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By Susan Sandys

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Thousands of Mid Cantabrians reflected on the sacrifices made by their fellow New Zealanders in war at Anzac services across the district yesterday.

On a chilly overcast morning around the Cenotaph in Baring Square West, framed by tall trees showing their autumn colours, about 2000 gathered for the Ashburton civic service and wreath laying.

A parade of veterans, soldiers and men, women and children from service organisations was led into the square by local pipers.

Loud canon blasts echoed across the

Young and old gathered to remember the fallen at Anzac Day services yesterday and they included 1940s veterans Alex Thomson (seated left), who served in Palestine and Bernie Wallington (seated right) who served in Malaya.

PHOTO SUSAN SANDYS 250419-SS-0027 town at the start of the service at 11am, followed by the laying of wreaths and religious verse from Salvation Army Major Mike Allwright. Following speakers included Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon and Ashburton College’s head boy and girl.

Ashburton RSA president Merv Brenton spoke of the Anzac bond, remembering both servicemen and women not just in New Zealand, but also across

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the Tasman.

“That is why on Anzac Day we fly both the New Zealand and Australian national flags here at the Cenotaph.

“We were, and are still, one in defence of the South Pacific,” Brenton said.

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■■ ANZAC DAY

Veterans recall tragedy of war

By Susan Sandys

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War veterans Ossie Symons and Howie Barnes are generations apart, but they share a knowing of something as old as humanity itself and that is the tragedy of war.

The pair met for the first time on Anzac Day yesterday, following the civic service and wreath laying at the Cenotaph in Baring Square West.

Barnes was just 21 years old and living in his home country of England when he left to serve in Kuwait in the Gulf War in 1990 as a lieutenant with 65 soldiers under his command.

He had joined the British army at the age of 18, and looking back on his own feelings at that time, he could today imagine what it would have been like for the many Anzacs who went off to war in World War One and Two. “It was all ‘wow’, it was really, really exciting. And then you get there, and ‘oh, this is actually quite real’. The scale of it, everywhere you looked there was military vehicles and military aircraft flying overhead.”

He was in the transport unit supporting artillery, carrying shells and being close to the action as munitions were fired towards enemy lines.

“But thankfully there wasn’t much coming back,” Barnes said.

“Of the 65 guys in my troop, thankfully all of them returned.”

However, from the unit he had been a member of the year before, two of the soldiers died while serving in the Gulf War, from exploding munitions.

It had been a sad reality having to learn of their deaths later when reading the names of those lost in the war. Barnes went on to serve in Northern Ireland, Bosnia and Kosovo.

About 13 years ago he immigrated to New Zealand, where he is a guide for Adventure South and lives near Methven. For

There are generations between them, but veterans Ossie Symons and Howie Barnes have both survived the tragedies of war. PHOTO SUSAN SANDYS 250419-SS-0096 the first time at the Anzac Day civic ceremony in Ashburton yesterday, Barnes was the master of ceremonies.

“It’s a great honour standing up there in front of everyone and great to see so many people.”

To see fellow veterans was particularly special and among them was 100-year-old Ossie Symons. Symons’ son Dan introduced Barnes and his father to each other

after the service.

Symons has many a gruelling tale to tell of his experience as a field ambulance medical orderly during World War Two, which he has previously relayed to the Guardian.

While serving in Crete, aged 21, he was among about 240 sixth field ambulance members who one morning found themselves stormed from the skies by German-led paratroopers.

While each had their own slit trench, a narrow hole dug in the ground, they were unarmed and could barely hide from the soldiers dropping by parachute directly into their camp.

One of the trenches became a grave for a respected unit doctor, Major Plimmer.

Symons said Major Plimmer was a big man who probably stood up too slowly from his trench, bringing him to the attention of a gun-happy or easily spooked paratrooper, who may have thought he was armed.

“He was shot before he got out of the slitty.”

The paratroopers took the remainder of the unit members as prisoners and began to march them up a hill towards a small village.

“As we got up the hill a bit we came under fire from our own people. The paratroopers and our blokes fought it out over a period of hours.”

In the middle of a bloody battle, they could do nothing but lie flat on the ground.

“You dare not lift your head,” Symons said.

“It was very sweaty. That’s the part I remember most, was the sweat pouring off you.”

The Allies won but two or three fellow unit members were killed in the crossfire.

While Symon’s short experience as a prisoner of war was over, it was no time to relax.

As his unit evacuated on foot from Crete they had to move stealthily by night and lay low during the day with German aircraft flying overhead.

“If you moved in the daylight you moved like a rabbit when a hawk was about.”

One of Symon’s most harrowing war experiences was as a stretcher barer, particularly the job of taking fallen soldiers to their graves.

“You wrapped the poor bugger up in a blanket and buried him.”

Mid Canterbury remembers NZ’s fallen soldiers From P1 He read words penned by a senior Rakaia School pupil on Anzac Day in 1922, including the phrase “Brave New Zealanders have suffered and died for my freedom and safety, I feel grateful to them and to those who are still sacrificing and suffering so that I

shall live in peace and comfort.”

The service drew to a close to the melancholy and mournful notes of The Last Post.

Following the service Brenton said it was fantastic to see such good crowds turn out in Ashburton and he estimated about 1200 were at the dawn service, as well as hun-

dreds at the cemetery service, being “probably one of the biggest crowds we have had”.

Ashburton veterans, represented by those who either marched or attended services in the town, numbered about 25.

Armed police were visible at the services.

Master of ceremonies Howie Barnes said

following the civic ceremony that it had been particularly good to see so many turn out despite the climate of heightened fears following terrorist attacks.

“I think the significance is great for this community that we have all carried on as normal, we do this every year for a reason.”

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■■FISHING EXPEDITION

Fishing trip with Kiwi stars

By Linda Clarke

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Guardian motoring writer Roger Hart is a reluctant fisherman, but he jumped at the chance to hit the water off Whitianga recently with New Zealand’s first man and fishing show host Clarke Gayford.

The fishing expedition was part of a three-day Coromandel adventure organised by Holden NZ. Gayford led the fishing trip to the Aldermen Islands in one of three special boats chartered for the occasion; Hart found himself fishing alongside former All Black Mils Muliaina in one of the vessels.

Hart has been the Ashburton Guardian’s motoring writer for 20 years and said his name was drawn from a hat to be among the few journalists on the adventure to go fishing with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s partner Gayford, Muliaina and another All Black Stephen “Beaver” Donald.

He was lucky to have advance notice of the trip – it gave him time for a Fishing 101 with good friend Merv Gray. The pair practised casting and Hart was taught how to use the various reels he would need to land a prized kingfish.

So, dosed up with Sea Legs, Hart set out from Whitiangi for a fishing trip that would take him far out to sea. He didn’t disgrace himself.

“The first time I dropped the line over the side I ended up with three mackerel. I thought, how am I going to get them off?”

The mackerel were used as live bait to tempt the kingfish that would follow, though most of the fish they caught were “kissed” and put back, Hart said.

“My second one I thought my hook was attached to the bottom of the boat it was so tough.”

Hart said there were a lot of fishing stories told and the expedition finished with some of the filleted fish being used to create raw fish dishes when they returned to port.

He said he was able to chat freely with the Prime Minister’s partner, who runs his own television fishing show alongside caring for the couple’s daughter Neve.

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cussions and it was quite interesting with some of the places he has been.”

Donald had encouraged him to pair the fish meal with the local Waikato Draught, he said.

Gayford also posted the fastest time on a go-karting session at Hampton Downs when the motoring party returned to Auckland.

Hart said it was raining for the go-karting, but he still managed to finish mid-field in the wet conditions.

The adventure also included a chance to drive Holden’s newest four-wheel-drive vehicles.

Hart said a Coromandel farm provided some slippery ground for the vehicles to be put through their paces.

“It was certainly varied, interesting and had some great driving roads. And the fishing was a bonus!”

Fishing celebrities (from left) Mils Muliaina, chef Aaron, Clarke Gayford and Stephen “Beaver” Donald.

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The following opinion piece was first published in this month’s edition of Dairy Focus.

Craig Hickman is an Ashburton dairy farmer and Twitter enthusiast.

It’s not OK to be passive over hate I

’m not a naturally gregarious man, I don’t tend to go out of my way to meet people and nor do I tend to say much when I finally do.

I’m more likely to listen and to think than to speak up and join in. Combine this with a career where I live at my place of work, and work hours that don’t make me inclined to socialise anyway, and you’re in danger of cultivating a very narrow world view indeed. Watching the news and reading the paper keep you informed, but these events are viewed through a lens of your own making and you’re often blind to your own biases.

Nine years ago I was encouraged to stand in a board of trustees’ election and, having duly won a place at the table, took a seat on the board with my white, middle-class conservative views which, I’m the first to admit, were very simplistic. It’s fair to say I was a zero tolerance disciplinarian with little idea of the many

Craig Hickman different trials and tribulations faced by both teachers and students every day.

Nine years later, having being confronted regularly with realities I never knew existed because I’d never encountered them in my own world, I leave the school governance system with a much better understanding of the huge risks faced by our Maori, Pasifika and immigrant children and a deep, abiding respect for the teachers and staff committed to helping them. I’ve shared in some

great success stories too and all of these experiences have helped broaden my views and deepen my understanding of the world beyond my farm gate.

So too with Twitter, the micro-blogging social media platform I joined five years ago.

Twitter has exposed me to a massively diverse range of views that had never even occurred to me on topics that I thought I was pretty well informed on. Reader, I was not well informed.

A couple of years ago I wrote a terribly racist tweet that I thought was funny; the only redeeming thing I can say about it is it came from a place of ignorance rather than spite. Some people blocked me, some people unfollowed me, many people called me out and a few took the time and energy to explain to me where I’d gone wrong. An African American lady patiently, but with barely concealed anger, gave me a history lesson and explained why my casual, throwaway tweet could

cause so much pain. A friend chastised me privately online until I finally understood the perspective of the people I’d affected.

It’s now a little over a month since the terror attack in Christchurch. I didn’t tweet that day or the next, the outpouring of grief and rage on Twitter was too much for me and I’m not given to expressing these sentiments publicly. There were also a lot of very bad opinions floating about and I didn’t have the energy or inclination to engage with them.

I still haven’t tweeted about the attacks because there are plenty of white men pushing 50 telling people what they think, another one wasn’t really needed.

A friend of mine who is an agricultural contractor shared with me an encounter he had on the day of the shooting. He turned up to a farm and was greeted by the farmer and the farmer’s daughter and it was only natural that talk turned to the tragic events unfolding in Christchurch.

“What do you think?” my friend asked as he set to work.

“Well,” replied the farmer, “that’s what’s going to happen if we let Muslims in.”

My friend was horrified and asked the farmer if he truly meant what he’d just said. When he said he did, my friend told him where he could stick his job, then packed up his gear and left.

I admire him for that and only hope I have the courage of my convictions if ever faced with the same situation.

It’s easy to call people out on Twitter, it’s safe and it has its place, but it’s much harder to do it in person. I’m not suggesting we start telling off random members of the public on the street, but I’d like to think Christchurch has taught us it’s not okay to sit idly by and let people spew their hate or hurt others with their callous, ignorant remarks.

Choose your battles, but call it out when you can. I know I will be.

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Prince to meet with attack victims NZME Prince William has arrived in Christchurch to pay the royal family’s respects to the victims of the March 15 mosque shootings.

William, the Duke of Cambridge, flew in from Auckland, where, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, he attended the 11am Anzac Day Civic Service at the Auckland War Memorial at the domain.

He laid a wreath on behalf of his grandmother the Queen but did not address the crowd.

Security was tight at the domain: armed police guarded the approaches to the service and security staff stood, backs to the prince, scanning the crowd in all directions.

Some who attended yesterday morning’s dawn service at the domain stayed on to see the prince.

Audrey Tolua, who is visiting from Napier with her niece and nephew, toured the Auckland War Memorial Museum after the early service and decided to stay.

Remuera West Scouts John and Daniel Hayes, who had marched with other scouts at the 9am Anzac service in Newmarket, secured prime spots on the museum steps to watch the royal visit.

“We came to see Prince William and Jacinda Ardern,” said John, 15.

In Christchurch, the prince will meet survivors of the mosque terror attacks and their families.

Buckingham Palace said of his visit: “The duke will meet with those affected by the attack and will pay tribute to the extraordinary compassion and solidarity that the people of New Zealand have displayed in recent weeks.”

Symbolising love and connection Ashburton Art Gallery personnel (from left) Nicole Bourke, volunteer Martine Tait, Shirin Khosraviani, Alex Armstrong and Sarah Davidson are thrilled that a symbolic paper chain project is taking off.

“As our country comes to terms with the mosque shootings of 15 March, we have seen the overflowing love and fellowship shown through individual and collective actions bringing our communities together,” Davidson said.

They are inviting every visitor and community group to decorate paper chain links provided by the gallery by May 4, to create the large paper chain which will represent connection and encourage reflection on what makes us stronger.

The chain will be displayed on the prime exhibition space of the foyer wall for several months and more links will be able to be added throughout this time.

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Race death a tragic accident A police and WorkSafe investigation into the death of a motorcyclist at the Mountain Thunder street race in Methven two years ago found it was accidental.

Chief Coroner Deborah Marshall said she accepted the findings of both investigations and that the death of Ruaraidh Mor McLeod had been a tragic accident.

McLeod, 25, was a carpenter living at Governors Bay and taking part in his first road circuit race when he crashed into a barrier after losing control at a corner.

The annual Mountain Thunder event had been organised by the Methven Lions Club for nine years previously and the race was held on a closed circuit that had hay bales at the corners to act as a

primary crash barrier.

The crash was investigated by government regulator WorkSafe and the police serious crash unit, who obtained film footage of the crash from a spectator.

McLeod’s motorcycle was found to be in sound mechanical condition. A police investigator concluded he braked heavily for the turn, locking the rear wheel

up. He lost control as he tried to correct, hitting the barrier at about 57km/h. He somersaulted from the bike on to the footpath behind the safety barrier and suffered impact injuries to the head.

McLeod had been racing motorcycles on tracks for 18 months, but was not experienced on road surfaces.

WorkSafe looked at the safety

features of the track, including the use of hay bales as safety barriers and found that there had been no breach of health and safety legislation.

The coroner said she accepted the conclusions of the two investigations. “Mr McLeod’s death was a tragic accident.”

The club has not held a street race since the fatality.

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Mosque survivor stands with Kiwis Christchurch mosque shooting survivor Mustafa Boztas, 21, attended the Anzac Day dawn service yesterday morning after being discharged from hospital earlier this week.

Boztas, who moved to New Zealand from Turkey 10 years ago, said he wanted to show solidarity and stand with other Kiwis

as one. “I’m from Turkey and this is my 10th year coming to Anzac Day. “I came to show my support, and respect and honour our granddads, fathers and sons.”

He says he didn’t feel like he was in danger.

“I knew it was safe to be here.”

Prince William was in

Christchurch yesterday.

“I’m looking forward to meeting Prince William and the Prime Minister. It’s good to see him support us,” Boztas said.

Boztas was shot in the leg at the Al Noor Mosque.

Thousands gathered in central Christchurch for an especially poignant dawn service just five

weeks after New Zealand’s worst ever terror attack in the city.

Security around Cranmer Square near Hagley Park was tight with more than 30 armed police and roads blocked off.

Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel said the “recent atrocity perpetrated on our city” has given everyone cause to pause and

reflect.

Dalziel said it was extraordinary that Turkey today lets Kiwis and Australia visit the old Anzac battleground every year which is now a memorial to peace.

Three flags hung limp in the calm morning air by the cenotaph: New Zealand, Australia and Turkey.

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Swinging stoush NZME The official world record holder for the longest marathon on a swing says a Napier teen’s consistent rest breaks will likely invalidate his world record claim.

But Charlie O’Brien says the methods that helped him clock up a total of 33 hours and 11 minutes on a park swing in Taradale Park last Thursday were both sensible and legal.

The back-and-forth is the latest development in a saga that has gone up and down for O’Brien since he sat on the swing and pendulumed himself into Hawke’s Bay legend.

Video footage, log books and

statements all need to be assessed before O’Brien can take the title, but current world record holder Aimee Pivott, from Pukekohe, says he won’t.

Pivott swung for 32 hours two minutes and three seconds in October 2013.

The mum-of-two beat an existing record of 31 hours, set by a Canadian in 2008, and she says she had to do it the hard way.

“At this stage he has not broken the record by an hour,” she said.

Pivott was raising money with her swingathon for a liberty wheelchair swing in Pukekohe.

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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Britain’s Prince William arrive to lay a wreath during an Anzac Day service in Auckland yesterday.

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Anzac ticked off the bucket list

By Simon Collins NZME

A 91-year-old New Plymouth veteran made a special trip to Auckland’s Anzac Day service yesterday to tick off an item on his “bucket list” while he’s still well enough.

Clive Jones, who served as an Air Force air frame mechanic from 1949 to 1966, grew up in Mt Roskill and remembers attending Anzac Day services at the Auckland War Memorial Museum as a child.

“I’m not well, to be honest,” he said in his wheelchair outside the museum yesterday.

“I’ve got a collapsed lung, I’ve got two artificial hips. It was just a thing I wanted to see, that’s all.

“It was a bucket-list thing. I haven’t been very well. I’ve been in

hospital twice recently.”

He remembers looking up a relative who was killed in World War One when he visited the museum after an Anzac Day service as an 11-year-old.

He said the service had not changed much despite the use of big screens and other technology.

“It’s probably a bigger crowd,” was all he would concede.

Born in 1927, Jones was too young to serve in World War Two, but his two older brothers and three brothers-in-law all fought.

“I tried for the navy when I was 16 at Otahuhu College. They wouldn’t take me,” he said.

When he eventually joined the air force, he helped to service the Harvard aircraft that took part in a

fly-past while the crowd sang the national anthem at yesterday’s service.

He was one of the military personnel who were ordered to load and unload ships on the Auckland wharves during the 1951 waterfront dispute, ferried in from the Chelsea sugar refinery wearing work clothes over their uniforms.

After he left the air force he worked as a carpenter in Blenheim, Taranaki and Waiouru.

Son Garry Jones, an Aucklander who brought his dad to the service yesterday, said it was well worth it.

“We normally do it at St Heliers but that was cancelled so we came here, and particularly with Prince William being here that adds a little bit more to it,” he said.

The frontman of Kiwi band dDub, Derek Browne, has died after a short battle with cancer.

An obituary published in the New Zealand Herald said Browne passed away on April 23, leaving behind wife Veronica Herber.

“Dearly loved husband and soulmate of Veronica and dearly loved stepdad and mate of Sevy and Kris,” the obituary said.

“Much loved and cherished beautiful son of Judy and the late Michael.”

Browne was first diagnosed with prostate cancer in November last year after he suddenly became ill with lower back pain and fatigue.

Just months prior he had been fit and able to climb trees in his work as an arborist.

Browne founded dDub and for 15 years the band toured the country, playing more than 56 gigs in a single year alone.

He was the lead singer and guitarist of the band which released one tour EP, two albums and several singles.

Browne is to be farewelled today at a service in Piha Domain.

After a short battle with cancer, dDub frontman, Derek Browne, has died.

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Anusha Kumari (centre), weeps during a mass burial for her husband, two children and other relatives, all victims of Easter Sunday’s bomb attacks, in Negombo, Sri Lanka. In an instant, Kumari, 43, was left childless and a widow.

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Woman a childless widow after bombings

By Emily Schmall AP

Before the undertakers could move in, Anusha Kumari wrested herself away from her sisters and flung herself on the three coffins, wailing.

In an instant, she was left childless and a widow when suicide bombers attacked churches and luxury hotels in and near Sri Lanka’s capital of Colombo.

The toll was highest at St Sebastian’s Church in Negombo.

Of the more than 350 people killed by the suicide bombings that the government blamed on Muslim extremists, about a third of them died at the church in the seaside fishing town while attending Easter Mass.

And perhaps no-one lost more relatives than 43-year-old Kumari, whose daughter, son, husband, sister-in-law and two nieces were killed.

They were buried three days later near

the church on vacant land that has quickly become a cemetery for the victims.

Kumari, who was injured from the blast, left the hospital to bury her family. Afterward, she reclined in a cane chair at her home, hooked up to an IV dangling from an open window. Gauze bandages covered the bridge of her nose and her right eye.

There was still shrapnel in her face.

A photo of her children was on the wall, while on the shelf were small statues of Jesus, Mary and St Sebastian, an early Christian martyr riddled with wounds from Roman arrows.

She could see her son’s drum kit on the upstairs landing, a gift from his father after doing well on exams and a school portrait of her daughter. All day, relatives, neighbours and nuns wandered in and out of the large house, offering food, consolation and prayer.

“You won’t believe it, but I had the perfect family,” Kumari said. “In 24 years of

marriage, my husband and I never argued.

All four of us slept in the same room. Now I have lost everything.”

Tears mixed with blood from her bandaged right eye.

“All these people, they have their own families. They’ll go home and I’ll be alone,” she said.

During the funeral at the makeshift cemetery near St Sebastian’s, where mourners had to pass through security checks, a military drone buzzed overhead as the Rev. Niroshan Perera led prayers for the dead.

Perera, who grew up with Kumari’s husband, Dulip Appuhami, and his siblings, recalled going as a boy with his friends and family to the church’s well, where the faithful believed the water could cure them of diseases.

When the funeral ended, Perera encouraged everyone to go home quickly, fearing another attack.

Five-year-old found buried in shallow grave Authorities searching for a missing fiveyear-old Illinois boy who had lived in deplorable conditions dug up his body yesterday and charged his parents with murder, sadly declaring that the youngster would “no longer have to suffer”.

The body, believed to be that of Andrew “AJ” Freund, was covered in plastic and buried in a shallow grave in a rural area of Woodstock in McHenry County, Crystal Lake police chief James Black said.

Black said investigators went to the site after they interviewed the boy’s parents overnight and presented them with cellphone evidence. Woodstock is about 80km north-west of Chicago and a few miles from the family’s home in Crystal Lake.

“This is not the outcome that we want to talk about ... but it is the unfortunate result,” said Jeffrey Sallet, who runs the FBI in northern Illinois.

The parents, Andrew Freund Sr and JoAnn Cunningham, each face charges of

JoAnn Cunningham and her husband, Andrew Freund Sr. PHOTO AP first-degree murder and other crimes.

The couple reported AJ missing last Thursday, telling officers they had last seen him at bedtime the previous night.

Freund told a dispatcher that they’d checked “closets, the basement, the garage, everywhere”, but investigators quickly knocked down the possibility of a kidnapping.

Speaking to reporters, Black had a message for AJ’s relatives: “It is my hope that you may have some solace in knowing that AJ is no longer suffering and his killers have been brought to justice.”

Crystal Lake police had visited the house over the years, according to records released by the department. One report described the home as littered with dog faeces and urine, including a child’s bedroom where the “smell of faeces was overwhelming”. Another report said the house was “cluttered, dirty and in disrepair”, and sometimes without electricity.

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, known as DCFS, had contact with the family since AJ was born with opiates in his body in 2013. The Northwest Herald said he was in foster care for two years before being returned to his parents.

A younger brother was removed from the home last week.

Black said the cause of AJ’s death remains under investigation.

Racist murderer executed AP An avowed racist who orchestrated one of the most gruesome hate crimes in US history was executed yesterday in Texas for the dragging death of a black man.

John William King, who was white, received lethal injection for the slaying nearly 21 years ago of James Byrd Jr, who was chained to the back of a truck and dragged for nearly 5km along a secluded road in the piney woods outside Jasper, Texas. The 49-year-old Byrd was alive for at least 3km before his body was ripped to pieces in the early morning hours of June 7, 1998.

Prosecutors said Byrd was targeted because he was black. King was openly racist and had offensive tattoos on his body, including one of a black man with a noose around his neck hanging from a tree, according to authorities.

King, 44, was put to death at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. He was the fourth inmate executed this year in the US and the third in Texas, the nation’s busiest capital punishment state.

King kept his eyes closed as witnesses arrived in the death chamber and never turned his head toward relatives of his victim. Asked by warden Bill Lewis if he had a final statement, King replied: “No.” Within seconds, the lethal dose of the sedative pentobarbital began taking effect. He took a few barely audible breaths and had no other movement. He was pronounced dead 12 minutes after the injection.

In a statement released after his execution, King said: “Capital punishment: them without the capital get the punishment.”

Byrd’s sister, Clara Taylor, who watched King die, said he “showed no remorse then and showed no remorse tonight”.

“The execution for his crime was just punishment,” she said. “I felt nothing – no sense of relief, no sense of happy this is over with.”

As witnesses emerged from the prison, about two dozen people standing down the street began to cheer.

The killing of Byrd was a hate crime that put a national spotlight on Jasper, a town of about 7600 residents near the Texas-Louisiana border that was branded with a racist stigma it has tried to shake off ever since.

King’s appellate lawyers had tried to stop his execution, arguing King’s constitutional rights were violated because his trial attorneys didn’t present his claims of innocence and conceded his guilt.

The US Supreme Court rejected King’s last-minute appeal.

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First home buyer’s dream 15 Allens Road, Ashburton A solid and classic three bedroom red brick home in Allenton. This property is superbly located with a short walk to local shops, medical centre and the local primary school and kindergarten at the end of the road.

Stripped back to her bones and given a makeover. New insulation installed in the walls and ceiling with new wiring, GIB lining and paint. Fresh carpet through the three bedrooms, modernised bathroom and polished floors in the lounge and kitchen. Take this fresh and neutral palette and add your own touches to enjoy the comfortable living

this home offers.

The compliant log burner and heat pump will keep you cosy and warm in winter and the sliding door from the dining area onto the deck gives access to the perfect spot for summer afternoons.

An easy care section which can be easily maintained as is or developed into the back yard of your dreams.

With mature shrubs and trees, offstreet parking and a single garage with workshop.

All this home needs is curtain rails and a family to enjoy all it has to offer.

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Checking out

The difficult thing about buying a home is knowing what you don’t know. If you’re a first-home buyer, or it’s been a long time since you were last in the property market, it can be tricky to know what to look out for.

“Most things seem hard when you do them for the first time and navigating the property market is no different,” says Kevin Lampen-Smith, chief executive of the Real Estate Authority (REA).

“We encourage everyone to build a support team when they’re preparing to buy a property so they’re ready when they find a place they like. Family and friends can be a good source of information and support, but you need some professionals on your side too.”

Lampen-Smith says that means

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finding a lawyer or conveyancer before you start looking at properties (and getting their advice before you sign anything). The REA also recommends buyers hire a qualified property inspector to check a place out before making an offer.

“Every property you’ll see will come

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with a different set of things to think about,” Lampen-Smith says.

“To make that decision making a bit easier, the REA has developed Property Checker, a new, interactive online tool on settled.govt.nz.”

Like the name suggests, the tool helps buyers identify potential problems with a property.

“It’s easy to use – all you need to do is answer a set of questions about a property that you’re interested in,” Lampen-Smith says.

“If you’ve gone to an open home and thought, ‘this could be the place for us’, you can go through the questions to find out what research you should be doing.”

For example, if you’re checking out a property built in the early 2000s

with monolithic cladding, Property Checker will flag up things you need to ask about, such as the home’s weathertightness and structural integrity.

It will also point out possible property hazards, such as earthquakes, flooding, coastal erosion or volcanic eruption, and explain the impact of different types of ownership.

“None of this is designed to put you off the property, but to highlight things you might not have thought about,” Lampen-Smith says.

“Think of Property Checker as a critical friend that honestly gives you their objective opinion. It won’t have all the information you need, but it’s a great place to start.”

Allenton 15 Allens Road

Allenton 23 Andrew Street

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For Sale offers invited over $329,000 View Sat 11-11.30am or by appointment Sarah Everist 021 0828 5816 Eliza Waszczak 021 039 1770 WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED REAA 2008

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Allenton 21 Churchill Avenue

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Set amongst a mature garden this attractive home has been a much loved property for around 30 years. Two adjoining living areas open to covered patio. There are fruit trees and a vegetable garden.

Asking Price $348,000 View Sat 11-11.30am or by appointment Jenny Gray 027 452 2888 jenny.gray@bayleys.co.nz

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This home is located in a top Allenton location.

Situated on a very private 1,146m2 back section. The home has four bedrooms plus a huge conservatory built for all day sun. There is also an office or formal dining room. Bathrooms are upstairs and down

For Sale offers invited over $621,000 View by appointment Mick Hydes 027 437 9696 mick.hydes@bayleys.co.nz

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A fantastic start to home ownership. This home offers a large living room which is heated by a heat pump. Three bedrooms and mains pressure water cylinder. Grounds are tidy and security fenced for your children and pets safety. Schools close by.

Asking Price $310,000 View by appointment Mick Hydes 027 437 9696 mick.hydes@bayleys.co.nz

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Ashburton 24 Peter Street

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This enchanting villa has been restored to exude all the character and charm of its era, while also leaving opportunities to add a modern touch. Room for the whole family with two living areas and five bedrooms.

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The generously sized modernised kitchen over looks the spacious dinning and separate lounge.

Bedrooms each having built in wardrobes. Heated by a compliant log burner and floor mounted heat pump. A low maintenance large 1,012m2 section.

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Whatever your property needs, contact our team today.

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Irrigated 8.09ha small farm opportunity Featuring a modern permanent material, three bedroom home positioned in an established garden setting, this larger lifestyle property will attract the attention of all prospective purchasers in the market for a lifestyle property with the soils, irrigation and scale which could support a range of land use options.

Set back from Gartartan Road, the home and yard area is private and secure and is accessed along a treelined driveway which is a feature of the property. Designed for relatively easy care, the garden has an array of established trees and shrubs providing shelter for lawns and more formal gardens adjacent to the house.

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Easily managed 4866m² lifestyle property Country style living with town amenities Comfortable three bedroom plus office/single bedroom home Established and sheltered garden setting Two excellent fully enclosed sheds

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Often admired, now for sale Beautiful modern family home set amongst attractive manicured lawns and easy care gardens on a 8,358m2 title. Built in 2007 by Des Millar Construction Ltd, the home features open plan kitchen, dining, living with separate lounge and four bedrooms. A magnificent four bay implement shed compliment this property.

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Enjoy the views On 4.3 hectares and featuring a permanent material home positioned for all-day sun and tastefully planted with natives to bring together the local surroundings. The entrance leads to the open plan living and dining areas with double doors and bi-folding windows opening to the large wooden deck and is further complimented by a separate lounge, separate kitchen, two bedrooms plus an office. A three bay shed with two bays fully enclosed with concrete floor and an open wood and garden shed. Ease of care and maintenance has been paramount in the design and layout of this very appealing property.

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pumpkins, squash and kumara Harvest pumpkins, squash and kumara.

Really any leftover-from-summer veges can be harvested now – corn, capsicums, broccoli, cabbages and chillies. If you’ve suddenly got a chilli overload, remember they freeze really well.

Get started on your winter garden.

Pull out any remaining summer vege that are looking past their best. If you’ve still got some green tomatoes on your plants, you can hang the stalks upside down inside to ripen them.

Use this time to dig over your vege beds before adding in your winter vege seedlings. Dig in some compost, and if you’re keen on food scrap vege trenches, now is the time to make these. If you ever have fish skeletons, bury them in your garden now too.

Plant winter veges now before it starts to cool off too much. They’ll get a real head start while there is still some warmer weather about. Plant leeks, Brussel sprouts, turnips, beetroot, kohlrabi, celery, silverbeet and spinach.

If you’ve got white butterflies about, cover the seedlings with a cloche or fine bird netting. Making sure the netting isn’t touching any of the plants, so the white butterflies can’t lay their eggs.

Replace your summer flowering

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annuals with winter ones. Violas, pansies, polyanthus, geranium and primulas all thrive in the cooler weather.

Hanging baskets work well in winter too, as they require a much lighter watering regime than in summer.

Trim back biennial herbs such as rosemary, tarragon and chives when they are looking a bit leggy or woody.

Plant oregano, parsley, thyme, mint and sage. If you had trouble with your coriander bolting to seed over summer, you’ll likely have much more success growing it now too.

Cut back your perennial veges to ensure they’ll last another year. This includes artichokes, capsicums, chillies, watercress and rhubarb. Move any pots that might be susceptible to frost to a warmer spot for winter, or simply elevate them off the ground.

With new seedlings in the ground,

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remember that mulch is king. Add peastraw and bark to protect your plants from weeds and the cooler weather.

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It’s also a good time to give your shrubs a tidy trim when they’ve finished flowering. Dead-head your roses now also before winter.

Start raking your autumn leaves – you don’t want them smothering other plants or turning to sludge. Add these to the compost pile, remembering to discard any diseased leaves first.

If you’ve got a greenhouse, now when you’re in between seasons is the perfect time to clean and disinfect it.

And remove any summer shading you had up, to allow for the winter sun to come in.

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$849,000 Relax, Entertain and Enjoy • 4 true double bedrooms, with huge wardrobes • His and hers walk in wardrobe, shoe rack, mirror & storage • Ensuite has tiled walk-in double shower with separate toilet • Main bathroom has freestanding bath, walk-in tiled shower, & vanity • Covered outdoor BBQ area, with BBQ, granite bench tops, & outdoor heaters • A sunny decking area in between the 2 living areas which open onto it • Huge laundry with pantry, & heaps of storage

• 5 bedrooms – 4 up and 1 downstairs with its own ensuite • New kitchen fitted • Games room, formal dining room, 2 living areas • Huge laundry • Heating by gas fire, eco-friendly logburner, heatpumps & night store • New carpet throughout the home, updated décor, roof & exterior freshly painted • Quality Rimu timber • Double garage with great storage & office

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$569,000 Brand new on Wills • How close to everything • This is a special home close to the Ashburton domain, hospital, churches and the town centre all within easy walking distance.

• This is a street frontage home • 3 double bedrooms • Open plan kitchen, dining, living • Very sunny • Double garage internal access • Ensuite off main bedroom • Separate bathroom • Path, lawns and fencing will be completed. Fully insulated and double glazed • Location, location, location 171sqm

Build your future • Build your dream home • Canalside section • Two separate sets of plans available • 947sqm • Live the Dream!

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Terrific Street frontage Three bedrooms Two bathrooms Open plan living Lawns patio and fencing complete

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A Fantastic Find 3 bedrooms Large interconnecting living area Warm and sunny Single garage with internal access Compact easy care section

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1/74 Melcombe Street

• Its all in the address • 4 Bedrooms with ensuite and walk-in wardrobe • 2 living areas • Open plan kitchen and dining • Established gardens • Double garage internal access

$235,000 • Low Maintenance and Cosy • Fully insulated and double glazed with a heat pump for comfort it is warm and cosy.

• Both bedrooms are good sizes and the décor in neutral, there is a single garage with remote door opener and off-street parking.

• The yard is tidy and well maintained and is fully fenced for pets.

OPEN HOME SATURDAY, APRIL 27 10.45AM – 11.15AM

5 Coniston Drive

Neg over $625,000

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170 Harrison Street

• It just feels like home • Private 782sqm section • Immaculate landscaping and gardens • 3 good sized bedrooms • Open plan kitchen/dining/living • Good sized hobby room with power • Decking and bbq area off living area • Great kitchen with plenty of good storage • Relax in a private spa pool

• You’re getting so much more • 270 sqm quality-built home • 4 bedrooms with walk-in wardrobe and ensuite • Open plan kitchen/Dining and 2 living areas • Great BBQ area, established gardens • Double glazed aluminium windows and insulated • Huge high stud garaging ideal for mobile home or caravan OPEN HOME SATURDAY, APRIL 27 11.30AM – 12NOON

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Neg over $389,000

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6 Kelburn Place

Neg over $639,000 When it comes to location this home will be hard to beat your living in the country but your in town.

Proud to present this immaculate lifestyle living which is close to town. Land area is 2.0234 ha divided into 7 paddocks.

All fencing is of a good standard.

Also has its very own dressage ring.

Property is well set up for horses.

Two stables, large shed for the cars, and storage, also another good size tack shed.

4 bedrooms Walk-in wardrobe and en-suite off main bedroom, separate bathroom with shower, bath & vanity Open plan kitchen, dining and living separate good sized lounge, Double garage internal access, Walk-in pantry Lawns, paths, patios & fencing will be completed.

OPEN HOME SATURDAY, APRIL 27 11.30AM – 12NOON

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Privacy and location Brand new townhouse 3 bedrooms Open/plan kitchen dinning living Very sunny Single garage internal access 2 toilets Paths patios lawns and fences all included • Perfect location near the Allenton shopping centre

3 Bedrooms Updated Carpet Separate games/ living area Heat pump and Fully insulated Top location 160sqm

OPEN HOME SATURDAY, APRIL 27 10.45AM – 11.15AM

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Sorento - style and performance K ia has come a long way.

Ever since Peter Schreyer, former Audi designer, became head designer at Kia Motors, the range’s looks have progressed in leaps and bounds.

With a former BMW designer recently joining the team as head of styling, the future is looking very bright for Kia. Locally, Kia has gone from being at the lower end of the shortlist, to best-selling SUV two years running.

The new design direction has played a significant part, but a nod has to be made to the fact that Kia has achieved top spot – ahead of all other car brands – for dependability in overseas test.

And let’s not forget that Kia have a leading warranty programme with five years’ cover and Roadside Assist.

New Zealand’s taste for SUVs has also helped, with the range including the highly popular Kia Sportage and the impressive Kia Sorento, ticking the boxes for great contenders in both the mid-size and large seven-seater SUV segments.

This brings us nicely to the Kia Sorento.

As a seven-seater, it’s up against popular brands like Toyota, Volkswagen, Mazda and Ford.

Those shopping in this segment would very much benefit from giving the Kia a go.

The spec sheet shows the Kia Sorento range to be impressively equipped, but it’s the finer details that really make a difference.

Details that you only appreciate once you live with the

vehicle, rather than experience it on a test drive.

Take the pull-up rear window blinds.

Anyone with young children will know that a rear sunshade is essential for longer car journeys.

The Sorento’s blinds offer nice advantages over aftermarket shades that you wouldn’t realise until you’ve spent time in the car with kids.

They entirely cover the win-

dow, so there’s no need at all to keep adjusting.

The edges of the blinds cannot be reached by little children who might interfere with them, they disappear into the door when not in use so can’t be stood on when left on the floor, and – perhaps the biggest benefit of all – you can now lower the window with the blinds still in place, giving the back seats both shade and fresh air.

Window blinds aside, the Sorento has an impressively premium feel that would rival more ‘luxury’ brands.

Even the base model boasts some impressive gear and stats.

Fuel economy starts from just 6.5L/100km with CO2 at 164g/ km, with the 2.2L diesel providing 147kW of power and 441Nm torque through its all-wheel drive and 8-speed automatic transmission.

It boasts a cavernous 1662 litres of space (seats down), and features a 7” touchscreen with Apply CarPlay/Android Auto smart phone connectivity.

The Kia Sorento comes with a more-than-comfortable suite of safety technology and driving assistance, including both front and rear parking sensors, rear view camera, blind spot detection, rear cross traffic alert and lane change assist.

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he all-electric Jaguar I-PACE has completed an historic treble at the 2019 World Car Awards.

Not only has it won the coveted 2019 World Car of the Year and World Car Design of the Year titles – equalling the success of the F-PACE in 2017 – it has also been named World Green Car. I-PACE is the first model ever to win three world car titles in the 15-year history of the awards.

This latest win for the I-PACE, awarded at the New York International Auto Show by a panel of 86 motoring journalists from 24 countries, comes just weeks after it claimed the European Car of Year title and affirms its status as the most desirable premium electric vehicle (EV) in the world.

Jaguar NZ general manager Steve Kenchington says the awards are

a reflection of the ground-breaking innovation and thousands of hours of expertise which has gone into developing the new EV. “These awards are the industry’s most sought after and are recognition of the significant investment in human resource and technology

that has been made in bringing the I-PACE to market.

“Jaguar is at the forefront of innovation in the electric vehicle space and has successfully leveraged their expertise in Formula E racing as well as decades of premium vehicle design to produce this

multi-award winning electric vehicle concept which has clearly resonated with hundreds of our New Zealand customers,” he says.

Designed and developed in the UK, I-PACE is attracting new customers to the Jaguar brand, for many of whom it will also be their first EV – to date, over 11,000 customers in more than 60 countries worldwide have taken delivery. Its combination of sports car perfor-

mance, zero emissions, exceptional refinement and true SUV practicality make I-PACE the stand-out choice in its segment.

“Designing Jaguar cars is probably the best job in the world, and I can honestly say that no other project I’ve worked on has been as rewarding as I-PACE. Electric vehicles offer designers unprecedented freedom to rethink the proportions, the profile and the packaging, and it’s an opportunity that my team has exploited in full. Winning the 2019 World Car Design of the Year award, as well as World Car of the Year and World Green Car, is true recognition for their achievements,” Ian Callum, Jaguar director of design, said.

The I-PACE’s dramatic, cab-forward profile, short overhangs and taut, muscular haunches set it apart from other SUVs. The spacious interior is finished with beautiful premium details and exacting Jaguar craftsmanship.

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ack in March 2013 Trevor and Kathryn Shaw shared their interest in motoring with us.

In that article we recounted how, when Trevor was growing up in England, he decided he liked American cars.

After emigrating with his parents and sister to New Zealand in 1960, Trevor and his father established a painting business.

In the early days of the business American cars – a 1928 National Chevrolet and a 1937 Chevrolet Master Deluxe – served as work vehicles.

As time went on other business vehicles were purchased, but Trevor never forgot how much he liked those Chevrolets and in retirement he and Kathryn were able to purchase another Chevrolet Deluxe.

They joined the Vintage Car Club and Trevor, always keen to help, became actively involved in various ways, including two terms as chairman.

Vintage Car Club members, many others in the community and us here at Guardian Motoring were saddened when we heard of Trevor’s recent passing.

He was a kind, cheerful gentleman who had a wonderful knack of making others feel special.

We offer Kathryn and her family our condolences.

Wheels Week Annually at this time of year thoughts turn to the uniquely Ashburton extravaganza which is about to happen – Wheels Week Plus.

This wonderful celebration of the wheel takes place between May 4 and 19.

An enthusiastic and busy organising committee, supported by generous sponsors, has ensured there are plenty of things for people to see and do.

Over 30 separate activities appear on the programme.

Jump on www.wheelsweek. co.nz or the Ashburton App (you can find it on the events button, under things to do) to see details.

Wheels Week, which has been around for many years, incorporates the very popular and exciting street sprints, which itself celebrates a special anniversary this time around.

This year marks the 30th running of the event.

The street sprints have a wonderful history which has seen skilled drivers propel quick cars around a circuit.

Some of the cars have become iconic fixtures at the sprints, usually cars not previously seen appear at the event.

Over two days of practice heats and eliminations will be great entertainment for spectators as the competitors race one car at a time to get down to a two-car run-off on Sunday, May 12.

Over the years records have

Trevor Shaw was always keen to help out.

Wheels Week incorporates the very popular and exciting street sprints, which itself celebrates a special anniversary this year – it will be the 30th running of the event.

been set and broken.

And the sprints themselves have set a record for being the only event of its kind in New Zealand to have run consecutively for this many years.

This year renowned local vehicle dealers Smallbone Ltd celebrates 100 years in business.

A display on the East Street Green on Friday, May 17, will be part of their celebration.

Vehicles have changed enormously since the business began.

And these days we are seeing the emergence of and hearing a lot about electric vehicles.

There will be a display of and an opportunity to test drive electric vehicles during Wheels Week.

Everyone loves a parade and on Sunday morning, May 19 – the final day of Wheels Week Plus – there will be a big one along East Street which will be a real crowd-pleaser.

Wheels Week isn’t just about cars, it’s about everything wheelie and that’s why it provides so much pleasure for so many people.

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2018 not only marks the fourth straight year of Mustang’s global leadership as the world’s best-selling sports coupe, but also as best-selling sports car in the United States, where Ford sold 75,842 Mustangs last year.

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t was an act of extraordinary leadership when the commander of the Turkish Ottoman Army wrote about the Anzacs who lost their lives on his shores at Gallipoli in World War One. Instead of demonising our brave soldiers as foreigners who arrived to kill and reap mayhem, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk called them heroes.

“Those heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives; you are now lying in the soil of a friendly country,” he wrote in 1934, words which are today inscribed at the Ari Burnu Memorial in Gallipoli.

“Therefore rest in peace,” he

continued.

“You, the mothers who sent their sons away from faraway countries, wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace.

“After having lost their lives on this land, they have become our sons as well.”

These words could only have

brought comfort to New Zealanders and Australians who lost their sons, brothers and fathers in such a pointless conflict.

Ataturk went on to lead modern-day Turkey, and his words have been recalled at many an Anzac Day service since, including in Ashburton yesterday by Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon, and also in Gallipoli itself at the dawn service attended by thousands.

What marks the commander’s words as extraordinary, is that at a time when it would have been easy to degenerate into xenophobia and hatred of an old war enemy, he found it in his heart

to reach out, and be kind and gracious.

We can learn a lot from this today, particularly in the current climate of terrorist attacks claiming the lives of hundreds, if not thousands, throughout the world each year.

Terror seems to be the language of war of today, as various groups and individuals act on allegiances they have with any one group, and direct their hate towards those they see as the enemy.

In Ashburton yesterday, armed police were present at services, providing a reminder of the climate we live in.

It is crazy to think, and almost beyond comprehension, that just six weeks ago Ashburton was a secondary target for a terrorist who carried out the Christchurch attacks.

Thankfully, we as New Zealanders can begin to move on and leave the hate behind.

However, key to this has been our embracing of the values we all share as Kiwis, those of love and acceptance for our fellow countrymen and women, no matter their race or religion.

These values are, after all, what our Anzacs fought for over previous generations and continue to fight for today.

Laura Van Ryn, two students at Indiana’s Taylor University, were involved in a van-truck collision that killed five people; in a tragic mix-up that took five weeks to resolve, a seriously injured and comatose Cerak was mistakenly identified as Van Ryn, who had actually died in the crash and was buried by Cerak’s family.

In 2008, police in Amstetten, Austria, arrested Josef Fritzl, freeing his daughter Elisabeth and her six surviving children whom he had fathered while holding her captive in a basement cell for 24 years.

Ten years ago: The United States declared a public health emergency as more possible cases of swine flu surfaced from Canada to New Zealand; officials

in Mexico City closed everything from concerts to sports matches to churches in an effort to stem the spread of the virus.

Five years ago: President Barack Obama opened the first visit by a US president in nearly half a century to Malaysia.

One year ago: United States actor Bill Cosby was convicted of drugging and molesting Temple University employee Andrea Constand at his suburban Philadelphia mansion in 2004; it was the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era and completed the spectacular downfall of a comedian who broke racial barriers on his way to TV superstardom.

Today’s birthdays: Actresscomedian Carol Burnett

is 86. Rhythm-and-blues singer Maurice Williams is 81.

Songwriter-musician Duane Eddy is 81. Singer Bobby Rydell is 77.

Rock musician Gary Wright is 76. Actress Nancy Lenehan is 66. Actor Giancarlo Esposito is 61. Rock musician Roger Taylor is 59. Actress Joan Chen is 58.

Rock musician Chris Mars is 58.

Actor-singer Michael Damian is 57. Actor Jet Li is 56. Rock musician Jimmy Stafford is 55.

Actor-comedian Kevin James is 54. Actress Marianne JeanBaptiste is 52. Country musician Joe Caverlee is 51. Rapper T-Boz is 49. First lady Melania Trump is 49. Actress Shondrella Avery is 48. Actress Simbi Kali is 48.

Country musician Jay DeMarcus is 48. Country musician Michael

Jeffers is 47. Rock musician Jose Pasillas is 43. Actor Jason Earles is 42. Actor Leonard Earl Howze is 42. Actor Amin Joseph is 42. Actor Tom Welling is 42. Actor Pablo Schreiber is 41. Actor Nyambi Nyambi is 40. Actress Jordana Brewster is 39. Actress Stana Katic is 39.

Actress Marnette Patterson is 39. Actor Channing Tatum is 39. Americana/roots singersongwriter Lilly Hiatt is 35.

Actress Emily Wickersham is 35.

Actor Aaron Weeks is 33. Electro pop musician James Sunderland is 32.

Thought for today: “Perfect order is the forerunner of perfect horror.” – Carlos Fuentes, Mexican author (1928-2012).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Friday, April 26, the 116th day of 2019. There are 249 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On April 26, 1865, John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, was surrounded by federal troops near Port Royal, Virginia, and killed.

On this date: In 1564, William Shakespeare was baptised at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon, England.

In 1607, English colonists went ashore at present-day Cape Henry, Virginia, on an expedition to establish the first permanent English settlement in the Western Hemisphere.

In 1777, during the American Revolutionary War, 16-year-old Sybil Ludington, the daughter of a militia commander in Dutchess County, New York, rode her horse into the night to alert her father’s men of the approach of British regular troops.

In 1933, Nazi Germany’s infamous secret police, the Gestapo, was created.

In 1943, a New Zealand ship was torpedoed in Tasman Sea by the Japanese submarine I-177.

In 1945, Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, the head of France’s Vichy government during World War Two, was arrested.

In 1968, the United States exploded beneath the Nevada desert a 1.3 megaton nuclear device called Boxcar.

In 1977, the legendary nightclub Studio 54 had its opening night in New York.

In 1986, an explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine caused radioactive fallout to begin spewing into the atmosphere.

In 1994, voting began in South Africa’s first all-race elections, resulting in victory for the African National Congress and the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as president.

In 2005, Couples, heterosexual or homosexual, were able to register their relationship as a civil union.

In 2006, Whitney Cerak and

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acinda Ardern shrugs her stylish shoulders, grimaces attractively into the camera and makes a gesture of deep-seated helplessness, “That’s MMP for you”, she sighs.

Indeed it is, and at its threadbare worst.

Her Labour Party, having paid for and accepted the report on the issue, as produced by the endlessly-willing, and stratospherically expensive, Sir Michael Cullen, is obliged, despite Sir Michael’s weasel words, to agree there can be no Capital Gains Tax (CGT) on her watch.

Although a firm believer in the efficacy and fairness of a CGT, and having campaigned on the issue, the exigencies of MMP, mean Labour is constantly held to ransom by Winston and his raggle-taggle collection of List-Seated, parliamentary stooges.

Winston and those six stooges say “No” to a CGT so that’s an end to it, at least while Jacinda remains on the Bridge of S.S. Labour.

Winston knows – or thinks he does – that the nation at large is strongly against a Capital Gains Tax, so to be seen and heard canvassing for one would be, as he sees it, political suicide.

Such are his feelings of parliamentary immortality, he simply cannot allow that to happen, as he proposes to be an integral part of any government that may take office between now and 2030, when he will be a mere ninety-two years old and only just getting into his stride.

In his opinion, the country cannot do without him; he must, therefore, always be ready to be the vital cog in the wheel of government, at least until the Grim Reaper finally loses patience and intervenes, once and for all.

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dissuade her from pursuing such a tax is a matter of great sadness to her.

She may well have thought of it as her thermo-nuclear moment in her crusade to end inequality, hunger and homelessness. The feeling at large, however, seems to be that campaigning for a Capital Gains Tax is similar to purchasing a ticket to political oblivion, something about which her less than idolised colleagues – whose faces never appear on buildings, except possibly, in the form of vulgar graffiti – are less than enthusiastic.

The revolving opinions on this issue of two of the political mega luminaries of our time, Knights of the Realm, Michael Cullen and Roger Douglas, are relevant here. Sir Michael’s current view of a CGT is that it is, “extremely socially unacceptable and economically unnecessary (sic)”.

Originally, it must be said, he was greatly in favour of such a tax. Similarly, Sir Roger, once a strong campaigner for the proposed legislation, these days describes it as “a joke”.

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of a Capital Gains Tax. I think, broadly, it’s a joke. Get rid of feefree university places, the Shane Jones Circus and his Provincial Growth Fund,” says the founder of Rogernomics, an opinion with which many voters would warmly agree.

One can’t help being a little surprised, though, that Jacinda should apparently have given up on a pivotal aspect of her philosophy without much of a struggle.

“The coalition has not been able to reach a consensus,” the PM laments. “I still believe in a CGT; the Labour Party has now campaigned for one over three elections but still lacks a mandate with which to introduce it.”

From where I sit, I would have thought Ardern’s international manna – not to mention the adulation in which she is held in Aotearoa, New Zealand – would be sufficient for her to steam-roll the doubters, press on with her mission and bring off a Capital Gains Tax victory where several of her predecessors have failed.

That the CGT is anathema to the business and financial worlds, is a nightmare to administer and the costs not with the candle, could, one has to think,

be overcome simply by our PM’s current world-wide popularity and force of personality. What Jacinda says, so often nowadays, goes.

So why not a Capital Gains Tax? Even a loss would surely be but a minor glitch in her perpetual popularity, popularity that should be strong enough to see her back on the Treasury benches next year.

Her iron-clad celebrity status would shield her against the occasional sling or arrow, a CGT might eventuate after all, and people discover, to their pleasant surprise, it is not quite the man-eating ogre of antiquity as, for so long, advertised.

Jacinda might then be seen surveying her adoring colleagues with a winsome grin of satisfaction, flickering across her friendly features!

“I told you so, Sir Michael”, it seems to say.

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2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9 2-3-4-5, 6-7-8-9 4-5-6-7-8-9 A1 DRY CLEANING MAIDEN

$10,000, MDN 2YO&UP, 1000m PX # REC Horse (Barrier) kg Trainer Jockey

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

1

029 Bruzo (8) 58 S & E Clotworthy Dal Lad Ferviente (6) 58 S & E Clotworthy 79. My Hugo (2) 58 K Myers 4X Chanceux (7) 56.5 C Rauhihi 9940X Ubetiam (9) 56.5 J & K Parsons 0500X Pop Diva (1) 56.5 C Isdale 0688X Ruby Choux Rose (4) 56.5 D Green 1 59804 Montreux Miss (5) 56 A Carston More Than Enough (3) 56 TeamRogerson

12:42PM OPT 323

3 4 2 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

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

4 3 2

3

$11,000, Rating 82 Benchmark, 1000m

K Chowdhoory (a3) T Comignaghi (a1) R Myers D Prastiyou R Elliot (a) L Allpress C Johnson

ROCK FERRY WINES MAIDEN

$10,000, MDN, 1400m

9X273 Albaron (13) 58.5 K Myers 4223 Whale Song (8) 58 M & M Pitman 25. Duke Of Plumpton (12) 58 K Myers 34476 Senor Moss (10) 58 TeamRogerson 0X0X Van Wolf (4) 58 K Harrison 02X9 Wanderin Over (11) 56.5 R Beckett 03564 Cailin (9) 56.5 Kennedy/Furlong 0X260 Show Cloud (6) 56.5 T & L Prendergast Donnatina (3) 56.5 J O'Flanagan 0 Elva (1) 56.5 A Carston 0X Icebreaker (5) 56.5 L Robinson 45608 Rita Aura (2) 56.5 Rae/Williams-Tuhoro 900X0 Suffragette (7) 56 A Carston

1:52PM 325

OPT

4

PUTAKE HONEY MAIDEN

5

3:02PM 336

OPT

6

3:36PM 340

OPT

7

T Jonker (a2) K Kwo (a3) L Allpress T Moseley C Johnson

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

T Moseley K Chowdhoory (a3) B Hong (a3) L Callaway K Kwo (a3) B Morgenrood R Elliot (a) S MacNab (a2) SCRATCHED T Jonker (a2) C Johnson T Comignaghi (a1) R Hannam L Allpress

KEVIN MYERS

T Comignaghi (a1) C Johnson D Turner

T Moseley C Campbell (a2) R Elliot (a) SCRATCHED L Allpress D Prastiyou K Chowdhoory (a3) R Myers

STRAIT SHIPPING

$10,000, MDN, 1950m

1 9X273 Albaron (14) 58.5 K Myers 2 45728 Grant (7) 58.5 J Blackadder C Johnson 3 X7802 King Of The Dance (4) 58.5 Charles/Corbett K Chowdhoory (a3) 4 4 X0X93. Princeville (5) 58.5 K Myers S MacNab (a2) 5 720X7 He No Opilio (6) 58.5 C Rauhihi L Allpress 6 6470X Painted Angel (1) 58.5 M Price T Comignaghi (a1) 7 8X0 Baccio (2) 58.5 P Robson B Hong (a3) 8 58608 Nathan Detroit (10) 58.5 P Robson B Morgenrood 2 9 244. Hey Happy (9) 58 K Myers R Myers 10 Ripcord (11) 58 K Myers 1 11 40236 Hard But Fair (8) 56.5 D Crozier Z Moki (a2) 3 12 46424 Fine And Dandee (13) 56.5 N Lloyd L Callaway 13 52409 Barzellar (3) 56.5 J Blackadder T Moseley 14 9405. Madonna (12) 56 J J Rayner R Hannam

$11,000, Rating 82 Benchmark, 1950m

9

$10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1950m

KAM TRANSPORT CUP PRELUDE

1 76568. Duffers Creek (6) 60 K Myers 2 38060. Camino Rocoso (4) 59.5 J & K Parsons 3 65560 Koxinga (1) 57.5 J Burrows 4 43985 Chic (5) 55.5 K Myers 5 07X72 Guy Fox (7) 55 K Myers 6 22275 Smoke House Bay (3) 54 J Blackadder 7 2080X Whopper’s (2) 54 K Myers

4:44PM 348

OPT

K Asano (a4) C Johnson T Jonker (a2) D Hirini (a1) S MacNab (a2) Z Moki (a2) R Myers

DOMINION SALT AND HYNDS

1 421. Mondorani (3) 59 K Myers 2 58679 Shanzino (5) 59 M & M Pitman 1 3 33233. Katiem Marie (6) 58 K Myers 3 4 42149 El Campeador (9) 58 A Carston 5 03518. Roc The Cradle (11) 58 A Carston 6 3228X Ave Maria (8) 57.5 K Myers 7 05039. Capellani (10) 57.5 TeamRogerson 2 8 48825 Vee Twelve (2) 57 J Burrows 9 48198 Adventuress (7) 55.5 J & K Parsons 10 05760 Moreira (4) 55 K Hampton 11 X00X8 Sebring Dragon (1) 55 Charles/Corbett

4

d M3 Addington Dogs Today at Addington

K Chowdhoory (a3) S MacNab (a2) K Asano (a4) D Prastiyou R Myers R Elliot (a) T Jonker (a2) T Comignaghi (a1) C Johnson D Hirini (a1)

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES PLACE 6 12:16PM

1

April 26

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 2-3-4-5, 9-10-11-12 7-8-9-10-11-12 THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT

$1,365, C0, 295m Trainer

PX # REC Greyhound Fastest time

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

1

Versailles nwtd 7 Inky Dinky Jewel nwtd 74832 Ineffable nwtd Belfast Demo nwtd 66836 Smash Burton nwtd 44647 Golden Bay nwtd 4 Taramakau nwtd 2 Baldrick nwtd 57465 Jay Spencer nwtd 857 Eric Blueblood nwtd

12:33PM 1 2 2 3 4 5 4 6 7 3 8 9 10

1

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

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

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

$2,390, C0, 520m

J & D Fahey J M McCook J & D Fahey M Dempsey J & D Fahey A Joyce A Lee R Wales R Wales R Wales

4

CRATE & BARREL HOTEL SPRINT

$1,685, C2, 295m

5

J McInerney A Bradshaw M Grant L Waretini A Joyce H Anderton J McInerney C Roberts A Bradshaw J McInerney

CLARKSON’S SIGN STUDIO STAKES

6

7

$2,505, C1, 520m

D Roberts Hart & Taylor C Roberts G Cleeve J & D Fahey G Cleeve S & B Evans S & B Evans C Roberts J & D Fahey

DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER DASH

55X Platinum Paisley nwtd 7 Smash Surprise nwtd 78X25 Goldstar Dayton nwtd Fidgety Feet nwtd Fleur Dior nwtd 58384 Tickel Up nwtd Nippa Credit nwtd 3 Pontiac Pat nwtd 57465 Jay Spencer nwtd 57745 Starr Blueblood nwtd

2:01PM

3 2

AMBER CLEANING SERVICES STAKES

28447 Thrilling Watch nwtd 55122 Culvie Ness nwtd 66318 Raquel Allen nwtd 22546 Know Potential 30.71 18122 Opawa Rockstar 30.26 62652 Know Leave 30.73 31432 Goldstar Alaska nwtd 88532 Panel Beater 30.51 56832 Lacko Allen 30.09 13366 Opawa Magic 30.29

1:43PM

1 3

3

R Adcock S & B Evans J McInerney R Casey M Grant J McInerney Hart & Taylor J M McCook B Dann A Bradshaw

776F6 Cosmic Marty 17.65 74131 Thornado 17.47 77655 Come A Guster 17.33 33522 Hatfield 17.28 85377 Whose He 17.44 44315 Right On Time 17.54 64281 Homebush Austin 17.43 12218 Memphis Jewel 17.41 12567 Boston Powers 17.22 11286 Punch On Woody 17.58

1:26PM 1 2 3 4 1 5 6 3 7 2 8 9 10

STEVE ANNGOW DRAPES & BLINDS PH0272719588 DASH $1,450, C1, 295m

55228 Little Apple nwtd 44472 Dream Runner nwtd Boyka nwtd 33342 Stumpy Bill nwtd 3 Jinja Nice nwtd 43284 Jinja Sneak nwtd 62355 Don’t Cry Joni nwtd 65336 Our Bonnie nwtd Go Great nwtd 7 Born Tasha nwtd

1:08PM 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 3 8 9 10

J Dunn C Roberts B Dann Hart & Taylor M Grant J M McCook J McInerney J McInerney L Waretini J McInerney

2311 Memoir 17.44 55316 Goldstar Vegas 17.45 17252 Doomsday 17.37 42352 Okuku Terra 17.59 61553 Smash Grenade 17.59 35223 Hey Jude nwtd 64433 Culvie Jay Dee 17.40 41114 Special As 17.52 14372 Bombinate 17.41 1655X Bender Truth 17.29

12:52PM

2

2

52442 Ohoka Carsen 30.88 52214 Goldstar Montana 30.34 8X677 Know Talent 30.75 3212X Sailor Allen 30.28 12415 Jinja Lola nwtd 22335 Know Anxiety 30.82 15631 Mitcham Trudy 30.82 46713 Sefton Joy nwtd 56832 Lacko Allen 30.09 13366 Opawa Magic 30.29

2:19PM 1 2 3 3 4 5 2 6 4 7 8 9 10

1

2:36PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 3 8 9 10

1 2 4

$1,365, C0, 295m

J Dunn M Grant S & B Evans A Lee R Blackburn M Dempsey J McInerney J McInerney L Waretini J McInerney

GLENBYRE TAVERN STAKES

$2,505, C1, 520m

L Waretini S & B Evans G Cleeve C Roberts D Roberts G Cleeve B Dann R Wales C Roberts J & D Fahey

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

3 1

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

9

SHIRLEY VET CLINIC STAKES

$1,685, C2, 295m

A Bradshaw J McInerney J McInerney R Casey A Lee L Waretini R Adcock J McInerney J McInerney S & B Evans

$2,860, C2, 520m

J & D Fahey J & D Fahey C Roberts A Lee J McInerney C Roberts S & B Evans J & D Fahey G Cleeve H Cairns

10

DURASTEEL STRUCTURES PH 033796195 SPRINT

11

SPRINGSTON HOTEL STAKES

$1,450, C1, 295m

2214 Colbert 17.71 1 No Kissy Missy 17.62 51331 Tonkawa 17.62 33321 Homebush Diego nwtd 32121 Ezra Blueblood 17.80 26324 Another Cold One 17.40 42127 Vik Vikkers 17.47 65362 Know Approval 17.32 14372 Bombinate 17.41 55154 Crushington 17.51

R Blackburn A Bradshaw Mitchell & Smith J McInerney J McInerney J M McCook C Roberts G Cleeve B Dann J McInerney

$2,860, C2, 520m

23311 Lennox Heads 30.20 F212X Zipping Manuela nwtd 56136 Archie’s Ranger 30.86 32421 Know Denying 30.37 56332 Umbridge Bale 30.20 23224 Sausage 30.16 32544 Opawa Hilary 30.32 12117 Spring Mechanic 29.96 46317 Goldstar Chief 30.85 23728 Famous Lee nwtd

3:28PM

4 3 1

MURRAY WIGLEY @ RAY WHITE PH021480250 DASH

12113 Our Hemi 30.30 11735 Canya Sniper 29.98 46361 Cawbourne Taber 30.49 12113 Never Knew nwtd 87574 Cosmic Stu 30.52 22221 Dyna Elliot 30.80 34831 Chat Ya Later 30.86 61144 Opawa June 30.16 72467 Classy Witch 30.49 21278 Eyrewell Ebony 30.52

3:11PM

3 2

8

12131 Ma Chere 17.31 78466 Black Dan 17.60 87223 Punch On Jessie nwtd 48317 Mamma Rose 17.73 14533 Native Scout 17.39 32246 Cisco Reign 17.58 75564 Mulberry Minx 17.34 34424 Homebush Scorpio 17.38 33476 Homebush Hundy nwtd 82618 Goldstar Miley nwtd

2:53PM

Weather: Fine

4

$11,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1400m

1 14976. Hoofbeat (4) 60 J & K Parsons 2 131X0. Tuilana (6) 58.5 N Coulbeck 3 3 16030 Hee’s Our Secret (3) 58 A Carston 4 21F0X Middagurd (9) 58 K Myers 5 27601. Jin Lu (1) 57.5 L & R Didham 6 2176X Redesdale (11) 57 K Hampton 2 7 72428 Saignon (2) 56.5 TeamRogerson 8 Yamato Nadeshiko 9 36157 Attimo (7) 54 K Moore 10 X00X0 Black Pearl (10) 54 A Carston 11 00079 Leuluai (8) 54 Charles/Corbett 4 12 05366 Zayzay (5) 54 M Tapper

1

R Elliot (a) B Morgenrood T Comignaghi (a1) R Hannam D Turner S MacNab (a2) R Myers C Campbell (a2)

SPY VALLEY WINES

1 84624 Fly To The Sky (15) 60 L Robinson 2 94430 Why Me (4) 60 M & M Pitman 3 21557 Powerball (11) 59 K Myers 1 4 28532 The Growler (5) 59 L & R Didham 5 5457X Dutch Courage (13) 58.5 M Price 6 610X0 Take Me There (2) 58.5 R Beckett 7 27548. Valentia (12) 58.5 L & R Didham 8 29X30 Straight Sets (6) 58 TeamRogerson 3 9 45722. Torre Del Greco (14) 57.5 K Myers 10 Bluey’s Chance 11 25080 Iffida (10) 56.5 Charles/Corbett 12 61028. Major Ish Choux (1) 56.5 A Carston 13 16822 Frosted (17) 56 N Coulbeck 14 9X010 Midsummer Magic (16) 56 A Carston 0 15 56082 Miroslava (18) 54 K Moore 0 16 64446 Confessional (8) 54.5 TeamRogerson 0 17 80007 Tantella (7) 54 C Spittles 0 18 X00X0 Black Pearl (9) 54.5 A Carston 0 19 05366 Zayzay (3) 54 M Tapper 0 20 00079 Leuluai (19) 56 Charles/Corbett

2 4

K Chowdhoory (a3) R Myers R Elliot (a) T Comignaghi (a1) K Kwo (a3) L Allpress C Campbell (a2) C Johnson D Prastiyou T Moseley L Callaway D Turner

$10,000, MDN, 1400m

1 0574X Late Notice (11) 58.5 S & E Clotworthy 2 46X4X Macktavish (14) 58.5 M Price 2 3 8 Hutseegua (6) 58.5 K Harrison 1 4 32042 Hombre (9) 58 J & K Parsons 3 5 Batoutahell (2) 58 C Rauhihi 4 6 Orleans Rock (4) 58 K Myers 7 557. Billy Mav (10) 58 K Myers 8 970X0 Aristotle (7) 58 A Carston 9 79. My Hugo (3) 58 K Myers 10 070X4 Live In Hope (1) 56.5 Charles/Corbett 11 Wanderin Abbey (12) 56.5 R Beckett 12 X3283 Viva La Blues (13) 56 D Crozier 13 X5894 Arnage (5) 56 J Burrows 14 7X706 Overcoat (8) 56 M Weastell

2:27PM OPT 334

C Johnson D Hirini (a1) K Asano (a4) R Elliot (a)

SPEIGHT’S

383X9 Saber (6) 59.5 M & M Pitman 09339 Pippi Rea (2) 58.5 J & K Parsons 9650X Tabard (4) 56.5 K Myers 3753X Celtic Cross (3) 54.5 A Carston 71653 Island Bay (7) 54.5 TeamRogerson X9220 Pipiana (1) 54 M & M Pitman 6109X Colorado Bay (5) 54 C Isdale

1:17PM 328

OPT

2

L Allpress SCRATCHED S MacNab (a2) R Myers D Turner

8

Compiled by

12

d M9 Whanganui Dogs

Today at Hatrick Raceway

1 2 3 4 5 1 6 7 8 9 10

3 2 4

1 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

2 3 1

LIVAMOL DASH

3

J McInerney J McInerney A Bradshaw J M McCook S & B Evans C Roberts Mitchell & Smith J McInerney B Dann L Waretini

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

2 3 4

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

April 26

4

Weather: Mainly Fine DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES PLACE 6 4:51PM

1

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

PX # REC Greyhound Fastest time

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

4 2

36845 Bigtime On Track 17.77 63458 Bigtime Kylie 17.82 48515 Hurricane Al 17.85 68153 Homebush Belle 17.81 68871 Eight Oh Three 17.82 61853 Bigtime Serena nwtd 71347 Jay Wendy 18.04 82512 Go Ash 17.61 7FX76 Not Shackley 17.86 65668 Nippa-A-Spot 17.82

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

4

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

3

4

$2,860, C2, 520m

A Turnwald Howe & Woods M Goodier L Cole L Cole M Roberts J McInerney L Cole L Cole M Flipp

J P PRINT PETONE C2

45314 Uno Eleven 17.75 74123 Sly John 17.99 61646 Kinetic Shadow 17.84 F7271 Homebush Minnie 17.61 28427 Mr. Postman 17.85 61363 Idol Patches 17.71 74754 Jinja Rules 17.69 56518 Secret Indy 18.01 67275 Spirit Of Nathan 17.92 56678 Bigtime Molly 17.85

5:59PM

2

F Kite D P Symes C Morris J McInerney M Flipp L Cole N Udy M Flipp N Udy J McInerney

WHANGANUI CHRONICLE C2

83715 Mister Ebby 30.65 82325 Eye Kno 30.49 55444 Electrical Storm 30.46 11124 Bigtime Fred 30.29 15211 Bigtime Archie 30.53 25637 Cawbourne Zulu 30.28 66434 Gunnar Blueblood 30.18 66255 Bigtime Alfie 30.09 4357X Rumors 30.55 5F538 Lucky James 30.59

5:29PM

2

2

$1,685, C2, 305m Trainer

$1,685, C2, 305m

N Udy J & D Bell L Bell J McInerney N Udy M Flipp J McInerney M Flipp C Morris L Cole

PALAMOUNTAINS SCIENTIFIC NUTRITION C2/3

5636F Zipping Cobra 30.15 63747 Lady Jellybean 30.51 54364 Limpy Jackson nwtd 56784 Bigtime Caleb 30.12 323F2 Bigtime Maci 30.53 11136 Bigtime Cooper nwtd 25625 Opawa Denise 30.30 54747 Bigtime Leads 30.61 4357X Rumors 30.55 5F538 Lucky James 30.59

$3,325, C2/3, 520m

L Cole M Goodier J & D Bell L Cole S Kite L Cole N Udy L Cole L Cole M Flipp

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

7

ADEPT ACCOUNTANTS C4

8

THE ROCK 95.2FM C4/5

9

HINE HOA JUST RELAX WFW RAGS TO RICHES C4/5

$3,325, C2/3, 520m 3 L Cole L Cole L Cole L Cole4 L Cole N Udy J & D Bell N Udy L Cole J & D Bell

$2,390, C4, 305m 4 M Goodier L Cole Howe & Woods3 M Roberts1 Kettlewell & Phillips N Udy M Gowan2 L Cole G & S Fredrickson M Gowan

$4,735, C4/5, 520m 2 L Cole3 M Flipp L Cole L Cole L Cole1 L Cole L Cole L Cole4

10

L Cole B Marsh L Cole L Cole L Cole J & D Bell K Gommans 4 A Turnwald G & S Fredrickson M Gowan

FIRST SECURITY C5

B Marsh2 A Turnwald1 L Cole A Turnwald M Flipp G & S Fredrickson L Cole M Roberts1

11

12

$2,860, C4/5, 305m

$4,735, C5, 520m 3

RIVER CITY GAS C3

M Flipp Kettlewell & Phillips4 W Kite L Cole N Udy J & D Bell M Flipp L Cole L Cole D P Symes

BOOK YOUR FUNCTION @ HATRICK C3

$2,035, C3, 305m

42315 Bigtime Lizzy 17.74 55117 Idol Jan 17.80 67138 Uno Again 17.71 3F427 Bacon My Heart 17.79 21765 Bigtime Jamie 17.71 33221 Bigtime Bee 17.62 21263 Bigtime Boy 17.76 14112 Barbarossa Boy 17.93 67752 Bigtime Ziggy 17.66 84377 Oskitz nwtd

L Cole2 M Flipp1 L Bell4 N Udy L Cole L Cole3 P B Briggs B Goldsack L Cole A Turnwald

b M5 Alexandra Park Harness Today at Alexandra Park

April 26

Track Information Type: All weather; Direction: Right-handed; Length: 1006m; Weather: Mainly Fine DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES PLACE 6 6:09PM 264

2

$2,035, C3, 305m 3

47137 Cookie Biscuit 17.75 32334 Alamein Lady 17.79 23781 Stormy Jay 17.62 23178 Bigtime Marley 17.65 13256 Zara Zoe 17.79 74166 Cawbourne Ridge 17.92 22111 Eye Far 17.70 34232 Bigtime Banjo 17.88 16854 Bigtime Jasmine 17.61 31858 Bigtime Hannah 17.80

9:51PM

3

LIQUORLAND WANGANUI C2/3

32274 Tyson’s Quest 29.98 35136 Nature’s Gent 29.68 15121 Blazin’ Carter 29.83 51326 Diddilee 30.07 45363 Idol Dude 30.23 51712 Hey Fernando 30.32 77415 All About Space 30.04 46142 Dyna Vernon 30.17

9:21PM

4 3

6

36575 Bigtime Autumn 17.77 16861 Hip Hop Rapper 17.49 11478 It’s Complicated 17.66 27828 Bigtime Honey 17.67 13638 Bigtime Jetty 17.50 34866 Cawbourne Mezza 17.41 56736 Reality Check nwtd 37738 Mikachu 17.59 43787 Bigtime Spark 17.74 18878 Bigtime Charlie 17.56

8:56PM

1 2 3

L Cole L Cole L Cole A Turnwald N Udy L Cole M Flipp1 L Cole2 G & S Fredrickson M Gowan

33823 Bigtime Lily 30.18 87177 Our Tyson 30.36 74514 Bigtime Kiss 30.53 28228 Bigtime Mia 30.18 22311 Bigtime Homie 30.42 33836 Bigtime Tank 30.36 82222 Cheese And Chalk 30.39 57813 Sub Eighteen 30.18

8:25PM 1 2 4 3 4 1 5 6 2 7 8 9 10

$2,860, C4/5, 305m

73647 Fare Dodger 17.81 11436 Bigtime Bremner 17.48 87187 Mahala Bay 17.75 44683 Cawbourne Liz 17.62 26515 Alamein Stryda 17.74 18272 Token Vikkers 17.75 17786 Butterball 17.59 47818 Bigtime Lovie 17.68 43787 Bigtime Spark 17.74 18878 Bigtime Charlie 17.56

8:00PM

1

WANGANUI TOYOTA C4/5 2

21888 Bigtime Brody 30.16 65627 Bigtime Lilah 30.17 77224 Bigtime Rod 29.91 44584 Bigtime Acacia 30.36 26321 Bigtime Annie 30.58 14561 Jay Mike 30.43 51517 Cawbourne Assist 30.40 5877X Replica Casino nwtd 4357X Rumors 30.55 77783 Thrilling Eddie 30.13

7:31PM 1 2 2 3 1 4 5 3 6 7 4 8 9 10

5

41365 Bigtime Blackie 17.48 11172 Sir Duggie 17.18 24533 Bigtime Eve 17.41 14561 Hypocritical 17.32 16543 Opawa Lyon 17.53 11211 Bigtime Wendle 17.35 182F5 Idol Nifty 17.46 36154 Bigtime Minnie 17.53 43787 Bigtime Spark 17.74 18878 Bigtime Charlie 17.56

6:59PM

J & D Fahey C Roberts J M McCook G Cleeve C Roberts J & D Fahey R Wales J & D Fahey S & B Evans J & D Fahey

$1,685, C2, 295m

86556 Chunk nwtd 48332 Gracie Lee 17.30 68464 Loco Lola 17.18 18646 Dagny 17.38 57214 Goldstar Tasman 17.68 23455 Barellen Panther 17.44 33261 Paringi Pam 17.43 23131 Punch On Buzz 17.59 31847 Snickerdoodle 17.42 82573 Ohoka Angel 17.41

6:28PM

4 2 1 3

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

1

MAGNESS BENROW MOBILE PACE

$20,000, 3YO+ R51-R56., 2200m PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer Driver OPT

3 4 0 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

53790 The Persuader (1) T Vince 21236 Sheffield Sparky (2) D Balle 66353 In The Shadows (3) A Donnelly 3119X Simon (4) T Vince 2743 Gambit (5) T Herlihy 64644 Bit Of A Tiger (6) P Turner 212 Ball Of Art (7) B Purdon 82623 Court On The Edge (8) S Telfer

A Poutama D Balle2 S Phelan J Stormont T Herlihy4 P Ferguson Z Butcher3 J Dunn1

9 21057 Prosecution Witness (21) K Barron 10 528X5 Rubens (22) Wallis/Hackett

B Mangos T Mitchell

Barrier

GUARDIAN

2 11

22511 Jack’s Shadow (23) A Stuart 12 93402 El Capitan (24) C Wigg 13 22143 M T Pockets (25) T Vince 14 104PX Hallmarked (u1) J & J Dickie

6:38PM OPT 229 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1 2

3

2

B Orange K Marshall M McKendry J I Dickie

ALLIANCE SERVICES MOBILE PACE

$20,000, 3YO+ R57-R70,R71 W/C., 2200m

05540 Magilligan Point (1) J Stormont 41427 L L Cool J (2) T Herlihy 31X14 Big On Personality (3) J & J Dickie 31X21 The Bull Pen (4) R Green 69234 A Bettor Act (5) J & J Dickie 89533 Mr Kiwi (6) J & J Dickie 83811 Revolver (7) T Herlihy 12396 Ideal Star (8) J & J Dickie Barrier

9 4817X Karmic Way (21) R Dunn 10 43315 Governor’s Bay (22) R Green 4 11 07514 Tiger Swift (23) S Telfer

7:09PM OPT 228

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

2 3

1 4

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

J Dunn A Poutama T Mitchell

JOHN DEVLIN MEMORIAL HANDICAP TROT

$20,000, R61-R83 DiscrHcp, 2700m

20973 Our Petite Lady (1) J Stormont 37018 Puma Road (2) S Reid 16787 Alta Venetia (u1) I Moody 8486X Sertorius (u2) J & J Dickie 33441 Red Castleton (1) Wallis/Hackett 0742X Paramount King (2) J & J Dickie 28755 Galleons Victory (3) Wallis/Hackett 688X4 The Hulk (u1) A Matthews 219X2 Ash (1) Wallis/Hackett X2101 Bonnie Highlander (2) R Dunn 19035 Pres The Belle (3) R Dunn 61544 Credit Master (4) A & L Neal 83221 Forget The Price Tag (u1) T Herlihy 85103 Majestic Ali (u2) Wallis/Hackett

7:41PM 227

OPT

3

4

Barrier

9 43214 Lulu Le Mans (21) Jones/Goadsby 10 15 Pearl Harbour (22) B Purdon

5

9 4021 Peakz Luck (21) J Stormont

3 10 21123 Tricky Ric (22) J & J Dickie 2 11 52151 Lotamuscle (23) P Nairn 1 12 1X112 Enhance Your Calm (24) Purdon/Rasmussen 8:40PM 225

1 2 3 4

6

Barrier

2 1 4 3

7

J Stormont J I Dickie B Butt M Purdon

Tomorrow at Ascot Park

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES PLACE 6 11:40AM OPT 221

1

A Poutama G O'Reilly T Mitchell M McKendry G Smith T Herlihy T Macfarlane J I Dickie SCRATCHED B Orange B Williamson M Purdon C Ford J Dunn

DOWNBYTHESEASIDE @WOODLANDS TAYLOR MILE PACE $100,000, 4YO FFA., 1609m

22112 Mach Shard (1) B Purdon 12117 Spankem (2) Purdon/Rasmussen 21111 Turn It Up (3) Purdon/Rasmussen 22321 On The Cards (4) B Purdon 22355 Hail Christian (5) P Court 22X11 Benson Boys (6) B Purdon 27143 Chase Auckland (7) Purdon/Rasmussen Barrier

8 Triple Eight 9 32114 Henry Hubert (21) R Dunn

S Phelan N Rasmussen M Purdon Z Butcher B Orange B Mangos T Herlihy

3 1 4 2

2 1 3

4 5 6 7 8

54924 Olivia Rachel (4) S Telfer 1325 Gold Class (5) Cooney/Hopkins 51161 Betterthankaty (6) S Phelan 625X4 Baquero (7) A Donnelly 31621 Havtime (8) B Purdon Barrier

9 53221 Eyespywithmylittleye (21) S Reid 10 51650 Three Kisses (22) Hollis/Robertson

10:09PM OPT 222

9

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

2 3

9 4 10 11 12 1 13

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

4 3 2 1

3 2

4

S Reid L Hollis

THE GREEN FAMILY TROT $20,000, 3YO+ R50-

J Stormont T Macfarlane B Mangos T Mitchell SCRATCHED P Ferguson G Gillies J Dunn B Butt B Orange D Ferguson (J) J Robinson B Williamson N Chilcott M Wallis

22549 Black Ops (21) C Barron P2408 Jacks N Jazz (22) G & J Knight P0309 RnR Windermere (23) J Tither 9X957 Elva Jaccka (24) B Gray 600P2 Change Is Good (25) M Kerr

3

$12,000, 3YO+ F&M R50-R63., 2200m

X7139 Ultimate Sassenach (1) D Simpson 83521 Southern Rain (2) G & C Lee 097X1 Sharnae (3) B Mowbray 3151X Delightful Deal (4) N Williamson 96143 Ideal Breeze (5) D Baynes 21350 Jody Direen (6) T Stratford 37906 Bridesdale Robyn (7) R Wilson 88926 Tiziano (8) H Hunter Barrier

1:51PM 217

4

3 2 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

5

Barrier

1 2

Barrier

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

J W Cox P Hunter R Holmes S Tomlinson (J) B Orange B Barclay N Williamson K Barclay

7

B Williamson B Barclay R May J Dunn T Williams B Orange

MACCA LODGE NEVELE R SOUTHLAND OAKS PACE $50,000, 3YO Fillies., 2700m

9 02132 Major Sass (21) P Court 10 351 Tulsa Jaccka (22) W Adams 11 68475 Calico Hill (23) R Austin 12 Canstar 13 32692 Bunter’s Dream (24) P Hunter

B Orange N Williamson A Beck SCRATCHED P Hunter

3:33PM 18

Barrier

8

3

3

M Williamson A Beck E Barron (J) B Orange B Williamson J W Cox T Williams R May B Barclay M Hurrell (J) N Williamson J Dunn

$50,000, 3YO C&G., 2700m

Barrier

11

C Ferguson J Morrison (J) J Dunn M Williamson J W Cox N Williamson B Barclay R May B Orange T Chmiel

MCMILLAN EQUINE FEEDS MOBILE PACE

$10,000, NON-WINNERS 3YO+., 2200m

1 7 Deanne Panya (1) T Barron 2 9X5 Charlton Reactor (2) S Matheson 3 072 A Cracker Knight (3) B Gray 4 75848 Dreaminsover (4) S Lock 5 3 Chuckles (5) Barclay/Ellis 6 49X43 Morningstar Gold (6) R Holmes 7 95304 Melton Mafia (7) G & C Lee 8 Justasec (8) M Kerr Barrier

4 9 42023 Delight (21) T Stratford 1 10 64X33 S P F Three (22) D Simpson 11 90224 Swift Robyn (23) R Wilson 43502 Delight N Gold (24) E Swain 13 58365 Flaming Jim (u1) H Hunter

2 12

R May S Tomlinson (J) B Barclay A Beck K Barclay R Holmes G Lee M Kerr T Williams J Morrison (J) C Ferguson E Swain M Williamson

c M2

Tomorrow at Te Rapa

April 27

1

2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9 2-3-4-5, 6-7-8-9 4-5-6-7-8-9 THINK WATER CAMBRIDGE PREMIER

$25,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 2400m PX # REC Horse (Barrier) kg Trainer Jockey 1 70575. Tommyra (3) 60 T Autridge 2 24232 Amorata (2) 58 R Bergerson 3 57103 Anarchy (8) 57.5 T Pike 4 24221 Sweet Treat (4) 56.5 TeamRogerson 5 75435 Nothing Trivial (7) 55 W Hillis 6 83301 Hattie Bee (6) 54 E & D Browne 7 X0254 Desert Storm (1) 54 E & D Browne 8 17086 Ohthoserussians (5) 54 T Mitchell 9 08502 Markwood (9) 54 S & E Clotworthy

12:33PM OPT 1004

2

CAMBRIDGE EQUINE HOSPITAL PREMIER $22,500, 2YO SW+P, 1200m

1 1261 Rainbow Dash (3) 57 J Mahoney 2 King Midas 2 3 2 Super Pursuit (8) 56.5 R Collett 4 4 53 Mongolian Heaven (7) 56.5 Baker/Forsman 5 4. Platinum Road (4) 56.5 L Latta 6 Catalyst (9) 56.5 C Chipperfield 7 Destination 8 Lethal (1) 56.5 J Richards 9 Patsys Lad (10) 56.5 E Green 10 Quiz Kid (2) 56.5 C & S Phelan 11 4372. Amazing Team (11) 54.5 TeamRogerson 3 12 Subpoena (5) 54.5 T Pike 13 Queen Of Venlo (12) 54.5 W Jones 14 Showbeel (6) 54.5 Baker/Forsman 15 Foogayzee

1

1:08PM OPT 1006

4

2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

3

C Burdan (a4) M Cameron L Innes R Elliot (a) D Danis (a2) C Dell S Collett L Allpress C Lammas

K McCulloch SCRATCHED A Calder M Cameron J Riddell M Coleman SCRATCHED R Smyth L Allpress R Elliot (a) L Innes D Mansour SCRATCHED

WAIKATO-BAY OF PLENTY HARNESS RACING MDN PREMIER $10,000, MDN, 1600m

7329 Mighty Aslan (2) 58.5 S McKee 88593 Vedo Rosso (3) 58.5 S Hale X0595 Go Go Goal (10) 58.5 M Da Cruz X0577 Blanco Canyon (9) 58.5 T & M Carter 0077. Ipatch (6) 58.5 O'Sullivan/Scott 0X00. Rusticana (11) 58.5 S Ralph 482X4 Operator (8) 58 T Pike 43 Pineapple Lump (4) 58 Baker/Forsman

C Dell L Allpress V Colgan D Mansour O Bosson

C Lammas L Innes J Riddell S McKay SCRATCHED S Collett M Cameron

4

MAARA GRANGE REHABILITATION AND FENCING PREMIER $25,000, 3YO SW+P, 1600m

2:17PM 1012

5

HUTTON CONTRACTING MAIDEN PREMIER

2:53PM 1007

6

$30,000, Rating 82 Benchmark, 1400m

3:28PM 1011

7

$100,000, WFA F&M, 2000m

1:43PM 1010

OPT

1 4 2 3

1 18610. Roll The Dice (1) 58.5 C Ormsby 2 16910. Pinmedown (2) 57.5 Moroney/Gerard 3 257X5 Notabadidea (5) 57.5 C & S Phelan 4 1 Lincoln Green (4) 57.5 L Latta 5 16X44. Sahar (8) 57.5 Baker/Forsman 6 60883 Peaceful (7) 56.5 Baker/Forsman 7 3X31 Don’t Doubt Me (3) 55.5 W Hillis 8 20X31 Socialights (6) 55.5 S Marsh

OPT

OPT

4:03PM 1005

8

4:43PM 1003

9

$70,000, 3YO SW, 1200m

R Elliot (a) L Innes S McKay O Bosson T Harris J Riddell L Allpress M Coleman S Spratt M Cameron C Lammas S Collett SCRATCHED V Colgan SCRATCHED

MANELINE CAMBRIDGE PREMIER FAST TRACK $5K BONUS $30,000, R72 Benchmark, 1200m

1 3D1X7 Ticket To Ride (7) 60 K & G Opie 2 088X8 Barcelo (16) 59 P McKay 3 3 33221 Breezon (6) 59 S McKee 4 5601X Direct Capital (1) 59 K Nicholson 5 X050X Prince Hareem (11) 59 T Pike 6 63559 Ottavio (12) 58.5 TeamRogerson 1 7 53923 Short Fuse (8) 58 Richardson/Parker 8 44152 Pitch And Switch (5) 57.5 B Hawtin 9 45266. Danger Dee (14) 57.5 J McKay 10 9917X Money Trail (9) 57.5 B Hawtin 4 11 7476X Power Dream (13) 56.5 S Marsh 12 62413 Walkin’ By (10) 56.5 T Pike 13 Goboniego 2 14 X1813 Maison Roxanne (4) 55.5 Ramsay/Ritchie 0 15 X729X Pierina (15) 55.5 S Marsh 0 16 037X0 Mutechi (2) 55.5 TeamRogerson 0 17 98430. Elusive Meteor (3) 54 M Da Cruz 18 Polly Grey

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

J Riddell O Bosson M Coleman S McKay D Mansour A Calder R Elliot (a) L Innes L Allpress C Lammas M Cameron S Spratt S Collett

INGLIS SALES CAMBRIDGE BREEDERS STAKES

1 3120X Hypnos (17) 56.5 James/Wellwood 2 12238 Dawn Patrol (18) 56.5 F Ritchie 3 3 44413 Cavallo Veloce (6) 56.5 P McKay 4 8X102 Qiji Express (10) 56.5 Baker/Forsman 1 5 112. Vigor Winner (16) 56.5 L Brennan 6 14550. Lincoln Falls (3) 56.5 L Latta 7 14321 Mr Universe (2) 56.5 J McKay 2 8 11074 Media Sensation (11) 54.5 P & D Williams 4 9 X2311 Santa Catarina (12) 54.5 S Marsh 10 15015 Espresso Martini (15) 54.5 Baker/Forsman 11 74120. She’s A Thief (9) 54.5 Moroney/Gerard 12 111 Sheezallmine (13) 54.5 D Miller 13 What A Smasher 14 8X281 Wekaforce (1) 54.5 T Pike 0 15 26X16 Bolt From The Blue (5) 56.5 T Pike 16 Burgundy Belle 0 17 X1813 Maison Roxanne (8) 54.5 Ramsay/Ritchie 0 18 1398X Annie Okay (7) 54.5 S & E Clotworthy 0 19 22141 Speedy Meady (14) 56.5 S Ralph 0 20 12X2 Von Trapp (4) 56.5 R Collett OPT

J Riddell C Dell C Burdan (a4) L Innes R Elliot (a) S Collett S Spratt O Bosson D Danis (a2) M Cameron M Coleman D Mansour A Calder SCRATCHED L Allpress

TRAVIS STAKES

76771 Nicoletta (9) 57 Baker/Forsman 553X0 Our Abbadean (2) 57 J Richards 13172 Supera (8) 57 Kelso/Donoghue 169X0 She’s Poppy (4) 57 R Connors 37523 Yearn (5) 57 K Fursdon 780X0 Etah James (7) 57 M Lupton 902X0 China Star (6) 57 L Latta 32321 Fiscal Fantasy (13) 57 F Ritchie 24124 Jessiegee (3) 57 M Breslin X5540 Zentessa (12) 57 Kennedy/Furlong 23740 Hinerangi (10) 57 Baker/Forsman 42417 Lady Painton (11) 57 S Autridge 21130 Tantalising (1) 57 S Marsh

OPT

O Bosson R Norvall A Calder V Colgan M Coleman C Dell S Collett D Danis (a2) M Cameron D Mansour S McKay C Lammas J Riddell S Spratt R Elliot (a) L Innes

AON INSURANCE BROKERS PREMIER

1 X6740 Go Nicholas (14) 60.5 S Hale 2 2X06X Peacock (2) 59.5 M Da Cruz 3 211X5 Remington (3) 59.5 J Richards 2 4 18315 Pretty To Sea (9) 58.5 S Marsh 3 5 10323 Hanger (4) 58.5 James/Wellwood 6 29174 Swisswatch (13) 57.5 S Ritchie 4 7 0X069 Hasahalo (5) 57 S McKee 1 8 35511 She’s Not Bad (11) 56.5 J Richards 9 27096 Farm Boy (12) 56 T & M Carter 10 30X59 Power O’Hata (1) 55 Baker/Forsman 11 11343 Veine D’Or (10) 55 Kelso/Donoghue 12 485X4 Aligns With Me (8) 54.5 B Hawtin 13 X3368. O’Angel (7) 54 S McKee 14 Stacey Ann 15 581X7 Ritani (6) 54 S Marsh 16 170X5 Campari (15) 54 S Marsh

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

M Coleman C Lammas L Allpress L Innes O Bosson M Cameron D Danis (a2) S Collett

$20,000, MDN, 1400m

1 7352 Jet Set (5) 58.5 J Richards 2 82300 Its All Fake News (4) 58.5 L Hall 3 4306X Soaring Wyvern (8) 58.5 T Mitchell 4 F36 Anhedonia (11) 58.5 M Blackie 4 5 480X7 Heat Seeker (13) 58.5 D Ferguson 6 Principal Datum (15) 58.5 M Da Cruz 7 068X0. Wilson (10) 58.5 C Mortimer 3 8 45X35 The Garrison (1) 58 W Hillis 9 464X5 William Scott (14) 58 S Marsh 10 60X Persistence (16) 58 M Brooks 11 0 Rocco Valenti (3) 58 P McKay 12 32333. Rusalka (7) 56.5 S Ralph 13 85X35 Into The Groove (9) 56.5 Baker/Forsman 1 14 360X4 Rip Em Up (6) 56 S Marsh 15 33643 Power Of Strength (12) 56 TeamRogerson 2 16 64X2 Simply Sacred (2) 56 T Pike

2 1

Track Information Type: Grass; Expected: Dead; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1800m; Straight: 420m; Rail: True | 1mm rain last 24 hours; Weather: Mainly Fine DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES PLACE 6 12:00PM OPT 1002

63 Prestigious Lad (7) 58 I Kennedy 5595 Foodie King (12) 58 Wallace/Cooksley 11 076X6 Dr Velocious (13) 58 S & E Clotworthy 12 00X09. Kandari (1) 58 Baker/Forsman 13 8X473 Just Treasure (14) 56.5 R McCarroll 14 Giammetti 1 15 52 Baby Face (5) 56 S Marsh 16 367 Trip To Freedom (16) 56 Baker/Forsman 0 17 0X08. Impeccable One (15) 58.5 O'Sullivan/Scott 9

3 10

OPT

Te Rapa Races

$11,000, 3YO+ R52-R56., 2200m

N Williamson K Larsen M Williamson

C Ferguson M Anderson B Orange

10 ALABAR SOUTHERN SUPREMACY STAKES FINAL PACE

43118 Robyns Playboy (1) R Wilson 58109 Cast No Shadow (2) P Court 21003 Stars Tonight (3) R Dunn 15746 Global Domination (4) T Barron 13883 Diego (5) J Cox 25434 Zinny Mach (6) M Kerr 12425 Mighty Flying Art (7) M G Brown 1266 Burlington (8) B White

5:07PM OPT 11

PHILLIPS HORSE TRANSPORT MOBILE PACE

1 35513 Tartan Trilogy (1) C Faithful 2 47P81 The White Rabbit (2) K Larsen 3 74406 Groomsman (3) H Hunter

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

T Williams M Hurrell (J) K Barclay A Beck E Barron (J)

REGENT CAR COURT SOUTHERN COUNTRY CUPS HCP PACE $25,000, R60-R100 SpecHcp, 2700m

1 9 X6302 Mongolian Cavalry (21) P Court 2 10 32471 Memphis Tennessee (22) T & G Chmiel

N Williamson

M Williamson T Williams J Dunn B Hope (J) R May R Swain R Holmes B Barclay

OPT

4

9

405X7 Maidonthebeach (1) H Hunter 55634 Bettor Enforce (2) A Beck 12907 Mucho Macho Man (3) S Breen 32801 Benio Ben (4) T Stratford 23412 Vintage Cheddar (5) A Black 45133 Born To Boogie (1) B Gray 68074 Especial (2) T Stratford 63419 Please Shuddup (3) M G Brown 31217 Santanna’s Rocket (4) S Breen 01561 Sagwitch (1) S Breen X6197 Forgotten Highway (2) M Kerr 18328 Smokin By (u1) M Kerr

4:37PM OPT 13

S Ottley

61086 Tango Dancer (1) D Cummings 18343 Donegal Art Chokin (2) B Hill 31351 Pressed For Time (3) T Bagrie 10372 Mossdale Art (4) G & N Hope 12332 Kendra (5) G & N Hope 2X936 The Empress (6) R Swain 51120 Team Kiwi (7) R Holmes 62722 Allaboutdreams (8) B Gray

2 4 3 1

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

1 2 DIAMOND CREEK FARM 2YO CLASSIC MOBILE PACE 3 $50,000, 2YO., 2200m 4

4 Pembrook Playboy (1) N Williamson 55 Master 2 S Smolenski 3 34 Cassius Bromac (3) B Gray 4 Dina Bolt (4) Purdon/Rasmussen 5 02 William Wallace (5) M Kerr 6 13263 Virgil (6) Purdon/Rasmussen 7 41256 Mach Da Vinci (7) P Court

2:58PM OPT 23

4

6

T Williams R May

$13,000, R58-R70., 2200m

57103 Hurricane Banner (1) S Matheson 77152 My Georgie Boy (2) P Hunter 21850 Ardent Lustre (3) A Stack 42461 Son Of Lana (4) M G Brown 181P8 Raffy Roo (5) D Baynes 34731 Nota Bene Denario (6) B Gray 25314 Rockabilly Blues (7) K & J Price 111 U May Cullect (8) Barclay/Ellis

2:22PM 216

B Orange G Lee M Williamson N Williamson A Beck M Hurrell (J) C Ferguson B Williamson

OLPHERT CONTRACTING MOBILE PACE

9 92X14 Four Starzzz Shiraz (21) B Mowbray OPT

E Barron (J) B Orange N Williamson B Barclay R May M Williamson S Ottley

FOVEAUX COMMUNICATIONS LTD F&M MOBILE PACE

9 41227 I’mallaboutthebase (21) S Baucke 51544 Double O Heaven (22) B Hill

OPT

A Beck C Ferguson M Hurrell (J) B Barclay J Dunn

4:08PM 14

OPT

$14,999, R60-R100 DiscrHcp, 2700m

56154 Nottingham K Two (1) G Orr 010PP Wee Man Trouble (u1) Barclay/Ellis 30905 De Vito (u2) R Wilson 86717 King Cassidy (u1) B Gray 38672 Smokey Mac (u1) A Swain 19653 Jen Jaccka (1) P Williamson 81731 War Admiral (2) T Stratford

4

S Walkinshaw T Williams S Tomlinson (J) E Barron (J) B Williamson M Williamson J Morrison (J) P Hunter

Barrier

9 68334 Fiery Ferret (21) G & J Knight 2 10 1X5 Pitch Perfect (22) M Anderson 3 11 1 Parama (23) D Simpson

WILLIAMSON RACING STABLES HANDICAP TROT

1 10

R59,R62 W/C SpecHcp, 2700m

1 22782 Sunny Pegasus (1) J Stormont 2 69100 The Peaky Blinder (2) J Gameson 3 45630 Thatgirltrouble (3) B Mangos 4 91976 Stow (4) Wallis/Hackett 5 Tickle Me Pink 6 03349 Majestic Moment (u1) R Dunn 7 557 Madeakillin (u2) N Chilcott 2 8 2X072 Resonate (u3) R Dunn 9 36X03 Astound (u4) Wallis/Hackett 10 53743 Laura Bush (1) M House 4 11 84560 Bro Fawkes S (2) R Darby 12 46355 Jomo (3) J Robinson 3 13 6X8X4 Kenny’s Dream (4) P Williamson 1 14 41212 Phoebe Imperial (u1) N Chilcott 15 508X7 Magnafique (1) Wallis/Hackett

$10,000, 3YO+ R48-R51., 2200m

Barrier

1:16PM OPT 218 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

2

T Stratford K Larsen A Beck B Barclay R Holmes J Morrison (J) C Ferguson

CADUCEUS CLUB OF SOUTHLAND MOBILE PACE

02610 Toby O’Gara (1) C Faithful 6P7X5 The Red Robber (2) T Stratford 79760 First Son (3) S Matheson X0371 The Croupier (4) S Matheson 35865 Vin Scully (5) H Hunter 2P130 Tartan Robyn (6) H Hunter 44100 Kansas City Jim (7) S Lock 44430 Iwanadancewitsumbody (8) H Hunter

12:41PM OPT 219

SCRATCHED J Dunn

A Poutama B Butcher (J) S Phelan T Herlihy Z Butcher

2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11 1-2-3, 5-6-7, 9-10-11 2-3-4-5, 8-9-10-11 6-7-8-9-10-11 INVERCARGILL WORKOUTS COMMITTEE HANDICAP TROT

92271 Big Iron (1) T Stratford 55960 Tolkien (2) K Larsen 24043 Moniburns (3) Barclay/Ellis 16283 Full Noise (1) B Gray 8758X Redwood Invasion (2) R Holmes 40976 Spotlight The Valley (3) R Wilson 45361 Neverneverland (u1) K Robertson

12:06PM OPT 220

4 9:39PM CMP CONSTRUCTION MOBILE PACE 3 $20,000, 3YO+ F&M R65., 1700m 1 OPT 223 1 00469 Fortune Smiles (1) A Matthews S Abernethy 2 2 62209 Adieu Flirt (2) J Abernethy J Abernethy 4 3 13648 Triolet (3) S Telfer D Butcher

8

April 27

$10,000, 3YO+ R48-R59 SpecHcp, 2700m PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

4 0175 Altimeter (4) T Stratford 5 29109 Franco June (5) R Wilson 6 2X2X1 Paddyproudfoot (6) Barclay/Ellis 7 60772 Cast A Shadow (7) B Nicol 8 40109 Paduka (8) C Barron

1

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

$100,000, FFA., 2200m

9 Majestic Ali 10 X36X4 Habibi Inta (21) P Nairn 11 11111 Majestic Man (22) P Williamson 12 15811 Monty Python (23) P Williamson 13 12076 Marcoola (24) K Ford 14 11712 Sundees Son (25) R Dunn

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

P Nairn Z Butcher K Marshall T Macfarlane G Smith T Herlihy B Mangos D Butcher

b M7 Invercargill Harness

H R FISKEN & SONS 2019 ANZAC CUP MOBILE TROT

1 43676 Everybody Knows (1) S McCaffrey 2 17166 Ronald J (2) P Nairn 3 13212 Massive Metro (3) Wallis/Hackett 4 681D1 Lemond (4) R Paynter 5 89345 Destiny Jones (5) D Hunter 6 10123 Temporale (6) T Herlihy 7 X7D24 Heavyweight Hero (7) T Macfarlane 8 22821 Speeding Spur (8) J & J Dickie

9:09PM OPT 224

S Tomlinson (J) S Phelan

$60,000, 3YO., 2200m

Barrier

OPT

T Herlihy N Rasmussen J Dunn B Mangos Z Butcher M McKendry M Purdon J Stormont

HARAS DES TROTTEURS SIRES STAKES CHAMPS TROT

1 15634 Gil Favor (1) P Nairn 2 18616 Kratos (2) J & J Dickie 3 3 Lady Be Good (3) K Marshall 4 X0PX0 Adelle (4) D & C McGowan 5 41440 Swiss Miss (5) G Smith 6 1853X Tickle Me Pink (6) T Herlihy 7 X1235 Sunnys Little Jestic (7) B Mangos 8 X7181 Anditover (8) R Paynter

4

J Stormont Z Butcher M McKendry S Phelan B Hackett J I Dickie B Orange J Abernethy B Mangos J Dunn P Ferguson A Neal T Herlihy T Mitchell

WOODLANDS STUD CADUCEUS CLUB CLASSICMOBILE PACE $100,000, 2YO Fillies., 2200m

33 Delightful Catherine (1) T Herlihy 25312 Amazing Dream (2) Purdon/Rasmussen 2322 Tiffany Rose (3) R Dunn 431 Longview Lady (4) K Barron 32412 Little Miss Perfect (5) B Purdon 7 Plutonium Lady (6) M Jones 1111 Sweet On Me (7) Purdon/Rasmussen 99646 Eighteen Carat (8) Cooney/Hopkins

8:11PM OPT 226

J Stormont T Herlihy Z Butcher D Butcher B Orange B Mangos M Purdon J I Dickie

WEEKEND RACING GUIDE

Compiled by

C Burdan (a4) C Lammas S Spratt A Calder D Mansour S Johnson (a4) D Danis (a2) V Colgan S McKay L Allpress S Collett M Coleman SCRATCHED M Cameron R Elliot (a) C Dell SCRATCHED

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Friday, April 26, 2019

Huge crowds and big punting were the order of the day at Riverton last weekend.

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Locals stand up and dominate A golden day out at the trots for Mid Canterbury

Racing reporter Matt Markham takes a look at the racing week that was and has a look at the weekend ahead.

W

hile our presence on the harness racing stage may not be as great as it once was, Mid Canterbury can still pull a pretty hefty punch and stand up tall just like we did at Timaru on Wednesday.

There were Mid Canterbury names scattered throughout the winners list, including some great success for a few of the lesser known lights of the industry from within our district.

Wendy Stevenson started the ball rolling when her ultra-consistent mare, Gotta Future delivered a standout performance to knock off another local pacer, Iknow and John Hay. The Gotta Go Cullen mare has been in grand form recently and was very deserving of her victory after a smart drive by John Dunn.

Hay didn’t have to wait too long, he was in the winners’ circle in the very next race when Nearis Green, wearing the colours of his father Cyril, came from the trail to win after showing exceptionally good stand start manners to lead and trail.

It too was a Mid Canterbury quinella with the Wendy Nordqvist owned Spot On finishing second.

A couple of good Rakaia lads combined a little later on when Girls Let Loose made it two wins in a row. After winning at Forbury last week in the hands of Sarah O’Reilly, the Stuart Sutherland trained trotter was driven by Gerard O’Reilly.

Ricky May made sure he wasn’t left out when he won on Donegal Gilbert and then Brent White unleashed a promising type in Cranbourne to win a couple of races later.

May then grabbed another – and a double for Brendon Hill when Fancy won the penultimate race of the day.

Riverton shows how it’s done There is a lot of conversation around at the moment about the future of some tracks in the South Island and just where they sit in the make-up of the racing industry.

Some have been set for closure following the release of the Messara report and despite plenty of public outcry, there doesn’t seem to be a lot of wiggle room for some clubs to keep their tracks in action.

An unfortunate situation we find ourselves in is that those in the flash suits sitting in Wellington and Auckland making all the decisions are so far separated from the the actual racing world that they have no idea.

Riverton’s annual Easter Saturday meet-

Nearis Green was one of a number of Mid Canterbury winners on Wednesday at Timaru. ing was a bumper edition.

They had 4000 people on course and the turnover from punters was far higher than that which was wagered at a supposed big day of racing at Ellerslie in Auckland on the same day.

Sure, the furnishings aren’t as flash and the grandstands might be a little more worn down than some of the big tracks, but meetings like Riverton, Reefton and Waikouaiti are the beating heart of the industry.

They draw some of the biggest fields and make for a return to the former glory days of racing with decent crowds out and enjoying the spectacle.

Don’t ruin that.

Where’s our race meeting?

Harness racing fans who keep up with the play will have noticed that a meeting scheduled for the Ashburton Trotting Club this weekend is no longer in existence.

The meeting was removed by Harness Racing New Zealand earlier in the season – and it would be safe to say it’s not been the most well-received decision made by the industry leaders judging by reaction

from trainers around the Canterbury region.

With no meeting in the region from Wednesday’s Timaru meeting until Addington next week, it’s left a big gap for a lot of horses which has put a few noses out of joint.

Admittedly, the fault doesn’t rest solely with HRNZ, they were forced by the Racing Board to delete the date due to a clash with the Blenheim galloping meeting due to the fact they couldn’t service both meetings with their control truck – incidentally, it was the same reason that Ashburton lost their Boxing Day date.

It’s not a major meeting, but it’s still a blow for the industry in this part of the country.

It certainly does seem as though the powers above aren’t that fond of Ashburton at the moment for some reason and their actions and decisions would certainly reflect that.

Racing this week As previously said, there’s not much to get excited about locally this weekend which is a real shame, but there’s still a bit worth sinking the teeth into.

Harness fans have the excitement of

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Group One racing tonight from Alexandra Park and then Diamonds Day at Invercargill tomorrow with some cracking fields in action.

On the thoroughbred side of the fence, the two-day meeting at Waterlea Racecorse in Blenheim is always interesting racing.

On speed runners are often the best bets of the day up there and looking through the fields there is no shortage of them.

What are we backing?

Feelin The Love snuck into third at the nice place price of $3.60 last Saturday and Far From True was late scratched at Motukarara on Monday so we’ll call that a winning weekend.

Gallops: I can’t believe I’m doing it, I said I wouldn’t again – but one of my own goes around today at Blenheim and it’s just the sort of track she’ll love.

Attimo is in the sixth of the day with Lisa Allpress in the saddle.

Look out if she finds the rail early.

Trots: He might give you $3 for the win, but Morningstar Gold should prove very hard to beat in the last race of the day tomorrow from Invercargill on Diamonds Day.

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Steel surge downs Mystics NZME Finding their groove late, the Southern Steel powered home to clinch a 66-60 win over the much-improved Northern Mystics to close out Round Nine in Dunedin last night.

Well in the contest heading down the home straight, the Mystics could not contain the defending champions who showed their pedigree when it mattered most, lifting the intensity levels and improving their accuracy to finish in dominant fashion.

Unlucky to miss out on a bonus point, the Mystics started full of promise, changes in the final quarter taking time to settle as the Steel overcame a slow start, capitalising on opportunities while the visitor’s chances dried up. There were no surprises in the Steel line-up with goal shoot Lenize Potgieter reclaiming the starting spot.

Captain Phoenix Karaka continued to be ruled out of action with concussion, but the Mystics welcomed back wing attack Elisapeta Toeava from injury while retaining the well-performed Grace Kukutai at wing defence.

Mystics in-circle defenders Michaela Sokolich-Beatson and Erena Mikaere got away to busy start with a flurry of early intercepts but both teams were guilty of wasting too many opportunities.

In a muddled start, good play was overshadowed by not so good, both teams struggling with their accuracy rates as the Mys-

Te Paea Selby-Rickit (right) of the Steel in action during the ANZ Premiership match between the Steel and the Mystics.

PHOTO NZME tics edged to a 14-13 first quarter lead.

There was more urgency from the Steel on the resumption, midcourters Shannon Saunders and Gina Crampton finding their fluency on attack and providing more ball for an increasingly influential Potgieter while Kate Heffernan played a strong hand with her disruptive presence at wing defence.

Mystics schoolgirl sensation Grace Nweke was introduced early in the stanza, the towering

shooter having a difficult start under intense pressure from Te Huinga Selby-Rickit (in her 150th combined national league match) and Abby Erwood.

Down by six, the Mystics rallied with a late three-goal burst to narrow the gap, leaving the Steel with a 30-27 half-time lead.

Directed by patient feeding from Toeava, Emma Iversen and Bailey Mes, Nweke found her feet during the third stanza, a stirring fightback getting the Mystics back on level terms early in the

third stanza.

Slightly rattled in their shooting circle and looking for consistency across their court, the Steel found themselves with a battle on their hands.

Both teams had mini surges as each tried to wrest the initiative.

Courtney Elliott entered the fray, replacing Te Huinga Selby-Rickit while her sister at the other end, Te Paea Selby-Rickit found her range under the hoop to help the Steel keep their noses in front, 45-43, at the last break.

Anscombe caught in ultimate conundrum Welsh utility back Gareth Anscombe has been caught in the ultimate sports conundrum.

The former Aucklander lines up on Sunday in a do-or-die game for Cardiff Blues against Ospreys, the team he is moving to next season.

Club may ditch stripes First it was the club emblem, where the distinctive bull was removed to make way for a minimalist white letter J on a black background. Two years later, Juventus may be preparing to make an even bigger break with tradition and ditch their famous black-and-white striped shirts after 116 years. Gazzetta dello Sport has published what they say is leaked photographs of the 2019/20 “home” strip. In a dramatic departure, the shirt featured one black half and one white half, divided by a thin pink line. Juventus would not confirm the kit change.

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Latu back

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NZME

In brief

The loser of the Pro 14 clash at Principality Stadium will no longer be in contention for next season’s glamour European Champions Cup. There will be even greater pressure on Anscombe, capped 26 times by Wales, as he is the Cardiff goalkicker.

It has led former Welsh back

Lee Jarvis, who once faced a similar dilemma, to call on Cardiff not to play Anscombe.

“It could come down to Anscombe having a kick at goal with a minute left to win it for the Blues and knock the Ospreys out,” said Jarvis, who struck an issue after signing for Neath from Pontypridd.

“Personally, as a coach, I wouldn’t want to put that pressure on him.

“What would I do? I most probably wouldn’t play him, if I’m honest.”

However, Cardiff coach John Mulvihill is adamant the 27-yearold Anscombe will play, reportedly at fullback.

Wallabies hooker Tolu Latu is back from a six-week week suspension and test back Cutis Rona has been recalled to the NSW Waratahs starting side for tomorrow’s Super Rugby home game against the Sharks. Latu, who received a suspension for dangerous play after round two, comes in on the bench for Andrew Tuala. Rona replaces Alex Newsome on the wing and there’s a back-row change on the bench with Lachlan Swinton coming in for Will Miller.

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Arsenal ripped apart Arsenal’s fragility on the road returned as a 3-1 defeat at Wolverhampton Wanderers put a huge dent in their hopes of a topfour finish in the Premier League.

The north Londoners needed only a point to reclaim fourth spot from Chelsea but conceded three times before half-time. Unai Emery’s side were stunned as the Wolves recovered from a slow start to take the lead with a stunning Ruben Neves free-kick before Matt Doherty headed a second in the 37th minute. It got even worse for Arsenal in first-half stoppage time as they carelessly gave the ball away in midfield and Diogo Jota surged through to fire a shot past Bernd Leno. A late Sokratis header from Granit Xhaka’s cross was scant consolation for the Gunners fans who had made the trip to the Midlands.

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Cleary denies blow-up led to Gould exit AAP Penrith coach Ivan Cleary has embraced the pressure of leading the NRL club following the shock exit of Panthers supremo Phil Gould.

“I understand that I’m the leader of the club here and I have to – the results will always fall on my shoulders,” Cleary said yesterday.

“By nature I believe in collaboration and one thing I love about rugby league has been the team environment. But I know the buck will stop with me.”

Cleary was speaking a day after the club agreed to make Gould’s position as general manager of football redundant, after he approached them about leaving.

His exit comes five months after Cleary was brought back to the club as coach despite Gould making overtures to lure Wayne Bennett. Cleary was at pains to deny suggestions of a power struggle between the pair, emanating from Gould’s decision to sack him in 2015.

While it was Gould who pushed previous coach Anthony Griffin

out last August, chairman Dave O’Neill came over the top by bringing Cleary back on a mammoth five-year deal.

“There’s no falling out. Never has been,” insisted Cleary.

I’ve known Gus (Gould) for almost 25 years, he’s been a huge part in my life and my career as a player and a coach.”

Cleary was also forced to deny that a disagreement over a recent recruitment decision was the catalyst for Gould’s exit.

“There was no blow-ups. I’ve never had a blow-up with Gus in

my life actually,” Cleary said.

“I know it seems like a nice narrative but Gus has always said that this role he’s in will come to an end at some point. He was always the one going to know that.

“For him to make that decision, I certainly respect that decision and feel indebted that it’s now our job as a staff and me leading that staff, to take it from here.”

Cleary was a little surprised when Gould opted to leave with three-and-a-half years left of a five-year deal to continue a tenure that began in 2012.

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Freak accident The Black Sticks Women were dealt a cruel blow ahead of their must-win FIH Pro League match against Australia yesterday when Rose Keddell suffered a freak injury. The seasoned defender needed stitches to her head after copping a knock while training this week, Black Sticks interim coach Sean Dancer confirmed. The 25-year-old was out running when a rubbish bin dropped from the truck after it had been emptied, striking the 165-cap star. The Black Sticks women are hoping to bounce back after successive away defeats to Argentina and China.

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Calls for Adams’ trade NZME Calls for a Steven Adams’ trade have grown louder in the wake of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Western Conference play-offs loss.

Leading by 15 points with six minutes to play, the Thunder looked assured of keeping their season alive, but a furious Portland Trail Blazers comeback was capped off by a miraculous deep three-pointer from Damian Lillard, giving Portland a 118-115 victory and a 4-1 series victory.

Adams had 10 points, four rebounds, two assists and three blocks, but missed most of the final quarter due to foul trouble

and match-up problems.

Some fans have since taken to Twitter demanding an Adams trade, questioning the Kiwi’s performance this season.

Adams was first tipped to be traded when an American sports journalist slammed the Kiwi big man’s season as ‘disappointing’.

“The guy they are going to have to trade is Adams who has been really, really disappointing … not only in this series but down the stretch too,” Simmons said.

He still believed Adams would be an attractive buy for another franchise, however, with the Kiwi’s leadership and team-first attitude often hailed as one of the best in the NBA.

Richie McCaw could not hide his disappointment at the postmatch press conference after the quarter-final of the 2007 Rugby World Cup. PHOTO NZME

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Kyle Cabangun and Taylah Burrowes with the medals they won in Australia.

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■■ KARATE

Ashburton karate kids win big in Aust

By Erin Tasker

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Ashburton’s JION Karate Dojo has taken on a bit of a golden glow after a busy couple of weeks for some of its top young karate exponents.

Taylah Burrowes and Kyle Cabangun both headed to Australia before Easter for the Australian Karate Championships and the Australian Open Championships, where both performed with distinction.

Burrowes returned home from Sydney with gold from the school championships and bronze from the Australian Open, while Cabangun also won a gold in his weight division.

On their return to New Zealand they lined up for the New

Zealand Open, which ran on Good Friday and was attended by three JION members – Burrowes, Cabangun and Leanne Walsh.

There, Burrowes won gold in her age and weight division kumite, and bronze in her age division kata.

She also joined in the team kumite with two girls from Auckland and together they won team gold and from there she attended a two-day national training camp.

On the Saturday it was the turn of the younger development and intermediate level competitors who also brought home a haul of medals for JION. Brooke Edmond took bronze in the six to seven-year-old development kata and the devel-

opment kumite, while Madison Edmond won gold in the eight to nine-year-old development kumite 30kg-plus category.

In the eight and nine-yearold development section, Carina Lupse took silver in the development kumite 30kg-plus, while in the 10 to 11-year-old intermediate kata Isabel Wang took bronze.

She also took bronze in the same age intermediate kumite.

Meanwhile, Rakaia’s Tayla Davidson was also in action at the New Zealand open and she too came home with an impressive medal haul.

She won gold in kumite, silver in kata, gold in team kata and bronze in team kumite, and also attended the two-day national camp.

The World Cup loss that changed McCaw’s life NZME Former All Blacks captain Richie McCaw has opened up on how the darkest day in his rugby career became his greatest life lesson.

Speaking on Radio Hauraki’s A Few Good Men podcast, McCaw recalled how tough the All Black’s 2007 World Cup quarterfinal loss to France was for him at the time.

But now, looking back on it as a turning point, McCaw credited that dark day as one of the reasons he went on to lead the All Blacks to redemption and win the 2011 and 2015 World Cups.

“People ask me what is the worst thing that happened to you in rugby? For a while, I’d say the 2007 World Cup quarter-final but probably now I’d say it was one of the best things that happened to me,” McCaw said.

“I wouldn’t have put the time and effort and work into what happened for the [next] eight years … I don’t think the All Blacks would have been successful for the [following] eight years had we not gone through that.

“Yes, it was tough at the time but the learnings we got out of it and where it took us, the path it took us, wouldn’t have happened if we hadn’t gone through that.

“It showed you how tough it is to actually win a World Cup. It put that right in perspective. You never took anything for granted after that.”

Since hanging up his boots, McCaw has refocused his competitiveness to the world of adventure racing, adding that the valuable lesson he learned in the 2007 event had motivated him to continue challenging himself.

“I always said, ‘what am I going to miss from not playing rugby?’ It’s the challenge but also the learning. I think if you haven’t got something you are trying to get to or be better at, then you are just going to plateau and you’re just going to turn up and it’s going to be the same old.

“Whereas if you’ve got something you really want to figure out so that you’re not on a plateau, then you are going to have a purpose to get out of bed each day.”

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Strong showing at nationals Ashburton waterskiers have again shown they are some of the best in New Zealand with a stand-out run of performances at the national championships in the Oraeki Basin over the long weekend.

After some outstanding success both locally and on the international stage over the past couple of months, the Ashburton contingent carried their form through to the nationals and made the most of some spectacular weather for waterskiing picking up some huge scores along the way and also making full use of the new Nautique boat and a new jump ramp which had been imported from America in the lead-up to the championships.

Again, it was the prowess of the Donaldson twins, Hugh and George, which led the charge for the Ashburton group, but rising star Emily Milner made sure her name was in lights with some outstanding results as well.

Hugh was in particularly good form with solid results throughout the course of the championships.

He walked away with the prestigious Wade Trophy for the highest tricks score of any skier under 21 in any event at championships. That title sat alongside his effort to finish second in the New Zealand open men’s competition.

Hugh claimed gold in the under-21 tricks, silver in the jump and bronze in the slalom as well

as picking up another bronze medal in the open men’s competitions with 50-metre jump.

Brother George wasn’t left out.

He claimed silver in the open men’s slalom – producing some outstanding runs and skiing on to the short 12-metre line in all three rounds. He set the score to beat in the open men’s event, but was eventually collared, finishing fourth overall in the open men’s competition and second overall to Hugh in the under-21 category with a gold in slalom and silver in tricks.

Milner, fresh off a grand weekend at the Canterbury championships, won bronze overall in New Zealand girls, with a silver in tricks, and bronzes in slalom and jump, including a 33m personal best.

She also claimed the Silver Star for women award, with her strong scores overall throughout the season over three different sites.

The young up-and-comer was also selected for the first time to ski in the New Zealand open women’s division.

Other results from the championship for local skiers saw Lana Leckenby a close fourth in open women’s slalom and she picked up bronze in both the slalom and tricks.

Courtney Donaldson won silver in both the women’s jump and overall and came fourth in slalom and tricks.

Neil Donaldson was a close silver in SM3 tricks.

Right - Hugh Donaldson led the charge for the Ashburton contingent at the National Water Ski Championships last weekend.

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Kelly Slater ready for huge Bells Beach swell AAP

Kelly Slater in action at Bells Beach.

Kelly Slater expects the world’s best surfers to be “dodging bullets” today when a predicted huge swell hits Australia’s Bells Beach for the concluding stages of the Rip Curl Pro. The 11-time world champion was the first man through to the round of 16 after ousting Australian world title hope Julian Wilson in a tactical encounter yesterday.

Wilson was frustrated after passing up priority on what turned out to be the best wave of a heat which the the 47-year-old Slater won 11.84 points to 7.20.

As soon as he got out of the water, Slater was looking ahead to what is being described as a “50-year storm”, with the prospect of a 15-foot (five-metre) swell today and tomorrow.

“It’s going to be big; it could be a 20-year swell from Point Break,” Slater said.

“It’s always when you put that expectation that it doesn’t happen.

“I think it’s going to be too big for Bells tomorrow and we’ll be trying to catch the inside waves.”

Slater said he would have to search around for a bigger board to tackle whatever Bells offered up.

“Tomorrow’s round is going to be dodging bullets,” he said.

“I don’t know that it’s going to be favouring anybody.

“I think it’s just going to be choosing the right waves and positioning yourself.

“Surf wise, I don’t think anyone looks like a giant favourite; maybe a John John (Florence) or something like that.

“I’m just expecting it to be some big mushy walls out wide and we’re going to be trying to sneak in on some six-to-eight footers.

“But it could be as big as ‘81. Who knows?”

It was a second successive disappointing result for world title contender Wilson, who bowed out at the same stage at the season-opening event on the Gold Coast earlier this month.

“I was definitely thinking for (Wilson), for his confidence and his year now, the pressure’s on because he’s had two bad results and I was going to have two bad results,” Slater said.

“So, if there was any talk of me being back in the world title hunt it wasn’t going to happen if I lost that heat.”

Slater’s next opponent will be Peterson Crisanto, who won an all-Brazilian encounter against Michael Rodrigues.

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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS EXCELLENT fundraising opportunity - free to hire.

Community fundraising BBQ situated at Mitre 10 Mega.

Visit our customer service counter today to book and for details. Phone 308 5119.

Birthday Greetings Matilda Hurst Happy 2nd Birthday Tilly.

Love from Grandma, Grandad, Uncles and Aunties, Jayden, George, Sam, Zoe and William.

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Our 70 Social Service centres around the country, staffed by passionate Salvation Army workers and volunteers, help over 120,000 people in crisis each year.

Please support our Red Shield Appeal and help make change, for the 1 in 40 Kiwis who need our help annually.

Our annual Red Shield Appeal is when we call on people like you to give generously in support of our work on the frontlines, helping us to change lives and give hope to those in crisis. We can’t continue to do this without you and your support.

Each year, one in 40 Kiwis come to us for help—enough people to completely fill Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland four times over, and bigger than the entire population of Tauranga. It’s a massive and heartbreaking number, which speaks of the real and growing need that many Kiwis face every day in this country.

While we’ve been able to provide these people with support in the form of housing, budgeting, counselling and many other services, it’s sad to think there are even more families out there who desperately need help.

With your support, we can give these people the help needed to make genuine change in their lives.

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Daily Events FRIDAY 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in the hall, 48 Allens Road.

9am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Zumba. 48 Allens Road.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL.

SATURDAY 7.30am (sharp) RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. Rise and Shine Saturday.

Runners and Walkers, all welcome. Meet at Frontrunner, 28 Moore Street. Visit our facebook page for more details.

9am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FARMERS’ MARKET. Lots of produce, products, hot and cold drinks and much more.

See you there! Last one for the year. West Street Car Park.

9am - 12.30pm CRAFT MARKET. Children’s clothing, jewellery,

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Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our level 3 office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

Apr 26 & 27, 2019 NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10am 50+.

An interesting speaker. Seniors Centre, Cameron Street.

10am - 4pm HOSPICE MID CANTERBURY OP SHOP.

Quality clothing and homewares. Donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome. Ashburton Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

Rawleighs, toys and more. West Street Car Park.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open Thursday and Saturday mornings for toy hire. Victoria Street, The Triangle.

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

10am - 12pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome. Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public

holidays.

10am - 12pm ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and Parts Shed. 86 Maronan Road Tinwald.

10am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1.30pm MID CANTERBURY SOCIAL WHEELERS. Registrations at 1pm, start time 1.30pm sharp. Fords Road, Tinwald.

GARAGE SALES HOUSEHOLD items, fishing gear, gardening tools, pots and plants. Fencing gear, camping gear, and lots of other items. Belt Road, sign out 8am Saturday, April 27.

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

DEADLINES Ashburton Guardian RUN-ON classifieds close at 4.30pm, DISPLAY classifieds close at 2pm. Every week day, and on the day prior to insertion.

Phone 03 307 7965.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ASHLEY, attractive, available for appointments, gentlemen welcome. Genuine callers only. No texts. Please phone 021 0275 9055.

ASIAN ladies, size 10, Sasa and Cherry, sexy body, 34DD, busty. Chinese prostate massage. In/out calls. Phone 021 046 4314.

SUSAN, available evenings and weekends by appointment. Mature and discreet. Text 0204 0811 195.

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Mt Hutt Memorial Hall 160 Main Street, Methven.

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

10am

Every Saturday

Farmers’ Market West Street car park, Ashburton Farmers’ Market - local produce fresh from farmers Fruit, vegetables, wine, meat, fish, eggs, crafts and more.

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

Open for toy exchange.

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

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

10am - 3pm

Every Sunday to Friday Ashburton Aviation Museum

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Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

Mid Canterbury Line Dancers

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

1pm - 3pm

Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

Every Wednesday

Ashburton Open Coffee Mornings Plunket rooms, 222 Cameron Street If you are new to town or been living here all of your life, come and have a coffee and chat.

All welcome! Child-friendly location.

Please contact Adi 027 220 8791 or Sue-ann 021 679 348 to register.

10.30am - 12 noon Art Addicts Art Addicts (AA) is the Ashburton Art Gallery’s weekly art space for kids.

Wrap up your Wednesday school day and head to the gallery to get creative and explore themes in art.

A great space for children to learn and interact with each other. Children of all ages welcome. Adult supervision is required for young children.

Learn to line dance (7pm), beginners/intermediate (8pm9pm). Instructor Annette phone 307 7138 a/h.

7pm - 9pm

Every second Friday of the month In Colour, art and craft club In Colour is the Ashburton Art Gallery’s monthly programme for unleashing your creativity.

Bring along your art and craft projects to share with others over morning tea once a month. These are social sessions which encourage you to connect with others through creativity. Be inspired to learn a new creative pastime. Sessions are free and all are welcome to attend.

The gallery will supply basic colouring-in sheets and materials, along with tea and coffee. Those attending are encouraged to bring along their own materials and projects.

10.30am - 12 noon

Donations appreciated.

3 - 4.30pm

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April 28 Methven Scarecrow Trail From Methven i-SITE This school holiday event is enormously good fun for all the family. $10 per map from Methven i-SITE. This year’s theme is Famous Children’s Movie Characters.

All proceeds donated to Methven Primary School.

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Simon O’Neill

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Adults from $50 / Concession from $40 / Child tickets $20

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Wellbeing and Resilience Presentation – Cancer Society In 2017 Julie Zarifeh’s life changed dramatically, first she lost her husband to cancer, then two weeks later her son drowned in a rafting accident. Julie is an inspiring presenter.

Jake Bailey is the ex-Christchurch Boy High School. His end of year speech went viral in 2015 touching millions. A week before he was due to deliver this speech, Jake fell ill and was diagnosed with Burkitt’s Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, Jake was given two weeks to live if this was left untreated.

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Family Team Golf Ashburton Golf Club Teams of four (2 adults and 2 children 15 years and younger) play a fun, fast Ambrose, sixhole format on a shortened golf course.

Everyone can use the It’s OK Rules which allow for players to tee it up for anywhere, throw it out of the bunker and not count shots if they swing and miss!

Limited to the first 20 teams registered, Phone Matt to register 03 308 9380 or 021 212 3931.

2pm - 4pm

May 5

May 1 The Adele and Amy Songbook Event Centre, Ashburton Australia’s brightest new singing star Bloom brings to you the songs of two amazing artists, Adele and Amy Winehouse.

Both have amassed a legion of fans the world over, and have sold in excess of 20 million albums between them.

7pm - 9.30pm

May 2 SDK Parachute Packing Course Skydiving Kiwis, Seafield Road A pre-requisite for an A Licence, but absolutely anyone interested in how a parachute works are invited to attend.

Learning to pack a skydiving parachute is exciting and a lot of fun.

Let’s pack our parachutes so we can go Skydiving!

9am - 5pm

May 4 Vintage Car Club Swapmeet Maronan Road, Tinwald Experience the atmosphere of the annual swapmeet with over 300 stalls – something for everyone.

No dogs allowed. Catering by Ashburton Lions Club.

Site bookings to Karen 021

McDonald’s Ashburton 6 Hour Race Allenton Clubrooms, Melrose Road Solo or Teams of up to four riders – how many laps can you do of the River Trail in six hours?

More details will be posted on our website in early March, online registration opens late march.

Registration: 8.30-9.30am All sites must be set up by 9.30am as there will be no vehicle access after this time.

8.30am - 5pm

Friday 10 May 2019 Winchmore Rural Women NZ Annual Quiz Winchmore Hall Maximum of six people. Please bring own refreshments. Great prizes and supper Register your team by May 3: Stephanie Butchard p 302 4848, jabutchard@xtra.co.nz Anne Watson p 308 8197, cIanwatson52@gmail.com Entry fee - $30/team 7.30 p.m. start

May 11 - 12 Garden railway 132 Melcombe Street, Tinwald Model trains running outside through a garden, static displays and small scale model railway running.

Adults $3, kids $2 Contact Kerry: 027 238 9936 www.ashrail.com 10am - 4pm both days 64th New Zealand Ploughing Championships Wilkinson’s Farm, Wilkinsons Road, Chertsey Working displays with some of NZ’s largest tractors and ploughs.

Conventional and reversible ploughing, vintage and horse ploughing, trade displays and vintage tractors.

Adults $10, children free.

BAND

in Concert with Woolston Brass Superstar Tenor Simon O’Neill joins Christchurch’s iconic Woolston Brass to perform Grand Opera and Tenor Classics. This will be a treat for your ears and one not to be missed.

Variety Theatre Ashburton brings you this amazing musical smash hit based on the 1992 Whoopi Goldberg film. Gloriously funny and a sparkling tribute to the universal power of friendship.

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Ashburton Duck Shooters Day Ashburton Gun Club, Alford Forest Road, Ashburton Sporting layout, starts at 11 am great prizes.

Sponsored by Outdoor Adventure Sports.

All welcome come bring your shooting mates and give your duck guns a run before opening.

11am - 4pm

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10am - 3pm

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Tickets: Adult $59* Senior/Student $49*

April 27

Fun In The Last Of The Sun Ashburton Paintball Club Chance to dust off the gear and have a bit of fun. Running alongside the urban event the

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HeadStart Skills Session EA Networks Centre Ashburton you are in for a treat!

We are very excited to be bringing you our HeadStart Netball Skills Sessions.

Targeted at four different age groups these 60 minute sessions will be jam packed with innovative skills and drills to lead you in to the season ahead.

Prepare to be challenged and have a whole lot of fun.

Don’t forget your drink bottle Session time slots: 10am - 11am: Years 5 & 6 11.15am - 12.15pm: Years 7 & 8 12.30pm - 1.30pm: Years 9 & 10 1.45pm - 2.45pm: Years 11 - 13 Sign up on-line - www. headstartsport.co.nz 10am - 3pm

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Friday 24 May Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, Methven Tickets available from Methven i-Site

Puzzles www.guardianonline.co.nz Puzzles and horoscopes

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Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): A person invests in a dream item, shows it off, and decades later it’s at a garage sale for a few bucks. History is heartless. At least you appreciate it. Someone will appreciate and bond with you over that.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You could try to hide your feelings, but it’s hard and it also won’t work.

Loved ones are too perceptive. The best way is to find a path to feeling more positively about the scene. Frame it differently.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Your resources may seem precious and rare to you right now, but there’s actually a lot more of this coming.

While you wouldn’t want to waste, neither should you obsess. You will be blessed.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Those who are down on their luck will be given pity. However, what’s better to give is respect and a firm belief that there are deeper wells of strength to draw on.

You’ll find other ways to help as well.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You may feel like you’re recovering from something, though you don’t know from what. If part of you needs extra care, who are you to stand in the way of that? Go easy.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): It’s easy to avoid drama if you you’re not interested. You look the other way, don’t engage, change the subject or just drive on by. Those who can’t seem to ignore drama may be secretly in love with it.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You don’t have to worry about how you’re going to get to the end of this project. What matters is how you’re going to get to the end of the next 10 minutes of it and so on. Keep chugging.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Directionless people can either waste your time, or help you. For them to help you, you’ll have to be a strong leader who imparts, with your vision and influence, a shared goal.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You have more work to do than the people around you. If you even start thinking about how unfair it is, you’re sunk. You’ll be better off for accomplishing these things, that’s the truth. Keep going.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Of course, you want to do things for the people you love and for those you find attractive and interesting. But you really grow your heart by contributing to people who don’t meet those criteria.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Interesting competition gets you energised – or paralysed. Resolve not to be jealous. Realise that you bring something different. Then just do you.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): It’s hard to get emotional needs met when you don’t know what they are. There’s no shame in not knowing.

Learning the language of emotion is a skill developed over time. Get curious about it.

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DEATHS POPE, Michael Bernard (Mick) (QSM) – On April 24, 2019 passed away peacefully at Rosebank Resthome, Ashburton. Aged 89 years. Husband of Helen and father of Mark, and Brent.

Loved brother and brotherin-law of Peggy and Harold Maher, Bernie, and the late Gabrielle. Loved brother-inlaw of Lynn and Gerard Smith and Denis and Denise Nyhan.

Special thanks to the staff at Rosebank Resthome for their care of Mick, Messages to the Pope Family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A Requiem Mass celebrating Mick’s life will be held at the Church of the Holy Name, Sealy Street, Ashburton on Monday, April 29, commencing at 11am. Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

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LOCHHEAD, Alma Maude Gilroy – On April 24, 2019. peacefully at Ashburton. In her 100th year. Dearly loved wife of the late Allan Lochhead and the late Arthur Rowney. Dearly loved mother of Gilroy Rowney (Christchurch) and his wife Rhonda. Dearly loved step great grandmother of Heidi Schout and her fiancé Tyler Koning, Sam Schout (London) and step grandmother of Mike Schout.

Messages to the Lochhead family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. Flowers respectfully declined but donations for the Ashburton Branch of the Blind Foundation would be much appreciated and may be left at the service. A service of celebration for Alma’s life will be held at our Chapel, cnr East and Cox streets, Ashburton TOMORROW Saturday, April 27, commencing at 11.00am.

Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 16.7 17.6 Max to 4pm 10.4 Minimum 10.3 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm April to date 96.2 Avg Apr to date 43 2019 to date 224.6 212 Avg year to date Wind km/h NE 17 At 4pm Strongest gust NE 22 Time of gust 10:46am

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9:40 Sharon 1 2 3 MSC 2018 Comedy. Matt Bush, Gina Rodriguez.

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Big win at Aust champs

Strong showing at nats

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Juniors taking on the best

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

The basketball boom at Ashburton College has continued and the junior A side are preparing to step on to new ground.

The side are preparing to make their debut in the Canterbury under-17 competition and it is something that has coach Mark Douglas excited.

“It is the first time ever the junior boys have been in the Canterbury competition,” he said.

Jacob Tallentire puts up a shot during training as the Ashburton College junior A basketball side prepare for their debut in the Canterbury under-17 competition this weekend.

PHOTO JAIME PITT-MACKAY 220419-JPM-0001 “It is a good chance to stretch them out and challenge them.

“We are just giving them a chance to be exposed to the next level, this will be another step up.”

Douglas said he has been impressed with the team’s commitment to the challenge ahead of them, with many taking on extra training on top of their two scheduled sessions a week.

“They are training most days,” he said.

“They are all pretty thirsty, but we do like to mix it up so we have our two scheduled trainings and we like to do something different so we have done a yoga session, a spin class and kick boxing.”

The group will also be receiving a training session from a Basketball New Zealand high perfor-

mance coach. “It is cool that they are going to have access to a high level coach like that,” he said.

While Douglas is excited for their debut in the competition this weekend, he is not expecting there to be any easy games.

“I think we will win some games and we will definitely lose some, but there is going to be no expectation on the players,” he said.

Locals stand up and dominate at race meets

“I was up in Christchurch the other week for a coaching course and they used the Canterbury under-17 side as examples of who the players are we will be playing against and there are some incredible talents there.”

Ashburton College has nine basketball teams playing in competitions around Canterbury, the highest number they have had.

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