do is concentrate on jumping the fences.”

Campbell cut a relieved figure as his charge returned to the winner’s enclosure, admitting his heart was in his mouth at the last fence.

“I was worried the whole way as jumping is not my favourite game,” Campbell said. “My heart was in my mouth at the last but it’s good when they win though.”

Tanya Jonker gets Lil Miss Swiss up in the very last stride at Riccarton on Saturday. her north for the Parliamentary Handicap (Trentham, July 13) next.”

The victory was the sixth in a 38-start career for Lil Miss Swiss who had also taken out the Listed Riverton Cup earlier in the year.

Class performer Scapolo tried

hard to claim his 21st career victory after trainer Kevin Myers advised the race would be the last in a wonderful career that commenced back in 2011 when placed in a Listed juvenile event at his raceday debut.

The Bachelor Duke nine-year-

old proved a model of consistency throughout his career which saw him claim victory at stakes level on four occasions while also registering 14 stakes placings including finishing third in the 2016 Haunui Farm Group One WFA Classic (1600m).

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Valante defies all the challengers A gutsy front-running effort saw tough as teak gelding Valante defy his rivals to run him down in the Orora Kiwi Packaging Kiwifruit Cup (2100m) at Tauranga.

The Graeme Lord-trained seven-year-old was niggled at in front throughout the entire

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2100m journey but refused to lie down as he fought off the late challenges of The Kipling Girl and Redcayenne to take out the major spoils in the event.

Almost hoarse after cheering home his charge, Lord admitted the stars had aligned for a race

he had been targeting for some time.

“The puggy track was what he had been waiting for all winter,” Lord said.

“This was one of the races I had been setting him for and when we went to Ruakaka last week

it was a bit of a bonus running third. If he had of won, we knew he would still be getting into this on the minimum (weight).

“He won at Waipa a year ago on a puggy track and to have 53kgs on his back today was a bonus.

He’s one tough boy and I’m rapt.”

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway

2 11728 Billy’s Bake nwtd..........................A Turnwald 3 82512 Bigtime Diesel nwtd............................L Cole 4 13281 Big Time Rhino nwtd...........................L Cole 5 463F6 Arm Turner nwtd.........................J McInerney 6 13678 Archie’s Ranger nwtd J M................ McCook 35758 Toki Girl 26.45............................... D Denbee 1 1.10pm (NZT) KNOW CLASS AT STUD C0 C0, 410m 7 8 47435 Bigtime Rosie 26.24 G &......... S Fredrickson 1 34386 Blazing Diamond nwtd...................B Mitchell 9 87634 Secret Babe nwtd.........................J T Pruden 2 3 Thrilling Roar nwtd........................... K Walsh 3 4842 Big Time Rose nwtd............................L Cole 4 2.00pm SPEED LEGEND AT STUD C2 C2, 457m 4 754 Big Time Lebron nwtd.........................L Cole 1 2238x Tuff Knight 26.78............................B Mitchell 5 34424 Big Time Dusty nwtd...........................L Cole 2 64641 Gunnar Blueblood 26.34............J McInerney 6 8T22 Bigtime Daisy nwtd.............................L Cole 3 54475 Funky Facts nwtd G &............. S Fredrickson 7 34646 Haze Adams nwtd J M..................... McCook 4 24127 Bigtime Benji 26.56.............................L Cole 8 47271 Tap Out Reg nwtd........................A Turnwald 5 63611 Bigtime Forest 25.97...........................L Cole 9 8 Spring Fox nwtd D &...................J MacAuley 6 71528 Thrilling Stan nwtd.............................D Edlin 10 5787 Big Time Prickle nwtd..........................L Cole 7 1111 Big Time Seth 26.18............................L Cole 8 54143 Tuff Treasure nwtd..........................B Mitchell 2 1.25pm DREAM COLLECTOR AT STUD C1, 457m 9 25435 Plan Stan nwtd................................ L Pearce 1 16678 Big Time Rusty nwtd...........................L Cole 10 66278 Bigtime Lonestar 27.28 G &.... S Fredrickson 2 55654 Slam It 26.64..............................J McInerney 3 31444 Tuff Mr. Tee 26.55...........................B Mitchell 5 2.17pm BUDDY BROKE AT STUD C3/C4 C3/4, 410m 4 55833 Valyrian Steel nwtd....................J McInerney 1 54372 Millie Prince 23.29 J &.........................D Bell 5 74311 Zipping Romeo nwtd....................A Turnwald 2 78662 Bigtime Banjo 23.58............................L Cole 6 55x43 Bigtime Sandy 26.15 G &........ S Fredrickson 3 21267 Bigtime Bee 23.63...............................L Cole 7 67447 Pick A Pascal nwtd G &.......... S Fredrickson 4 72531 Little Scamp 23.65........................ D Denbee 8 84657 Jay Grim nwtd..............................J T Pruden 5 64673 Bigtime Jetty 23.62.............................L Cole 9 87634 Secret Babe nwtd.........................J T Pruden 6 74145 Cawbourne Moss 23.75................M Roberts 7 47245 Bigtime Kiss 23.33..............................L Cole 3 1.42pm AMERICAN WARRIOR AT STUD C1, 457m 8 34114 Eye Far 23.50.....................................M Flipp 1 24384 Double That nwtd G &............. S Fredrickson 9 47836 Goldstar Liberty nwtd J M................ McCook

10 35737 Bigtime Molly nwtd..............................L Cole 6 2.41pm THRILLING BORIS AT STUD C1 C1, 410m 1 22133 Here’s Hemi nwtd.......................J McInerney 2 51652 Big Time Marlisa 23.78.......................L Cole 3 63431 Bigtime Silver 24.47............................L Cole 4 73425 Judge Me Jackie nwtd..................... L Pearce 5 61231 Big Time Dynasty nwtd.......................L Cole 6 6135 Big Time Clare nwtd............................L Cole 7 18685 Kirkham Coby 23.52........................C Morris 8 22223 Big Time Tina nwtd..............................L Cole 9 54746 Three Amigos 23.65 J &......................D Bell 10 77565 Kirkham Webby nwtd.......................C Morris 7 3.02pm ALLEGRO GUN AT STUD C2 C2, 410m 1 54321 Bigtime Otis 24.63...............................L Cole 2 47214 Choice Lass 24.17...........................C Morris 3 81232 Naharis nwtd......................................D Edlin 4 316x7 Lucha nwtd.........................................D Edlin 5 63363 Blue Precision nwtd.........................C Morris 6 41137 Magic Flynn 23.38...............................L Cole 7 46124 Cawbourne Foxy 23.39....................C Morris 8 34314 Shaw Winner nwtd J M.................... McCook 9 74331 Bigtime Jasmine 23.92........................L Cole 10 44742 Bigtime Lizzy 23.43.............................L Cole 8 3.24pm KILCHURN AT STUD C3 C3, 410m 1 25454 Limpy Jackson 23.91 J &.....................D Bell 2 18215 Idol Duke 23.99..................................M Flipp 3 86651 Thomas William nwtd.................... D Denbee 4 53252 Go Ash nwtd......................................M Flipp

5 38676 Sub Eighteen 23.82............................L Cole 6 27311 Bigtime Puma 23.57............................L Cole 7 12136 Bigtime Shadow 23.09........................L Cole 8 22543 Awesome Quality 23.24......................L Cole 9 72483 Billy Bright nwtd..........................P Ferguson 10 584x4 Five Eyes nwtd.............................. D Denbee 9 3.49pm TOTAL BODYSHOP SUPPLIES N/I CHALLENGE STAKES HT C5q, 457m 1 26722 Thrilling Billy nwtd.......................P Ferguson 2 52262 Blazin’ Carter 25.95............................L Cole 3 31333 Bigtime Levi 25.75..............................L Cole 4 31517 Bigtime Acacia 26.09..........................L Cole 5 31826 Thrilling Vice 26.53.......................... K Walsh 6 52863 Shaw Lee nwtd J M.......................... McCook 7 28321 Emgrand Park nwtd......................A Turnwald 8 77343 Cawbourne Liz nwtd.....................M Roberts 9 55186 Bigtime Chris 26.27 G &......... S Fredrickson 10 55235 Gazza’s Girl nwtd G &............. S Fredrickson 10 4.07pm TOTAL BODYSHOP SUPPLIES N/I CHALLENGE STAKES HT C5q, 457m 1 27365 Ask King Jeff 25.78.............................L Cole 2 11337 Robson 25.78..............................P Ferguson 3 68168 Turanza’s Terror 25.98..................A Turnwald 4 33468 Fare Dodger 26.03........................M Goodier 5 67311 Bigtime Bruno 26.35...........................L Cole 6 21385 Bigtime Caleb 25.99............................L Cole 7 83211 Bigtime Archie 26.36...........................L Cole 8 25127 Dynamite Danger nwtd G &.... S Fredrickson 9 52112 Dyna Varsity nwtd.........................C Roberts

10 25454 Limpy Jackson nwtd J &.......................D Bell 11 4.27pm TOTAL BODYSHOP SUPPLIES N/I CHALLENGE STAKES HT C5q, 457m 1 17666 Bigtime Tank 26.37..............................L Cole 2 21225 Thrilling Amigo 25.84....................... K Walsh 3 83117 Bigtime Rocco 26.05...........................L Cole 4 75461 All Black Star 26.10........................ M Gowan 5 16113 Bigtime Cooper 25.77.........................L Cole 6 48418 Damaging Lomar nwtd.......................B Craik 7 62846 Fusion Cronulla 25.81..................A Turnwald 8 33821 Trojan Hoarse 25.99............................L Cole Emergencies: 9 55235 Gazza’s Girl nwtd G &............. S Fredrickson 10 55186 Bigtime Chris 26.27 G &......... S Fredrickson 12 4.51pm TOTAL BODYSHOP SUPPLIES N/I CHALLENGE STAKES HT C5q, 457m 1 31123 Bigtime Brody nwtd.............................L Cole 2 3326F Keysile nwtd................................P Ferguson 3 55424 Arden Emgrand 26.07..................A Turnwald 4 12315 Bigtime Rod 26.04..............................L Cole 5 11423 Thrilling Talk 25.79........................... K Walsh 6 27724 Big League Diva 25.95 G &.... S Fredrickson 7 51878 Bigtime Mia 25.95...............................L Cole 8 57821 Bigtime Annie 26.24............................L Cole 9 25454 Limpy Jackson nwtd J &.......................D Bell 10 52112 Dyna Varsity nwtd.........................C Roberts LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Adams’ new facility Plans for a basketball training facility linked to NBA star Steven Adams have been revealed and include a gym, courts and apartments.

The NBA star, who was ranked as the world’s 78th highest paid athlete this year, is believed to have bought a $6 million former trampoline park in the Wellington suburb of Ngauranga.

The building has two floors and is proposed to cover a total floor area of 1884sq m once renovations were completed.

Documents showed the work was estimated to cost $1m.

The architectural plans also said windows would have toughened glass to allow for “possible ball impact”.

The ground floor has plans for a 698sq m training area and changing amenities, as well as a weight-training and fitness space.

Adams has previously held basketball camps across the country, with a mission to “help young people succeed in education and basketball”.

Adams declined to comment when the Herald asked the star’s agent about the facility – but figures in the basketball scene said an extra basketball training facility in the capital was a good thing.

Wellington Saints owner Nick Mills said a high-performance setup would be “magnificent”.

Mills said the impact Adams had on the game had been massive.

Brad Edwards, general manager of Community Basketball, said the growth in participation and interest in basketball meant they were

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Edwards said undoubtedly players like Adams drew attention and interest to the game in New Zealand.

“Access and cost are probably the biggest barriers to people playing.

Motivation to play is one thing, but you also need the opportunity to play.”

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“While he won’t be participating this year with the national team, his agent said Adams’ “plan is to evaluate the opportunity to play in the 2020 Olympics following the upcoming NBA season”.

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Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Playfulness is the state of being that brings about the best results, if you can manage to get there. In today’s case, the journey to playfulness will start with handling the source of stress and discomfort.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): At this early stage in the game, it would be a waste to worry about whether or not the plan is working. It’s too soon to tell. Press on with small efforts in one direction. Results will be cumulative.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): When wrong things happen (accepting that wrong things will happen helps you keep your cool when they do), the effects will be counteracted by all that’s gone right.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Head for the exciting places.

They’re less work. When you’re in an exciting environment, you don’t have to search for the good stuff. Everywhere you look, there’s a fresh invitation to savor and enjoy.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Routines induce trances. This is the mind’s way of conserving energy.

Something will startle you from your trance this afternoon, and you’ll realise that the routine must change.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): What you’re thinking and feeling isn’t good, bad, wrong or right. But if it’s going to add up to a certain result, it’s got to be organised. Invest in tools that help you track and organise your inner experience.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Thinking isn’t straightforward.

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SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): What you experience with your eyes open is very different from an eyes-closed experience. Figuratively speaking, the diffused light of a foggy middle ground will bring a touch of magic to the day.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You wouldn’t think you’d need an interpreter to clarify communication with yourself, but such a liaison will help immensely with what bothers you. Call on the best listener you know.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): The right strategy for getting what you want will be to repeat.

You know better than to switch tracts when everything is going so well. Stay consistent.

Do what worked last time.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): What helps to calm you down is a sense of knowing. Note that believing and knowing are not the same thing. Belief is a decision. When you know, you don’t have to decide.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): In your search for truth and beauty, separate the content from the form. Separate the intent from the actuality.

Separate the tone from the vocabulary.

Deconstruction will be constructive.

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Emma’s eight in the final

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Watters Cup race wide open Celtic captain Angus Lindsay offloads the ball during his side’s 33-26 win over Hampstead on Saturday, which ensured his side still had a shot at being there at the business end to defend their Watters Cup crown. But the big talking point from the latest round of the Mid Canterbury Rugby competition was the result between of the game between Rakaia and Southern at Mayfield.

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Huge payout for departing coach

By Michael Burgess The departure of Fritz Schmid is likely to have cost New Zealand Football up to $100,000.

The Swiss coach, who announced his resignation on Friday, was on a contract through to the end of this World Cup cycle.

That would have been June 2022, had the All Whites qualified for the Qatar World Cup, or November 2021, had they dipped out in the intercontinental playoffs, as they did in the last two cycles.

That meant Schmid, who was appointed in February last year, had at least two-and-a-half years to run on his contract.

But it’s unlikely he would have received a full payout of his contractual term.

The Herald on Sunday understands the most probable scenario was a severance payment equivalent to between six and 12 months of Schmid’s salary.

NZF chief executive Andrew Pragnell said he couldn’t discuss details relating to the 59-yearold’s resignation, as it was a “private employment matter”.

Pragnell also maintained Schmid’s decision to move on was his alone but it’s believed there had been ongoing tension between the coach and NZF technical director Andy Boyens over

plans and priorities.

Whatever happened, Schmid’s departure before the end of his term wasn’t entirely unexpected.

The appointment of the Swiss coach had been the final piece of former chief executive Andy Martin’s puzzle but it wasn’t so much a jigsaw as a Jenga tower.

Once Martin and former technical director Andreas Heraf departed, Schmid was left without a mandate.

His greatest allies were gone, especially Heraf, who had been determined to find a coach with a Fifa Pro Licence, seemingly at the expense of everything else, including local knowledge.

It’s hard not to feel some sympathy for Schmid.

He was sold a rainbow-tinted vision by Heraf that was never likely to be reality, especially with the state of NZF’s finances.

The national body was also in turmoil when he arrived and his tenure has seen three presidents at the helm of NZF. With the board in a constant state of flux, it wasn’t the time for bold new ventures and programmes, which is partly why the All Whites have been put on hold since last June.

Such inactivity was never going to suit Schmid, who must have asked why he was sitting in New

Zealand, thousands of kilometres from his family in Europe, as coach of a team that never played.

The situation gives NZF a chance to start afresh and put things in place for the next World Cup cycle and beyond.

Various contenders have already been suggested but NZF must take their time. They rushed the appointment process last time, when it was obvious the All Whites wouldn’t need a coach in the first half of this World Cup cycle. And after the experiments with Anthony Hudson and Schmid, it’s likely NZF will lean towards a candidate with coaching experience in this country.

Adams planning new Wellington basketball facility

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