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The death of a 50-year-old man on Lismore Mayfield Road on Thursday morning brought Mid Canterbury’s road toll for the year to date to eight, nearly onethird of the Canterbury District’s total of 30.

Guardian reporters will be observing several intersections in the district over the next week in an effort to find out why Mid Canterbury’s roads have been so dangerous this year.

Much has been made of the need for safety improvements on State Highway One through the district, but all five fatal crashes this year have occurred on rural roads, and three of those have involved intersections, with the drivers of the ve-

hicles allegedly failing to give way.

To start to build a picture on what our drivers are doing at intersections, we monitored two stop signs in Ashburton yesterday afternoon, recording the number of vehicles that travelled through the stop signs, and the number that failed to make a complete stop, as is required by law.

The road code says you must come to a complete stop (not just slow down), stop where you can see vehicles coming from all directions, and stay stopped until you have given way to all other vehicles (this includes cycles and motorcycles, etc). If you and another vehicle are both facing stop signs, use the give way rules you must not go until it is safe.

At the intersection of Cass Street and

Tancred Street, traffic travelling on Tancred Street is controlled by stop signs.

In the half-hour we spent watching the intersection, 57 vehicles travelled through the stop signs, with 23 failing to come to a complete stop.

At the intersections of Oak Grove and Elizabeth Street, we observed 58 vehicles, with 26 failing to come to complete stop, including a vehicle that was turning right which rolled straight through the intersection with the driver appearing to be talking on his cellphone.

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Focus on RDR’s heritage engineering

By Linda Clarke

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The Rangitata Diversion Race, built 80 years ago, will be celebrated as a piece of heritage engineering next month.

Engineering NZ recognised the 67km race, which carries water from the Rangitata River across the plains for irrigation and hydro-generation, as a significant engineering achievement in 1990 and awarded a bronze plaque.

They revisited the race last year and will join the RDR management company to unveil a much larger public information board at a special event on September 20.

RDR chief executive Tony McCormick, who replaced Ben Curry last month, said the canal was visionary for its time and remained a vital part of the district’s landscape.

He said the engineering techniques of the 1930s had withstood the test of time and were impressive, considering the materials, machinery and knowledge of the era.

The RDR canal was a Public Works Department project. Designed by irrigation engineer T. Beck, it was New Zealand’s first major river diversion and largest irrigation scheme.

McCormick said building the open race wouldn’t have been easy. When a section near Surrey Hills collapsed, a decision was made to pipe nearly 3km, a section now known as the Surrey Hills syphon.

Reinforced concrete pipes for the syphon were made on a site near Mayfield and a famous photo at the time shows the Minister of Public Works Bob Semple driving a car through one of them.

McCormick said an unused section of pipe that had been turned into a storage shed still existed at Methven and he was hoping to have it moved to a more high profile site near the town’s Japanese gardens. An information board could tell the story of its historical importance.

The engineers’ heritage celebration will be at Klondyke on September 20. A large information board sited on Klondyke Terrace will feature a host of information about the RDR – the area is also the start of a tramping track through the Tenahaun Conservation Area to Mt Tripp and the Moorhouse Range.

A similar information board could be erected on the Methven Walkway, which runs alongside the canal on the outskirts of Methven.

Methven’s Viv Barrett is working with the RDR management company to move the concrete pipe shed to spot where it can be more appreciated.

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Scientists study slow-slip quakes NZME Scientists are about to get an unprecedented look at the one of the largest “slow-slip” earthquakes ever observed in New Zealand – and what they learn could help forecast future shakes.

Only discovered in recent times, slow slip events are silent, slow-burning earthquakes that can displace faults over days or months.

By contrast, in a typical earthquake, fault movement occurs over a matter of seconds, unleashing an instant surge of energy.

Slow quakes have been found to unfold particularly around the sprawling plate boundary to the east of the coun-

try that is the Hikurangi Subduction Zone.

Scientists have watched them play out every one to two years near Gisborne, at a relatively shallow depth beneath the seabed, and usually driving a spate of localised quake activity.

The most recent one, which began around early April and last several weeks, triggered a swarm of East Coast quakes – among them a magnitude 5.1 jolt that struck near Mahia in May. In nearly two decades of observations, that event was considered one of the biggest on record in New Zealand.

It also happened at the very time GNS Science researchers had set an array of sophisticated instruments on the sea-

floor, from north of Gisborne to the south of Hawke’s Bay. “The really exciting thing about this event is it’s the first time we’ve had so many different types of observations going at once, right on top of the slow slip,” GNS geophysicist Dr Laura Wallace said.

“Assuming all the instruments are working properly, we should be able to transform our understanding of where these slow slip events are happening offshore the east coast, particularly off Hawke’s Bay.” To understand the significance of these mysterious occurences is to understand the massive system that they happen in.

Road focus From P1 As of June 2017, the two intersections on Oak Grove and Elizabeth Street had been the scene of 19 recorded motor vehicle crashes since 2007, the highest number of any intersection in Ashburton.

Failure to give way was given as the reason for every crash. Looking southwest from the central island vision is poor because of large oak trees.

We want to hear from you if you know of any intersections that you believe require improvement, of if there are any driving behaviours that you witness regularly that have frustrated you, be that failing to stop at a stop sign, speeding or other dangerous behaviour on the roads.

If you have a story relating to any potentially dangerous behaviour on our district’s roads, please get in touch with Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

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Retiring ‘older and wiser’

By Sue Newman

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Six years ago when Alasdair Urquhart won a seat around the Ashburton District Council meeting table, his goal was to ensure council polices and actions were workable and affordable and that decisions were made with transparency.

He’ll retire at this year’s local body elections in October, older, wiser and with a much greater understanding of just how difficult it is for one person to effect change.

That’s not to say those six years haven’t had a lot of upside, Alasdair said.

“I have enjoyed my time, but there have been a few frustrations.

It’s been a big learning curve seeing how an organisation like this operates. It’s very much different to a private enterprise and it takes a bit of getting your head around,” he said.

Today Alasdair said he has a much better understanding of how local government works and why certain things simply cannot be done.

One of the eye-openers was the realisation of the restrictions placed on what could be done by a local authority as well as how much of what it did was dictated by central government.

He’s been part of the council team through the development of the new civic centre and library project and said he’ll watch with interest as work starts on the building.

For Alasdair, fiscal responsibility was one of his big drivers as a councillor and some of the spending during his two terms ran counter to that, he said.

He believes the district must be administered by local governance, not by expensive outside consultants and advisors and that council spending should be curbed on non core services and projects.

“I was very aware of being accountable for spending but unfortunately we’re often caught between a rock and a hard place.

I feel a bit embarrassed that our

debt level is a bit higher than it has ever been but it seems we’ve had no choice,” he said.

While he may not have achieved everything those who voted him in had wanted, Alasdair said he’d given his work as a councillor a “fair go”.

“It now gives me the right to criticise.”

It wasn’t until you became a councillor that you understood how little room there was for individual thinking, he said.

“One of the things that’s hard to digest is when you’re pretty opposed to something but only two or three of you think that way and you have to side with the majority, but I guess that’s democracy.”

The down side of that was having to explain to people in the community that you ended up supporting something that you were originally opposed to, he said.

When he was elected in 2013, Alasdair came to council with a commitment to fighting the location of the second urban Ashburton River bridge.

He had been a member of the Ashburton Bridge Action group formed in opposition to the council’s proposed route for the bridge and he had been strong leader in that group.

In his candidate statement that year, he made it clear that while he was not opposed to a second bridge, he believed it was an NZTA problem and NZTA should pay.

The new bridge should serve highway users, and the Chalmers Avenue/East Tinwald option chosen would not do that, he said.

At that stage he was involved in the citizens-initiated Bridge Action Group.

The prospect of seeking a third term as an urban councillor did not appeal, but the chance to enjoy life without meeting commitments did.

“I’m getting a bit long in the tooth and there are other things I need to do. I want to have some time to do things for myself, more retirement things,” he said.

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In brief Busy afternoon Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade members were busy on Sunday afternoon attending two callouts.

The first was to a property on Brucefield Avenue at 3.40pm which had filled with smoke that firefighters were able to clear quickly, returning to the Ashburton Fire Station after 13 minutes. The second incident saw firefighters called to an oven fire at a Church Street property which was extinguished by the time they had arrived.

Fatal assault A man died after a serious assault in Ōtāhuhu on Saturday night.

Emergency services were called to the incident on Sturges Avenue about 9.20pm. A witness at the scene said one person was taken away by ambulance and police tape was around a house. Police were speaking to the people at the house to establish what happened.

The death came after a man was shot in a bar in South Auckland early Saturday morning.

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World champion Irish dancers will be visiting Ashburton next week with the show a Taste of Ireland performing on Thursday night at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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Taste of Ireland comes to town Ashburtonians will get the chance to witness some of the best Irish dancers in the world next week when a Taste of Ireland performs at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

Full of world champion Irish dancers direct from the West End’s Lord of the Dance, a Taste of Ireland performs on stage telling the tale of the world’s “most loved nation” in one incredible live performance.

Told through Irish music and

dance, a Taste of Ireland explores magical tales spanning generations of Irish storytelling and culture.

This world-class show features world, All Ireland and National Champion Irish dancers and musicians from around the globe performing music and dance that reflects Irish talent.

Irish dance has come a long way since the inception of Riverdance and Lord of the Dance, however a Taste of Ireland takes

the art form to the next level.

Transporting the audience to a time and place where tunes, taps and tradition were all part of the soul, a Taste of Ireland is the true heart of Ireland.

Melodic Celtic flute, alongside raw and rhythmic guitar, are complimented with heartfelt sounds of Ireland.

Featuring a dynamic musical duo and impressive dancing rarely seen outside the world championships, a Taste of Ire-

land was composed and choreographed in Dublin and is quickly on its way to becoming the new frontier in Irish entertainment.

Created and produced by Pace Entertainment Group, the show will transport the audience to a time and place where tunes, taps and tradition showcase the very essence of celebrating the Irish spirit.

More information and tickets are available at the website www. atasteofirelandshow.com.

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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says a major government security breach is “very disappointing” after private details of hundreds of young New Zealanders, including passports, birth certificates and drivers’ licence details, were exposed on a website.

The young people had supplied their details to the Ministry of Arts, Culture and Heritage (MCH) as part of their applications to sail on the double-hulled canoe Fa’afaite, as part of the Tuia 250 commemorations marking 250 years since James Cook landed in New Zealand.

The breach could impact 302 people who applied for the programme and provided personal details as part of the process.

The ministry was alerted to the breach by a parent. It has apologised, saying the breach is “completely unacceptable”.

Thousands of homes on both sides of Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour will get clear views of the America’s Cup races and estate agents are expecting the rental business to boom as the event approaches. Properties ranging from humble baches on Rangitoto Island to cliff-top North Shore and Eastern Bays mansions will get grandstand views of the flying AC75 monohulls, due to be released early next month, during the Prada and America’s Cups between January and March 2021.

70yo bashed Three young people are being sought by police after a 70-yearold man was bashed and robbed of a car while taking a prospective female vehicle buyer for a test drive in Hastings. The attack happened about 2.30pm on Saturday when the man was assaulted and pulled from his grandson’s silver Subaru a short distance from St Leonards Park.

The woman was test driving the vehicle following an approach to the owner after the car was advertised for sale on Facebook.

Cat came back A Masterton family have been reunited with their long-lost cat five years after it went missing.

Lisa Pederson initially believed there’d been a mistake when she received a call from a vet in the Porirua suburb of Whitby informing her their 13-year-old cat, Garry, had been found. Pederson had given up hope years ago Garry would return, believing she was not confident enough to beg food from strangers and had likely died.

The were living in Whitby, north of Wellington City, when their precious pet disappeared and had since adopted two more cats.

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Four decades of dedication

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Four decades of dedication to one group or organisation is a huge achievement and requires a lot of time and effort, but for Methven’s Wayne Timpson – otherwise known as Porky – it’s been a pleasure.

Timpson’s figure has been a constant sight on the sidelines of rugby games across Mid Canterbury and further afield for more than anyone cares to remember and it has stretched from club level right through to representative action.

It all started in 1979 when committee member Timpson was called in to help with some communication issues in the Methven under 17 squad.

“I must have done a good job as I have been involved with the teams ever since,” he said.

Timpson’s commitment to the club has seen him hold a variety of roles over the past four decades – from committee member to president and club captain as well as fill-in coach, long-term team manager and, as he puts it himself, “general dog’s body”.

It was this unfailing commitment that prompted the club to make him a life member in 2015.

He said he was humbled to receive this in recognition of his services to the Methven Rugby Club.

The team manager position is something Timpson has never tired of.

“It is a great pleasure to see the players achieving their goals that they have talked to me about throughout the season.”

Player welfare is also on his 40year job description.

Current club president Richard Maw could call on his own personal experiences to remember the influence Timpson had in his younger years.

“When I was playing for the under 19s and we started going out, Porky was always there to make sure we were safe,” he said.

“If anybody needed a ride home he would take them. I think

Wayne Timpson (aka Porky) in his happy place, on the sidelines at rugby. it must have been very reassuring to parents to know Porky was taking care of us.”

His player welfare contribution also includes countless trips to health professionals with injured players.

“Porky thinks nothing of taking players to hospital, waiting with them for hours and then bringing them home again. He’s is great for the club and would do anything for anybody,” Maw said.

In this modern era players join the teams from out of the district or overseas. Timpson is there to welcome them with a warm smile and his trademark laugh.

“Thanks to rugby I have friends

all over the world that I still keep in touch with. Most of them rang me the day the Brown Pub caught fire to check that I was okay.”

For some international players wearing mouthguards can be an issue.

“On game day I ask them if they have their mouthguard. Yes, they say, so I tell them to go and get it and show me.

“I also check they have their dress uniform for after the game.”

In the unlikely event of a player slipping through his pre-game gear check net, he has a couple of spare shirts in the car.

Timpson’s generosity doesn’t stop with player welfare or trips

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to hospital. He has been known to put his hand in his own pocket help players pay for their gear.

“I hate to think what I have spent on players over the years.”

But as he sees it, that is just another part of his manager role.

As well as his giving nature Timpson is also known for his story telling talents. His own rugby career ended with a dislocated ankle when he was 14.

“When it happened, I asked the referee what direction I should run as I had one foot point forward and one pointing backwards. He wasn’t much help though as he took one look and promptly fainted.”

So what now for the man who’s given the best part of his life to rugby?

“I am thinking of retiring as team manager and letting someone else take over. I think I can stand on the sideline and watch.

However, if they need me, I’d be only happy to help.”

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Paramedics and other St John staff who work overnight at the Ashburton ambulance base will have a touch of home when they snooze, after members of the Mid Canterbury Women’s Institute donated five hand-made quilts for staff beds. WI quilter Mavis Wilkins said the quilts were made with love and lots of laughter by 14 members, who collectively spent 250 hours on the project. At the handover last week were (from left) Denise Clark, Sue Kent, Sharon Duthie, Kate Parsons, Sarah Shaw, Sharon Kelly, Jocelyn Cochrane, Mavis Wilkins, Jude Vaughan and (in front) Heather Keele.

Buy the house and the holiday NZME The new owners of a five bedroom, three bathroom do-up for sale on Auckland’s North Shore will be shouted a trip to Singapore flying first class to give them some home redecoration inspiration.

The current owner of 2/49 College Road in Northcote, which has an asking price of $975,000 – $305,000 under CV, have decided to throw in two flights flying Sin-

gapore Airlines valued at around $15,000. The new owners will also be given $5000 spending money.

Century 21 marketing agent Liam Collett said the College Road property needed a bit of TLC after being rented for over five years so the owners said instead of doing it to their taste, they would shout the buyer a trip overseas.

“The idea behind the flights and cash is to send the purchaser to Singapore, ‘the city of the future’, to get ideas on how they

can improve the property and get changes which are forward thinking.”

Collett said the vendor had a heart of gold and she went by the motto that life was all about experiences.

“It’s a wonderful experience for our vendor to be able to gift such an amazing prize to the purchaser and on the other hand it’s amazing for the purchaser to be able to have a first-class experience like this.”

The vendor also recalled money being tight when she purchased their first property and not being able to afford to go on holiday so thought it would be a nice treat if a first home buyer bought it.

“Ideally, it would be amazing if a first home buyer could get the property but we understand the price point – with the rental potential this could potentially help leverage extra funds to assist with mortgage payments.”

The Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) will help bring the heart back to Invercargill’s inner city as part of a $165 million redevelopment, Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones announced yesterday.

The announcement was made on the same day as Air New Zealand launched its new direct service between Auckland and Invercargill. Jones was among those on the inaugural flight last night.

“It’s a happy day for Invercargill and the wider Southland district with new direct flights between Auckland and a Provincial Growth Fund boost of $19.5 million,” he said.

“Our investment, which will be in the form of a loan, is part of a $165 million project to redevelop an entire block in the Invercargill city centre for retail, hospitality, office space and entertainment.”

The funding followed an initial investment of $995,000 in December towards a business case, feasibility study, concept designs and procurement strategies.

“The business case shows the project could boost Southland’s real GDP by around $48m per year while creating more than 500 jobs during the construction phase and a further 300 retail and hospitality jobs once the redevelopment is complete,” Jones said.

“These results would be an absolute game-changer for Invercargill and the wider region. The redevelopment is an opportunity to attract businesses and shoppers back to the central city and put vacant or abandoned buildings back into use.”

The redevelopment had been identified as a key project in the Southland Regional Development Strategy Action Plan, and is being led by key local players including the Invercargill City Council.

“This is a prime example of a project that is driven and powered by the region and its people. It may be a small city at the bottom of the South Island but it’s one with a big vision.”

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Brazil burns The Obama playlist The Obama summer playlist has everyone from Drake and Beyonce to Steely Dan and Frank Sinatra. The former president calls it “some new, some old, some fast, some slow”. Barack Obama tweeted 44 songs Saturday that he and his wife, Michelle, have been listening to.

They include Drake’s Too Good, Steely Dan’s Reelin’ in the Years and the Sinatra standard I’ve Got You Under My Skin.

Other choices are MOOD 4 EVA, the Lion King song with Beyonce and Jay-Z among other artists; and such oldies as Van Morrison’s Brown Eyed Girl and Dobie Gray’s Drift Away.

AP Backed by military aircraft, Brazilian troops were deploying in the Amazon yesterday to fight fires that have swept the region and prompted anti-government protests as well as an international outcry.

President Jair Bolsonaro also tried to temper global concern, saying that previously deforested areas had burned and that intact rainforest was spared. Even so, the fires were likely to be urgently discussed at a summit of the Group of Seven leaders in France this weekend.

Some 44,000 troops will be available for “unprecedented” operations to put out the fires, and forces are heading to six Brazilian states that asked for federal help, Defense Minister Fernando Azevedo said. The states are Roraima, Rondonia, Tocantins, Para, Acre and Mato Grosso.

The military’s first mission will be carried out by 700 troops around Porto Velho, capital of Rondonia, Azevedo

said. The military will use two C-130 Hercules aircraft capable of dumping up to 12,000 litres of water on fires, he said.

An Associated Press journalist flying over the Porto Velho region Saturday morning reported hazy conditions and low visibility. On Friday, the reporter saw many already deforested areas that were burned, apparently by people clearing farmland, as well as a large column of smoke billowing from one fire.

The municipality of Nova Santa Helena in Brazil’s Mato Grosso state was also hardhit. Trucks were seen driving along a highway Friday as fires blazed and embers smoldered in adjacent fields.

The Brazilian military operations came after widespread criticism of Bolsonaro’s handling of the crisis. On Friday, the president authorised the armed forces to put out fires, saying he is committed to protecting the Amazon region.

Azevedo, the defense minister, noted US President Donald Trump’s offer in a tweet to help

Brazil fight the fires, and said there had been no further contact on the matter.

Despite international concern, Bolsonaro told reporters on Saturday that the situation was returning to normal. He said he was “speaking to everyone” about the problem, including Trump, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and several Latin American leaders.

Bolsonaro had described rainforest protections as an obstacle to Brazil’s economic development, sparring with critics who say the Amazon absorbs vast amounts of greenhouse gasses and is crucial for efforts to contain climate change.

The Amazon fires have become a global issue, escalating tensions between Brazil and European countries who believe Bolsonaro has neglected commitments to protect biodiversity. Protesters gathered outside Brazilian diplomatic missions in European and Latin American cities Friday, and demonstrators also marched

in Brazil.

“The planet’s lungs are on fire. Let’s save them!” read a sign at a protest outside Brazil’s embassy in Mexico City.

The dispute spilled into the economic arena when French leader Emmanuel Macron threatened to block a European Union trade deal with Brazil and several other South American countries.

“First we need to help Brazil and other countries put out these fires,” Macron said Saturday.

The goal is to “preserve this forest that we all need because it is a treasure of our biodiversity and our climate thanks to the oxygen that it emits and thanks to the carbon it absorbs,” he said.

In a weekly video message released Saturday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the Group of Seven leaders “cannot be silent” and should discuss how to help extinguish the fires.

Bolivia has also struggled to contain fires that swept through woods and fields.

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Wooing the NFL fans While fans of some sports all have their favorite local announcers, the NFL has been much more of a shared viewing experience. With all games being shown on national networks rather than solely on local channels, the most memorable voices of football are universal. There were the early voices of the game such as Curt Gowdy and Ray Scott; the unique combination of Howard Cosell, Don Meredith and Frank Gifford in prime time; to years of Pat Summerall’s brevity punctuated by John Madden’s boisterous interjections.

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Truck kills newlyweds married only minutes AP Harley Morgan was still wearing his dark suit and Rhiannon Boudreaux her wedding dress when the Texas “childhood sweethearts” were killed in a crash with a truck minutes after they were married.

Nineteen-year-old Morgan and 20-year-old Boudreaux were pronounced dead on Friday at the scene by the same

justice of the peace who had just married them.

“I’m talking five minutes.

You may kiss the bride,” said Orange Police Captain Keith Longlois. “The family was right behind them. They were all going out to go to wherever they were going to have their reception,” he said.

Longlois said they were “childhood sweethearts” who decided to be married

by a popular Orange County Justice of the Peace Joy Dubose-Simonton.

He said the groom was driving when he tried to exit the driveway of the Justice of the Peace building onto a five-lane highway.

A truck pulling a trailer carrying a heavy tractor slammed into their vehicle. The force was so great that witnesses said the car flipped multiple

times before coming to rest in a ditch.

The driver of the truck was not identified but Longlois said he was co-operating with the investigation and there was no sign of wrongdoing. Drug and alcohol tests would be conducted, he said.

“I had to sit there and watch my two babies die,” the mother of the groom, LaShawna Morgan, said.

Elle is special guest Supermodel and businesswoman Elle Macpherson will be the guest of honour at the General Capital NZ Fashion Week Gala. The event, a partnership between Duco Events and New Zealand Fashion Week, in association with Viva, is inspired

by New York’s glamorous Met Gala, an annual fashion event on an ever-soslightly less grand scale in Auckland. It promises to have a spectacular, modern, gala ball setting, bringing together Auckland A-Listers, fashionistas, retailers and industry experts who will enjoy a black-tie dinner and keynote address by Macpherson.

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Above – Looking to the hoop under pressure from the College A defenders was Celtic’s Sala Bueta.

Below – A big crowd was at the EA Networks Centre to take in the netball finals action.

Ashburton College’s Mia Pearson puts a pass over the outstretched arms of Celtic’s Natalie Allen in the final of Mid Canterbury Netball’s premier competition on Saturday. Ashburton College won 34-27.

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id Cantabrians will be able to rock it out when the AC/ DC Story comes to Ashburton Trust Event Centre on September 7.

The three-hour full theatre production performed by tribute band ACCA DACCA showcases a biography of the world’s greatest hard rock band, as well as its music.

The show will employ cannons, bells, bagpipes, video screens and more.

It includes vocals by Larry Attard, who has performed with AC/DC, and his 19-year-old son Jesse on lead guitar, tipped to become one of Australia’s hottest guitarists.

Set to feature more than 30 hits, as well as narrated facts, photos, footage, interviews and moments the band experienced on their rise to stardom, the rockumentary will take audience members from AC/DC’s humble beginning in Sydney in 1973.

ACCA DACCA prides itself on being the only AC/DC show to be given the tick of approval by AC/DC themselves.

The band was formed

by Scottish-born brothers Malcolm and Angus Young.

Angus told a 60 Minutes crew some years ago that “If you want to see a show, and you can’t see AC/DC, go see ACCA DACCA”.

ACCA DACCA recently toured through Salvia, France, Prague, Czech Republic, Lithuania, and Ireland, playing to crowds of 5000 plus.

Past tours have seen ACCA DACCA travel the world including Indonesia, Ireland, England, Spain, Israel, Germany, Finland, Netherlands and more. And 2020 will be kicking off with a West Coast American tour starting in Texas.

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■■ August 29 – A Taste of Ireland – The Irish Music and Dance Sensation, Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 7.30pm.

■■ September 7 – The AC/DC Story, 7.30pm, Ashburton Trust Event Centre. Performed by the world touring ACCA DACCA. ■■ September 8 – Ashburton Musical Club’s Sounds of the Season, arranged by Carolie Andrew, 2pm at the Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

Visitors welcome, $5 at the door.

■■ September 15 – The Kugels – Open Hat Night at Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 5pm.

■■ To September 22 - Gathering of Threads, an exhibition of pieces created by the Ashburton Embroiderers’ Guild, at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

■■ September 24 – Mid Canterbury Schools Dance Champs 2019 – Life Dance Academy, 6.30pm, Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

■■ October 6 - Mid Canterbury Choir’s Let Us Entertain You, 2pm at the Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

Door sales $10. Join the choir for songs from the shows My Fair Lady, Les Miserables, Abba, Oklahoma, The Music Man and more.

■■ To November 3 - AEIOU - Explore the Maori Alphabet. An engaging and interactive exhibition exploring the Maori language through art and objects at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

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t is quite interesting how things that have drifted out of being in fashion slowly come back round to being the “in” thing.

We are once again picking up our groceries in brown paper bags for example, and rail travel seems to be making a comeback following the announcement of a massive project to get a rail service going between Hamilton and Auckland.

While some may roll their eyes at the idea of Auckland sucking up more funding from the Government, I see it as a great chance to show them that rail is something that needs to be reintroduced around the country along main routes.

It seems to be well known that

there is a desire for a rail service to be re-instated between Christchurch and Dunedin, and as someone who travels fairly regularly between Ashburton and Christchurch, a train would be a much better option.

So much is made of the dangers of State Highway One between Ashburton and Christchurch, with campaigns to see it improved to four lanes, while plans

are being put in place to add safety features such as median barriers between Ashburton and the Selwyn River.

While these safety improvements should hopefully reduce the number of crashes that occur on that busy section of road, the best way to ensure those crashes do not happen is to not have the people on the road in the first place.

While I understand there is, of course, a need for people to use that road for transport, there are still a lot of people who travel the road just for day trips or a commute between the two centres.

They do not need a car once they arrive at their destination and already have plans for a return option, in terms of a train

going the other way.

The project between Auckland and Hamilton is expected to cost $92.37 million, which is a significant amount of money, but I would hope costs would be less if it was to implemented in Canterbury.

Having a strong rail link between Ashburton and Christchurch and further south would also make life a lot easier for tourists looking to navigate the country.

Instead of being forced to take a bus or hire a car and drive on roads they may not be familiar with, they can sit back and enjoy a train ride.

The carriages for the Hamilton and Auckland service will include wi-fi and will be comfortable,

according the transport minister Phil Twyford.

“Not only will this service take the stress out of commuting but the carriages will be comfortable and equipped with wi-fi, allowing passengers to use their travel time productively,” he said.

That sounds pretty good to me, and for the many workers that commute between Christchurch and Ashburton could give them a good kick start to the working day being able to trawl through their work emails before even stepping foot in the office.

Passenger rail has obviously declined in the past and fell out of fashion, as did brown paper bags, but the times are a-changing and I genuinely hope to see commuter rail in Mid Canterbury soon.

school officials had barred Ryan from attending classes in person.

In 2015, Alison Parker, a reporter for WDBJ-TV in Roanoke, Virginia, and her cameraman, Adam Ward, were shot to death during a live broadcast by a disgruntled former station employee who fatally shot himself while being pursued by police.

In 2017, Hurricane Harvey spun into Texas, unloading extraordinary amounts of rain. (The hurricane killed nearly 70 people, damaged more than 300,000 structures and caused an estimated $125

billion in damage.)

Ten years ago: Authorities in California solved the 18-year-old disappearance of Jaycee Lee Dugard after she appeared at a parole office with her children and the Antioch couple accused of kidnapping her when she was 11. A giant wildfire erupted north of Los Angeles; the blaze went on to destroy more than five dozen homes and kill two firefighters.

Five years ago: Burger King announced it would buy Canadian restaurant chain Tim

Hortons in an $11 billion deal to create the world’s third largest fast-food chain.

One year ago: A gunman opened fire on fellow gamers at a video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida, killing two men and wounding 10 others before taking his own life.

Today’s birthdays: Actor Brett Cullen is 63. Actor Chris Burke is 54. Actress-singer Shirley Manson (Garbage) is 53. Rock musician Dan Vickrey (Counting Crowes) is 53. TV writer-actress Riley Weston is 53. Rock

musician Adrian Young (No Doubt) is 50. Actress Melissa McCarthy is 49. Latin pop singer Thalia is 48. Actress Meredith Eaton is 45. Actor Macaulay Culkin is 39. Actor Chris Pine is 39. Comedian/actor/writer John Mulaney is 37. Actor Johnny Ray Gill is 35. Country singer Brian Kelley (Florida Georgia Line) is 34. Actor Evan Ross is 31. Actor Dylan O’Brien is 28.

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Monday, August 26, the 238th day of 2019. There are 127 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On August 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, guaranteeing American women’s right to vote, was certified in effect by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby.

On this date: In 1866, the installation of the first communications cable between the North and South islands of New Zealand was completed. A simple copper telegraph cable was laid on the sea floor from Whites Bay, north of Blenheim, to Lyall Bay on Wellington’s south coast. – nzhistory.govt.nz In 1883, the island volcano Krakatoa began cataclysmic eruptions, leading to a massive explosion the following day.

In 1910, Thomas Edison demonstrated for reporters an improved version of his Kinetophone, a device for showing a movie with synchronised sound.

In 1944, French General Charles de Gaulle braved the threat of German snipers as he led a victory march in Paris, which had just been liberated by the Allies from Nazi occupation.

In 1957, the Soviet Union announced it had successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile.

In 1958, Alaskans went to the polls to overwhelmingly vote in favour of statehood.

In 1972, the summer Olympics games opened in Munich, West Germany.

In 1974, Charles Lindbergh — the first man to fly solo, non-stop across the Atlantic — died at his home in Hawaii at age 72.

In 1985, 13-year-old AIDS patient Ryan White began “attending” classes at Western Middle School in Kokomo, Indiana, via a telephone hook-up at his home –

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I find Facebook, despite all the negative media attention it gets, to be a good way of engaging with people over important issues in our community.

I’ve never been able to say the same about Twitter, a “micro-blogging” platform allowing users to post short 280 character messages, and reply to others. The average tweet contains just 33 characters, typically not enough for a considered contribution, but more than enough for a snide comment.

While there can be some fascinating and useful discussions on topics as diverse as electoral law, big cat sightings, and how to build your own smoker, there’s an awful lot of blind partisanship, aggression, and straight out bullying.

Too much of that is directed at farmers. On Twitter and Facebook I’ve seen some of the most appalling and abusive anti-farmer rhetoric, which too many of our farming families are subject to every day.

In that context, what got to me last week wasn’t serious at all. No bullying, no aggression, no over the top attacking of someone with a different view. In response to an excellent column celebrating the efforts of our 23,000 farming families by my colleague Todd Muller, an Auckland-based tweeter noted: “There are more families than this living in Auckland CBD. Farmers are a minuscule minority that take way more than they give to the country.”

In a mathematical sense, he is almost certainly correct that more families live in central Auckland. But to see the contribution that “minuscule minority” of farmers have, here’s some more maths.

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But it’s also true that those 23,000 farming families, that “minuscule minority,” have an outsized influence on growing and producing what we eat and export.

In recent years, by value, nearly half of what we export has been agricultural and other food products. That’s tens of billions of dollars we earn by selling what we produce to the rest of the world, so that we in turn can buy cars and iPhones and use Twitter.

It was the final point of the tweet that bothered me most. I doubt you could find any farmer who would claim that farming has zero impact on the environment. Some of the effects can be positive, while others can be negative.

Of course we must continue to improve, as we do in our major centres with raw sewerage too often ending up on Auckland beaches or in waterways.

But despite any negative impact, environmentally our farmers are amongst the most efficient in the world. New Zealand farms produce more food per kilogram of drymatter of inputs than any other country on the globe.

Simply put, if we didn’t grow the food that we do, it would be produced elsewhere with worse environmental outcomes and higher global greenhouse gas emissions.

The final irony of our farming success is the hundreds of thousands of jobs that are created, both directly in towns like Ashburton, but indirectly in downstream industries in places like Auckland.

Employing the very people who can then tweet so dismissively about our farming families.

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I am a little dumbfounded by the furore over a councillor nomination being rejected because it did not satisfy the rules for the election process.

I am more dumbfounded by the Mayor’s efforts to attempt to have the decision overturned as reported in Saturday’s Guardian.

The Mayor should be upholding the rules of democracy and not challenging them leading up to an election.

The election process and the rules governing it for both local body and central government have evolved over many years, decided by statute and have ensured a clear and precise way in which the election process should follow.

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Whilst I feel for the candidate concerned and whom I understand is a sound and valuable councillor around the council table, just imagine what the election process would be if we had an appeal process for every person that didn’t follow the rules!

The election nomination process has worked well in the past, is in black and white and fair and equal to all constituents. The Electoral Officer is in no position to make a decision on his own accord regarding this nomination, he is just “abiding by the rules”.

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er add up to a right (Ashburton Guardian, August 24).

I find it wearying to see how much the new-right, self-centred philosophy has now begun to erode even the basics of civilised society. First it is the right to receive a trial in a court of law to establish whether you are innocent or guilty, because we in the Kangaroo Court of Public Opinion know you are guilty because someone told us you were, and now it is the right to vote for the politicians who make the law that establishes the crime for which you have been found guilty of and incarcerated.

This is another depressing example of “the thin end of a wedge” dividing society into “haves” and “have nots”, law-abiding citizens and criminals, “us” and “them”.

We know the poor are more likely to be imprisoned for committing the same offence as a wealthy person. We know Maori are more likely to be charged for committing an offence than Pakeha. We know justice is unfortunately neither even-handed, nor colour-blind.

As you point out, returning to prisoners their right to vote will make little difference to the outcome of any election, but the point of voting is that all our tiny individual votes add up to a result most of us are content to then accept.

As the people of Hong Kong know, what we consider is “our fundamental right” can easily be taken from us.

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The refurbished Lazaretto Quarantine Station in Essington, Philadelphia. For Tinicum Township, renovating the Lazaretto was a way to embrace history and part of a broader plan to bring visitors to the community.

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A tiny community near Philadelphia has saved the oldest surviving quarantine station in the Western Hemisphere from the wrecking ball and is now transforming the 18th-century structure into township offices. Kristen de Groot reports.

Tinicum’s building official Herbert MacCombie (left) speaks with Tinicum township board president Patrick McCarthy in the lowest level of the refurbished Lazaretto Quarantine Station in Essington, Philadelphia.

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tiny community near Philadelphia that managed to save the oldest surviving quarantine station in the Western Hemisphere from the wrecking ball is now transforming the 18th-century structure into township offices.

For Tinicum Township, renovating the Lazaretto Quarantine Station was part of a broader plan to draw visitors to the community, to connect it to other historic waterfront sites and create a destination for both locals and tourists.

For historians, saving the Lazaretto offers a chance to tell stories of immigration and public health in America’s early days.

Built in 1799, the quarantine station protected the Port of Philadelphia against the introduction of diseases that could lead to epidemics for nearly a century.

“It’s part of American history that we never learn about,” said David Barnes, a University of Pennsylvania professor who is writing a history of the building.

“It gives us entry to a lost world, and into the hidden story of how our country came to be and grow, how it accommodated immigrants and dealt with disasters.”

The tiny township of 4000 people is bordered by the Philadelphia International Airport, the Delaware River and a nature preserve, which together create dichotomies: wildlife and roads, modernity and history and airport noise and bucolic tranquility.

The township was the first European settlement in Pennsylvania, founded by the Swedes in 1643, but today, 70 per cent of the airport sits within the township’s boundaries.

It’s a place where an index finger pointing to the sky is the locals’ universal sign for “let’s wait for the plane to pass over and then we can continue our conversation”.

The Lazaretto’s proximity to the airport almost led to its downfall. In the early 2000s, the owner of the site — who had been using the property as a boat marina and repair business — decided to sell the land to a developer. The plan was to raze the building to make way for a parking lot serving the airport.

But township officials scrambled to get grants to buy the land and save the facility. A later settlement with the airport has provided a steady stream of income to improve the township, according to township board president Patrick McCarthy.

“We sat down as a board of commissioners and said, ‘Where do we start with the revitalisation of our township?’ And we all agreed, ‘Let’s start with the Lazaretto and move forward from there,’” said Tinicum Township Manager David Scheiber.

The stately, red brick hospital was built by the city’s board of health during the yellow fever epidemic in the late 1700s.

During “quarantine season,” from about June to October, every ship bound for Philadelphia would have to stop at the station to have cargo and passengers inspected, Barnes said.

The survival rate for patients was close to 90 per cent, even for those suffering from yellow fever and typhus, which had very high mortality rates in the general population.

Barnes said the recovery rates at the Lazaretto boiled down to good nursing care: adequate food and drink, clean clothing, clean bedding and alleviation of symptoms that helped patients heal.

The Lazaretto closed as a hospital in 1890 but then served as a resort and seaplane base before the start of World War One. Seaplanes still land there today.

In addition to the township offices and police station, the 15,700-square-foot (1460-square-metre) building has gallery space, event rental space and other offices available for rent. The Lazaretto Preservation Association says it envisions exhibits on immigration and public health, as well as kayak and boat rentals, tours and maybe a beer garden or cafe.

“It draws everybody that comes to town to the waterfront and shows what we have to offer,” said Herbert MacCombie, Tinicum’s building official who has worked on the project since the early 2000s. The new township offices are slated to open in September.

For Barnes, the professor, the site’s history makes it alluring on its own.

“To me it is endlessly dramatic, tragic and also inspiring,” he said.

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Methven come out on top It was smiles all around in the Methven R&R Spreading camp at the end of the Mid Canterbury Netball junior senior A final on Saturday. The young Methven side took on Allenton A in the final and came out on top in tight battle, 29-26.

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Kiwi Chris Swallow has died after an accident during the Isle of Man TT motorcycle event.

An experienced competitor, the 37-year-old was competing in the Senior Classic TT race and crashed at the Ballaugh Bridge section of the course on Saturday (local time).

Swallow made his debut in the 2007 Manx Grand Prix and was a regular competitor in the Classic TT races at what is known as the world’s most dangerous motorsport event.

The event organisers released a statement confirming Swallow’s death.

“The Manx Motor Cycle Club wishes to pass on their deepest sympathy to all Chris’s family, including his father Bill and his wife Jen and children,” the statement read.

The Manx Motor Cycle Club regrets to confirm that Chris Swallow, 37, from Wellington, New Zealand died today following an accident during the Classic TT Races on the Isle of Man. He achieved two runner-up places in the 2012 Classic Manx Grand Prix – the 350cc and 500cc Races – and was fourth in last year’s Senior Classic TT Race.

Swallow was the eighth Kiwi to die while competing in the event.

Since the competition began in 1907, there has been 260 deaths on the island track.

Swallow was the second to die while competing this year, after Englishman Daley Mathison lost his life during the Superbike TT race in June.

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Carrington blitzes top field to secure ninth gold

By Michael Burgess The Ohope express has done it again.

Lisa Carrington’s remarkable streak at the top of her sport had another successful chapter on Saturday night, as she took out the K1 200m final at the world championships in Szeged, Hungary.

It was her seventh successive gold in the sprint event at this level, where she is undefeated for seven years.

Carrington blitzed a quality field, to win by more than a boat length, a staggering margin in the 200m event.

The 30-year-old recorded 39.39 seconds for the distance, almost two seconds clear of the silver medallist (41.33).

She received a great reception from the large and knowledgeable crowd, and admitted afterwards it was a special moment, as she won her first world championship gold at the same venue eight years earlier.

In lane four, Carrington managed her usual blistering start, and then pulled away from the field dramatically after the first 50m.

She powered through the final half of the race, maintaining her advantage to the finish

line.

The result takes her overall tally of world championship gold medals to nine, more than six ahead of the next best Kiwi (Paul McDonald with three).

Carrington’s success started in 2011 at the same venue, as she emerged from nowhere to reach the top of the podium.

The following year she came second at a World Cup event in Duisburg, Germany, as Hungarian legend Natasa Douchev-Janics flashed to the line 0.10 of a second ahead.

That remains the last time Carrington has been beaten in her specialist event.

Her streak also takes in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, where she became one of a handful of New Zealanders to claim gold in successive games.

It’s perhaps even more impressive in a sprint event, where one miscalculation at the start or false stroke could mean your chances are dead.

“She is better today than she was a year ago,” said long time coach Gordon Walker ahead of this world championships.

“She is better today than she was a month ago. As long as she keeps getting better, it will be very hard to catch her. You need to improve at a faster rate.”

Lisa Carrington remains on top of the world.

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College A have claimed their first Mid Canterbury Netball premier one crown since 2010.

The competition’s youngest side simply proved far too slick for the competition’s defending champions Celtic A in Saturday’s final, winning 34-27.

It was a stellar end to what was a massive day of netball finals at the EA Networks Centre, with the two teams all square at the end of the first quarter at 7-all.

Although College A moved ahead in the second quarter and restricted Celtic A to just three goals to take a 19-10 lead to the half-time break, Celtic A were always threatening.

Last year’s winners landed the first three goals of the third to make up some of the ground they’d lost, but College A soon rediscovered their rhythm and once the ball was in the hands of goal shoot Hayley Tallentire or goal attack Dani McArthur, a goal was almost assured.

College A continued to build on their lead and by three-quarter-time were in front by 10, and although Celtic A again started strong and slotted the first five goals of the final quarter to halve that lead, that was as close as they were to get again, with the College A side holding their nerve in front of the big, and loud, crowd.

College A coach Kaye Kennedy said that she was incredibly

proud of her young side.

“They were really nervous, but once that opening whistle went they realised it was just another game, and we just had to go out there and execute our basics well,” Kennedy said.

“My girls, they are really skilled and they actually love to win and they had real belief that they could do it, and that showed out there.”

She said they’d played with patience all season, and continued that on Saturday.

“It was all there for them to actually lose their heads and let it get to them – the crowd and even just being announced on to court, those sorts of things can be tough for kids to cope with.

“But they managed really well, they were calm once they got on the court and they played really well as a unit,” Kennedy said.

Celtic A coach Ange Leadley said her side was simply outplayed.

“It was disappointing to lose, but when you lose knowing that you left everything on court and you lost to a really skilled opposition it makes it easier,” Leadley said.

“And I really want to acknowledge the umpires (Kevin Opele and Jan Lee), the umpiring was just outstanding.”

Leadley said 2019 had been a tough year for Celtic A. After going through 2018 unbeaten, they’d had a real bad

patch and dropped some games this season, thanks in part to a bad run with injuries.

And that run continued on Saturday, with goal defence Liv Hutchinson taking to the court despite having injured her shoulder earlier in the day, and having to be replaced by Barrine Ross – who had already played in the premier two final for Celtic B – part way through the first half.

Celtic A never gave up, starting each quarter strongly to ensure they remained in the hunt, and Leadley said her team should be proud of their efforts.

Meanwhile, the Mid Canterbury Netball premier two title was won by Southern A after they beat Celtic B in that final.

Swifts knock over Queensland Firebirds in Final Series thriller The NSW Swifts will head to the Suncorp Super Netball Final Series on a high after securing six competition points in a 64-63 thriller with the Queensland Firebirds at Qudos Bank Arena on Saturday.

The win momentarily puts the Swifts on top of the Super Netball

ladder, however, the Sunshine Coast Lightning – who started the day two points clear of NSW – were yet to play their final regular season game against the Adelaide Thunderbirds.

Both the Swifts and Lightning have already qualified for next week’s major semi final, the win-

ner of which will go straight into the 2019 Grand Final.

A fast and frenetic start from both teams saw them go end-toend with turnovers rare.As the Firebirds stepped up, the Swifts started to look more rigid in attack and a 19-12 win in the second quarter gave the visitors the

second bonus point of the game, plus a three-goal lead at halftime (33-30). The Swifts returned serve in the second quarter with a much better showing.

But in a game that ebbed and flowed from the start, the fourth quarter proved to be the most enthralling.

A Tippet intercept seemed to have given the Firebirds the impetus they needed to secure their second win of the year but contact calls against the visitors and great midcourt and defensive resolve allowed the Swifts to steady the ship, and Helen Housby the opportunity to seal the win.

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Nete Caucau looks to offload to a Mid Canterbury team-mate during his side’s loss to Horowhenua-Kapiti on Saturday.

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Hammers start with a loss

By Erin Tasker

erin.t@theguardian.co.nz

Mid Canterbury went down to Horowhenua-Kapiti in their first round match of the Heartland Championship at the Ashburton Showgrounds on Saturday.

The visiting side held an advantage for most of the match that the Hammers just couldn’t quite pull back and the final score was 17-10 in Horowhenua-Kapiti’s favour, but it wasn’t all bad for Mid Canterbury.

Starting with a loss may not have been the start they wanted, but the Dale Palmer and Jason Rickard-coached side showed a fair bit of promise that they will now look to build on as what looks set to be another tight competition progressed.

The game actually started off pretty well.

After being rested against South Canterbury the week before, Seta Koroitamana showed his value straight away, crossing for his

side’s first try early in the piece.

But from there, the home side found themselves under the pump, having to see off a wave of Horowhenua-Kapiti attacks before being able to mount a couple of their own.

Prop Tom Heywood was unlucky not to cross for a rare try, with a discussion between the referee and his assistant determining there was a knock-on in the lead-up, while new first-five Corey McKay showed good vision putting in a couple of league-style kicks for talented young winger Lima Savaiinaea.

But they too came to nothing and instead it was the visitors who crossed for two tries late in the half to put them out to a comfortable 17-5 lead at half-time.

Play went from one end of the field to the other in the second and while Mid Canterbury looked better than they had in the first half, it was only with less than 20 to go that the Hammers added to

their tally with a try wide out to Josh McAtamney to make it 1710.

The tempo of the game went up a notch as the visitors tried to close it out, while Mid Canterbury were desperate to close the gap.

The home side did have their chances, with Savaiinaea being denied a couple of times down the grandstand side of the oval.

Horowhenua-Kapiti poured on the pressure in the last 10 minutes, but with a couple to go Mid Canterbury charged back up the field, going at least 10 phases to get right up to the line, but a knock-on spoiled their attack and Horowhenua-Kapiti held out for the 17-10 victory.

Mid Canterbury were their own worst enemy at times.

Palmer said his side got pretty beaten up in the first half, failing to match the visiting forwards and lacking when it came to defence.

“We allowed them to run and

run at us and we were quite flat footed for a while,” Palmer said.

While the second half was a big improvement and Palmer was pleased to see his players applying what they’d talked about at the break, their option-taking still wasn’t always right and they took a backwards step from the couple of weeks prior when it came to communication.

But they were all things that were easily fixed, and the platform was there for something special to build on.

Palmer said an away trip to play East Coast in Ruatoria in round two was ideal, because it would give the team quality time together and they’ll hopefully become more of a unit because of it.

It will also give players like firstfive McKay a chance to really get to know the players around him.

A 19-year-old who played his club rugby for Taeri in the Dunedin competition, McKay started on Saturday having only come

into the mix on Tuesday, and showed plenty of potential.

“We were really pleased with Corey.

“He didn’t know anyone in the team and he did some really great kicking tactically, and we didn’t give him too many great opportunities to show his goal-kicking, but he did hit the post from the sideline,” Palmer said.

Mid Canterbury had gone into Saturday’s game as favourites, but they weren’t the only favourite to go down in Saturday’s opening round, with Wairarapa Bush causing an upset, knocking over Wanganui 28-18 in Masterton.

Buller smashed Mid Canterbury’s next opposition East Coast 54-19 at Westport, South Canterbury lost 20-26 at home to North Otago, West Coast were far too good for King Country, winning 56-27.

Last year’s Meads Cup champions Thames Valley were also beaten, 17-15, by Poverty Bay.

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England sounds a warning AP England issued a powerful statement ahead of the Rugby World Cup when it overwhelmed Ireland by a record 57-15 margin at Twickenham yesterday.

At the heart of England’s second triumph in three warmup tests was man of the match Manu Tuilagi, who bristled with power and intent to torment an Irish defence that fell to pieces in the second half.

Ireland scored first through a Jordan Larmour try, but their hopes of the win that would lift them to No. 1 in the world rankings at the expense of Wales quickly disintegrated.

The greatest danger England faced was not from Ireland but sunburn, as Twickenham roasted in temperatures that peaked at 30 degrees.

Yet, England was well equipped for broiling conditions, having spent 10 days in a heat camp in Treviso, Italy.

Maro Itoje and Billy Vunipola were magnificent up front, while George Ford argued a strong case to reclaim the flyhalf duties for the World Cup in Japan starting next month, but players excelled across the whole starting XV. After England didn’t notch a try against Wales in Cardiff last weekend, wing Joe Cokanasiga scored a try in each half, and there were more touchdowns, some of them too easy, from Elliot Daly, Tuilagi, Itoje, George Kruis, Tom Curry, and Luke Cowan-Dickie.

Owen Farrell kicked 15 points.

They led 22-10 at halftime.

The victory by eight tries to two eclipsed England’s 46-6 win in 1997 in Dublin for their biggest score and margin against their Six Nations rival.

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Joe Cokanasiga goes on a rampaging charge against Ireland yesterday.

“This was a performance for the 80 minutes, but we don’t know where Ireland are in their preparation so it can be misleading,” England coach Eddie Jones said.

The Irish were left questioning whether a team that laboured to third place in the Six Nations was in full reverse.

“We are nowhere near where we need to be,” Ireland captain Rory Best said.

“The only upside is that it is the middle of August and not the middle of September.”

And to add misfortune to misery, they also came off worse on the injury count as prop Cian Healy suffered an ankle injury

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and scrumhalf Conor Murray was withdrawn at halftime having earlier passed a head injury assessment.

England prop Mako Vunipola followed them into the stands near the end as his comeback following four months out with a hamstring injury took a worrying twist.

Squire still the big question Will he or won’t he?

It’s the question on the minds of All Blacks fans and pundits alike ahead of Wednesday’s Rugby World Cup squad announcement.

If we’re using recent form as a barometer, you can expect to hear Liam Squire’s name among the 31 called out.

There had been little talk of Squire’s Rugby World Cup prospects since All Blacks coach Steve Hansen revealed the loose forward had withdrawn from consideration for the Rugby Championship squad. However, the 28-year-old has turned more than a few heads in his early season performances for Tasman.

Form aside, the curious case remains: Will Squire make himself available for selection?

There has been no word on exactly why he withdrew in the first place aside from feeling that he wasn’t up to playing on the international stage.

Squire has been sheltered from the media since.

He spoke to Sky Sport after Tasman’s 64-3 demolition of Manawatu in which Squire had a dominant 80-minute performance, but was not quizzed about his future with the All Blacks.

Steve Hansen has said he won’t call Squire to ask him back, but would rather wait for Squire to call and say he is or isn’t ready.

The All Blacks appear set on running Ardie Savea at blindside, while Jackson Hemopo or Luke Jacobson can back up the role from the bench or in the wider squad.

Heading to Japan next season, the opportunity is there for him to leave as part of a World Cup challenge. Whether or not he’s ready will be revealed on Wednesday.

Will Ben Smith make it on the plane to Japan?

By Chris Rattue

N

o player has been more admired, and none escapes criticism the way Ben Smith has.

When Steve Hansen and the All Black selectors unveil their World Cup squad this week, one of the big questions will be this: Have they got the nerve to drop Ben Smith?

Smith has struck a unique chord with the New Zealand rugby public, the selfless servant, the boy next door, the dedicated professional who has made the very most and then some from his abilities.

Smith has been an All Black rock.

And I’m also not sure if the Hansen regime is totally immune to public pressure and sentiment, and Smith’s popularity is off the charts.

They did axe him from the 23 which crushed Australia at Eden Park, but if things go wrong in

Japan Smith’s exclusion could be come a protest point.

At the age of 33, the southern legend has already annihilated the longevity odds considering that many great All Black backs did not survive into their 30s.

Indeed, some – Christian Cullen springs to mind – didn’t get close.

Smith’s injury/head knock problems are well documented, his form decline quite clear.

Yet people keep seeing the old Ben Smith, even though he isn’t there.

He has lost top end speed, no longer wins the high balls, and looked completely lost on the wing.

While experience and combinations are vital in the World Cup, form is paramount on the flanks and the All Blacks have much better options than Smith.

They will probably take three dedicated wings anyway – George Bridge, Sevu Reece and Rieko Ioane – which leaves Smith as a

back-up fullback option to new test No.1 Beauden Barrett.

But Smith’s presence would only muddy the waters around Jordie Barrett, who is the fullback on the rise.

The youngest Barrett has a few faults, but he runs brilliant lines, adds powerful goalkicking and is among the game’s longest punters.

All of these attributes could be gold for the All Blacks in the intense World Cup trench warfare, and at 1.96m he’s a better high ball candidate than Smith these days.

For the big games, Jordie Barrett offers far more weapons and versatility from the bench than Smith does.

The best move for the All Blacks is to give Jordie Barrett confidence and opportunity in this tournament, and Smith’s presence would actually detract from that.

Added to that, Bridge could cover fullback against Namibia/

Canada, which would help give Beauden Barrett and/or Richie Mo’unga a rest in the pool play.

What are some options?

If Smith is deleted, Josh Ioane could be included as the third first five-eighths, and used against Namibia, and probably Canada, to give the big guns more rest.

This would remove any temptation to play Jordie Barrett at No. 10, and allow him to concentrate on fullback and providing cover in more familiar positions. This, in turn, would give better genuine security at No. 10.

If the All Blacks strike outside back problems, Smith awaits as the ideal instant replacement.

This makes more sense than flying Josh Ioane to Japan at late notice.

The way it is shaping with Beauden Barrett now the test fullback, the All Blacks may go to Japan with just one dedicated No. 10, a reflection of the muddled selection build-up and Damian

McKenzie’s unfortunate injury.

I certainly hope they retain Rieko Ioane. He has far too much potential to be axed from the World Cup squad. There is a slight risk given his form, but he could be a tournament star and match winner.

Smith no longer has that potential.

The great All Black centre Frank Bunce talked a lot of sense last week when he promoted the value of Ngani Laumape and Braydon Ennor over veteran midfielders Ryan Crotty and Sonny Bill Williams.

The All Blacks needed players who were “champing at the bit” Bunce reckoned, and he’s right.

And yet the player most obviously not vigorously champing right now is Ben Smith.

It would be a sad day, and I’m not expecting it to happen.

But Smith is, in many ways, the obvious player to leave out to get a balanced World Cup back division.

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McLaughlin charging on

Liverpool outclass Gunners

NZME Scott McLaughlin has equalled the single-season wins record of Supercars legend Craig Lowndes after clinching race two at The Bend SuperSprint.

DJR Team Penske star McLaughlin made it back-toback victories at Tailem Bend yesterday in South Australia, winning from pole position.

McLaughlin has won 16 of 22 races this season and can break Lowndes’ record next month at his home track in New Zealand.

The 26-year-old is well placed to obliterate the record with another nine races left in the season.

His 41st career victory moves him to sixth on the list of overall Supercars winners.

Scott McLaughlin has extended his lead at the top of

the drivers’ standings.

But McLaughlin was made to work for his win yesterday after a wheelspin on the start line.

He dropped to third behind Will Davison and Jamie Whincup on the opening lap.

The Kiwi driver took Whincup on lap two before capitalising on a slow lap-19 pit stop

by Davison to retake the lead, which he didn’t relinquish for the rest of the race.

Davison rued a missed opportunity to win his first race of the season in his 200th championship round as the 23Red Racing driver finished second.

Tickford Racing’s Chaz Mostert rounded out the top three for his fourth-straight podium finish and moved into second behind McLaughlin the drivers’ standings.

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Right: Kiwi ace Scott McLaughlin in high-speed action.

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Highs and lows of Taylor’s career NZME

In Zimbabwe in 2015, he required surgery after suffered a blow to the groin during training a day before an ODI. “I had some freaky injuries, but that’s sport, I guess.

“The operation in Zimbabwe was interesting.

“The medical release just said it was an injury to the groin, so

A week after his return to the same venue at which he learned he was being stripped of the Black Caps captaincy, Ross Taylor has reflected on what was one of the tougher times in his career – and reveals how he’s dealing with the aftermath of that incredible Cricket World Cup final.

In 2012 during a test match at Galle in Sri Lanka, Taylor learned he would have the captaincy taken from him.

In his final test at the helm, Taylor scored 142 and 70 in Star Black Caps his two innings to guide the batsman Ross Black Caps to the win.

Taylor Speaking to ESPNCricInfo, Taylor said it showed what you can do with a bit of resilience.

“I went two weeks without sleep.

“I was having probably two hours of sleep each night.

“But I was still able to score a 140-odd and back it up with a 70.

“It’s amazing how resilient I felt I was back then.

“Things happen in life that are out of your control.

“It is what it is.

“I look back at the World Cup when I got home people just final at Lord’s and I don’t think thought I’d hurt my groin. you can get further apart from “When I explained [that it was Galle in 2012 to Lord’s in 2019. a testicle injury], it was a bit of a “Life is about ups and downs. shock.

“The high of Lord’s trumps an“The surgeon took a photo of ything that’s happened to me in it, and our doctor at the time sent cricket.” it through to me. I found later It hasn’t just been the loss of that in New Zealand taking that captaincy that has had the po- kind of photo isn’t legal.” tential to derail Taylor’s career.

He also underwent surgery to He’s also had a number of in- remove a growth from his eye juries of the more unusual type which was hindering his vision. which have required surgery to “He said it got to the stage fix. where he didn’t want to ball to

come to him in the field becuase he had that much trouble seeing it.

However, since having the surgery, Taylor has been back to his best.

“Two weeks after the (eye) surgery I had throwdowns with the trainer and I saw the ball swing from the hand for the first time.

“At the start of my innings for a couple of years, I was even more fidgety than normal. I just kept missing balls that I felt I should be at least getting in behind.

“I was playing and missing and was very late on it.

“I was still able to score runs, but your confidence in your first 10 to 20 balls was not as good as it should have been.

“Once I saw the ball swing from the hand, I felt like a 20-year-old again.”

And six weeks after the in-

credible Cricket World Cup final at Lord’s – and the crazy tied Super Over ending – Taylor reveals that he looks back at the game “with fond memories” and that the disappointment had now eased.

“It would have been nice to have won it.

“It wasn’t until we got home to New Zealand that you knew what the effect was.

“I had a holiday with my family in France, just to get away from it afterwards, and had a lot of people were coming up – English, Kiwis, Bangladeshis, Sri Lankans – saying what a fantastic game it was, and that it was something that they’d never forget,’ he told ESPNCricinfo.

“And when we got home, people would come up and tell you their stories of how they’d watched the game – the lack of sleep and how they got through the next day.

“With the time zones, Kiwis would have been up all night.

“They’d all correct you when you said, ‘Sorry we lost the game’.

“They’d stop you right there and go: ‘No, you didn’t lose the game, you tied the game’.

“I was surprised how many people said that.

“I’ve been fortunate enough to play in two World Cup finals, in Melbourne and at Lord’s.

“You couldn’t ask for two better places, given the history of the grounds.

“Just disappointed we couldn’t lift the trophy.”

Mohamed Salah converted a penalty before scoring a sublime solo goal as Liverpool beat Arsenal 3-1 to open up a three-point gap at the top of the Premier League yesterrday.

Liverpool hadn’t found their best form in opening wins over Norwich and Southampton, and faced the only other top-flight team with a 100 per cent record.

It proved to be a mismatch.

After Joel Matip’s first league goal in 11 months broke the deadlock just before halftime, Salah converted a penalty after being fouled

by David Luiz and then made it 3-0 by turning Luiz near halfway, sprinting down the right wing and cutting in to deliver a finish into the bottom corner.

Substitute Lucas Torreira scored a consolation for Arsenal five minutes from the end.

Liverpool will end the third round of games as the only team with nine points from a possible nine.

The game started at a frenetic pace, with the hosts setting a high tempo that penned Arsenal back in the final third.

Within 80 seconds, Andy Robertson whipped a ball across the sixyard area which Roberto Firmino narrowly missed.

Arsenal manager Unai Emery’s tactics were to defend deep with eight men behind the ball in an attempt to draw the opponent in before trying to release the explosive pace of offseason signing Nicolas Pepe, given a full debut at the expense of Alexandre Lacazette.

Pepe had three chances in the first half, while Liverpool goalkeeper Adrian – fresh from the error that cost his team a goal at Southampton last week – came out of his area to clear the ball only to find Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who lobbed the ball back just past the far post.

Incessant pressure on Arsenal’s defence began to tell and after Salah held off Granit Xhaka to cleverly turn and fire wide, the breakthrough came.

From a corner, Trent Alexander-Arnold finally found his range and Matip powered home a 41st-minute header.

Sadio Mane should have done better with his header in injury time but if the interval was a period for Arsenal’s players to clear their heads, no one told Luiz who, in a moment of madness tugged on Salah’s shirt. The Egypt international confidently dispatched the penalty and added a second by brilliantly putting the seal on a three-pass move which eliminated most of the opposition.

Lacazette, scorer of 19 goals last season, was not introduced until the 81st minute – and even then it was Torreira who eventually found the net, drilling home a loose ball 15 yards out.

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Kiwis take the spoils

By Jonny Turner

Lacustre eyes up the Great Northern NZME

Phil Williamson’s trotting genius helped the New Zealand flag fly proudly on Australasian Breeders Crown Finals night at Melton on Saturday.

Williamson led the charge for the Kiwi contingent by producing blueblood trotters Liberty Stride and Ultimate Stride for emphatic victories.

Liberty Stride set the tone for a great night out for the New Zealanders when powering away from her opposition to win the group 1 3-yr-old fillies final.

Williamson’s renowned trotting skill shone through when the filly, who had galloped in two of her three Victorian starts, put in a faultless display to win by almost 20 metres for driver Anthony Butt.

“It is a big thrill for us – massive,” Williamson said.

“We are just so thrilled to come here and win nice races, it is not easy.”

“You do have to bring the right horses and if you have a nice horse this is what you can achieve.”

Williamson had put the finals night polish on his daughter of Muscle Hill and Jasmyns Gift at the Victorian stable of Brent Lilley and his partner Tracey Cullen.

Williamson revealed his Victorian venture had become far more than just a business trip.

“I have been here for six weeks with [Brent], he has been a sensational host.”

“His partner Tracy is up at 4.15am feeding the horses and their little son Jack has allowed me in to their family.”

“I have just had a fantastic stay.”

Little more half an hour after Liberty Stride’s demolition job, Williamson produced Ultimate Stride for an even more emphatic group 1 victory.

The son of Love You and millionaire mare One Over Kenny embarrassed his Australian opposition when he ran away with

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Ultimate Stride charged to a phenomenal victory in his final on Saturday night at Melton. the 2-yr-old trotting colts and geldings final by nearly 40 metres.

Ultimate Stride powered through tough conditions as rain and wind pelted the Melton track during the group 1 event.

And though his Australian opposition could not match him, Anthony Butt revealed that he could not get his charge to go any slower.

“The conditions weren’t ideal.”

“He was getting pretty keen that first lap – I couldn’t get him going any slower. “ “He just wanted to get on with it, but he was very good, he smashed them.”

The New Zealand contingent added a third Breeders Crown title to their haul in dramatic circumstances when Kratos was crowned the 3yr-old trotting colts and geldings winner in the

enquiry room. The John and Joshua Dickie trained squaregaiter was second past the post in a thrilling three-way finish with the winner, All Cashed Up, and third placegetter Majestuoso.

All Cashed Up galloped late in the run home, but it was not just a case of waiting for the horse to be automatically relegated like he would have been under New Zealand rules for breaking over the line.

An enquiry was held to decide whether All Cashed Up had either had not gained an advantage or at least was unable to maintain his momentum when galloping.

Stewards ruled All Cashed Up had not complied with Australia’s breaking rules and Kratos was crowned the group 1 Breeders Crown champion.

Earlier on the Melton card, star filly Princess Tiffany was defeat-

ed in a shock result in 3-yr-old pacing fillies final.

Sitting parked throughout, and copping some minor interference before the home turn, took its toll on the Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen-trained 3-yr-old when she was beaten in to third behind upset winner No Win No Feed.

Princess Tiffany was caught late by fellow New Zealander, Best Western, who continued her superbly consistent Breeders Crown campaign by finishing second.

Perfect Stride and Zeuss Bromac couldn’t match brilliant Australian colt Be Happy Mach in the 2yr-old pacing colts and geldings final, but the pair still performed admirably and completed a brilliant night for the New Zealand contingent by finishing third and fourth.

The Samantha Logan-trained Lacustre laid down the gauntlet to his steeplechasing rivals heading to the prestigious Great Northern Steeplechase (6400m) in a fortnight with a comprehensive victory in Saturday’s major dress rehearsal, the CLC Pakuranga Hunt Cup (4900m) at Ellerslie.

Logan has bided her time with Lacustre who hadn’t been sighted in the winner’s enclosure since winning a maiden steeplechase at the venue on Great Northern day in 2017.

The Postponed eight-year-old has been thereabouts in most of his starts since then and enhanced his burgeoning credentials for the Northern with an eye-catching run for third in the McGregor Grant Steeplechase back in June.

Handy throughout for rider Shaun Phelan, Lacustre jumped proficiently in mid-field before being sent forward by Phelan as the field climbed the famed Ellerslie hill with 1000m to run.

Lacustre and outsider Kokanee Gold scooted down the hill and jumped the last fence together before Lacustre forged clear in the final stages to win by five lengths from a fast finishing The Arabian Duke.

“This is just fantastic and my best moment in racing,” Logan said. “This horse is a marvel and so is Shaun Phelan who gave him a great ride.

“We’ve set him for this race for the last two years. Craig Thornton used to train him and when he gave up, he gave him to me thankfully and said if I did my job right, he could win the Pakuranga Hunt Cup. “We waited and didn’t do much with him last year, messed around and got his jumping right and waited for Ellerslie.

“It’s just huge to come back here and get this done.

“We will just tick him over now and if we get the same happy horse on Northern day then he will go just as well.”

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway 3 15768 Bigtime Daisy 23.61............................L Cole 4 21442 Eye Kno 23.65...............................W Woods 5 48851 Tazia 23.53.................................... D Denbee 6 26233 Bigtime Cutie nwtd..............................L Cole 7 68133 Dyna Bryleigh nwtd.......................M Roberts 8 12242 Big Time Marlisa 23.37.......................L Cole 9 77657 Bigtime Jasmine 23.63........................L Cole 10 65767 Idol Alan 23.71...................................M Flipp 4 1.57pm J P PRINT, PETONE C2/C3 C2/3, 410m 1 68766 Zoie Willow nwtd J &............................D Bell 2 77447 Cawbourne Ridge 23.56 J &................D Bell 3 17828 Bigtime Silver 24.47............................L Cole 4 38386 Plan Stan nwtd................................ L Pearce 5 38787 Bigtime Puma 23.57............................L Cole 6 64686 Millie Prince 23.29 J &.........................D Bell 7 85755 Bigtime Molly nwtd..............................L Cole 8 17886 Little Scamp 23.65........................ D Denbee 9 75486 Bigtime Kylie nwtd....................... D P Symes 10 78888 Bigtime Thor 23.38..............................L Cole 5 2.15 RED SNAPPER SEAFOODS, CHRISTCHURCH C2/C3 C2/3, 410m 1 1554F Vibe nwtd.....................................A Turnwald 2 45114 Funky Facts 23.27 G &........... S Fredrickson 3 44156 Bigtime Baxter nwtd.................... D P Symes 4 63215 Big Time Lebron 23.67........................L Cole 5 85645 Bigtime Chris 23.88 G &......... S Fredrickson 6 31863 Here’s Hemi 23.62.....................J McInerney 7 22244 Bigtime Honey 24.01...........................L Cole 8 18282 Mahala Bay nwtd...........................W Woods 9 77657 Bigtime Jasmine 23.63........................L Cole 10 78888 Bigtime Thor 23.38..............................L Cole 6 2.32pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C4, 410m

1 7478x Hey Fernando nwtd G &......... S Fredrickson 2 83866 Fare Dodger nwtd.........................M Goodier 3 14818 Big Time Tina 23.42............................L Cole 4 11135 Bigtime Lizzy 23.43.............................L Cole 5 65146 All Black Star 23.75........................ M Gowan 6 73327 Eye Far 23.50.....................................M Flipp 7 61351 Bigtime Stella 23.62............................L Cole 8 24875 Bigtime Lily 23.30................................L Cole Emergencies: 9 52844 Three Amigos 23.65 J &......................D Bell 10 85377 Bigtime Ziggy 23.86............................L Cole 7 2.49pm KERNOW CONSTRUCTION GUARANTEED 15K PICK 6 C4/C5 C4/5, 410m 1 52255 Queen Big League 23.18 G &.S Fredrickson 2 61267 Bigtime Pearl nwtd..............................L Cole 3 61576 Cheese And Chalk 23.44....................L Cole 4 12431 Bigtime Banjo 23.58............................L Cole 5 15133 Bigtime Shine 23.23............................L Cole 6 31871 Bigtime Eve 23.26...............................L Cole 7 61847 Bigtime Kiss 23.19..............................L Cole 8 17162 Bigtime Leads 23.30...........................L Cole Emergencies: 9 87514 Dynamite Danger 23.55 G &... S Fredrickson 10 52844 Three Amigos 23.65 J &......................D Bell 8 3.06pm DOUG BRADLEY PAINTERS C0 C0, 457m 1 Woman No Cry nwtd....................A Turnwald 2 7 Big Time Goldie nwtd..........................L Cole 3 44243 Big Time Gina nwtd.............................L Cole 4 42667 It’s Timmy nwtd..........................J McInerney 5 266 Big Time Nash nwtd............................L Cole 6 351 Big Time Amie nwtd............................L Cole 7 533 Big Time Trae nwtd..............................L Cole

8 5 Penny Mowhawk nwtd................... D Denbee 9 677 Big Time Ivy nwtd................................L Cole 10 67657 Haze Adams nwtd........................A Turnwald 9 3.24pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C1, 457m 1 3212 Cheeseball 26.35................................L Cole 2 1112 Big Time Ocean nwtd..........................L Cole 3 52425 Bigtime Roll nwtd........................ D P Symes 4 73353 Tuff Mr. Tee 26.54...........................B Mitchell 5 27737 Bigtime Diesel nwtd G &......... S Fredrickson 6 42334 Zipping Romeo 26.61...................A Turnwald 7 121 Big Time Izzy nwtd..............................L Cole 8 25365 Big Time Benny 26.60.........................L Cole Emergencies: 9 15274 Double That 26.48 G &........... S Fredrickson 10 47535 Bill’s Barker 26.58............................S Maher 10 3.41pm STEVE THE AUCTIONEER DAVIS C2, 457m 1 43617 Diamond Geezer 26.93.................M Goodier 2 13474 Bigtime Shadow 25.75........................L Cole 3 33484 Bigtime Tank 26.37..............................L Cole 4 11271 Big Time Rhino 26.30..........................L Cole 5 12822 Tuff Knight 26.78............................B Mitchell 6 63413 Pick A Pascal 26.24 G &......... S Fredrickson 7 44223 Thomas William 25.97................... D Denbee 8 35118 Tap Out Reg 26.35.......................A Turnwald 9 63554 Bigtime Alfie 26.52..............................L Cole 10 45544 Zipping Cobra 26.01...........................L Cole 11 3.57pm MONSTER FISH AT STUD C2/3, 457m 1 88611 Kamada Park 25.93.....................A Turnwald 2 66367 Bigtime Fred 26.04..............................L Cole 3 23312 Big League Diva 25.95 G &.... S Fredrickson 4 32536 Bigtime Caleb 25.99............................L Cole 5 58657 Bigtime Mike 26.18.............................L Cole

6 53231 Buddy Loaded 26.23................... G Hodgson 7 51475 Tuff Treasure 26.54........................B Mitchell 8 54547 Waitohi 26.05...............................A Turnwald 9 87778 Bigtime Rocco 26.05...........................L Cole 10 45544 Zipping Cobra 26.01...........................L Cole 12 4.16 TOTAL BODYSHOP SUPPLIES C4/5, 457m 1 33288 Gazza’s Girl nwtd G &............. S Fredrickson 2 81325 Bigtime Levi 25.75..............................L Cole 3 37833 Bigtime Annie 26.24............................L Cole 4 11147 Bigtime Benji 26.11.............................L Cole 5 13533 Turanza’s Terror 25.98..................A Turnwald 6 81285 Bigtime Lilah 25.75.............................L Cole 7 67241 Fusion Cronulla 25.81..................A Turnwald 8 32442 Ask King Jeff 25.78.............................L Cole Emergencies: 9 62636 Bigtime Acacia 26.09..........................L Cole 10 57145 Tommy The Jett 26.17..................A Turnwald SELECTIONS Race 1: Big Time Maple, Mother’s Touch, I’ll Be Loyal, Brazil Cambara Race 2: Electrical Storm, Retail Mayhem, Bigtime Kylie Race 3: Big Time Marlisa, Eye Kno, Dyna Bryleigh, Bigtime Daisy Race 4: Zoie Willow, Bigtime Puma, Bigtime Molly, Little Scamp Race 5: Funky Facts, Mahala Bay, Bigtime Honey, Vibe Race 6: Bigtime Stella, Bigtime Lily, Eye Far, Bigtime Lizzy Race 7: Bigtime Eve, Bigtime Shine, Bigtime Kiss, Bigtime Pearl Race 8: Big Time Amie, Woman No Cry, Penny Mowhawk Race 9: Cheeseball, Big Time Ocean, Big Time Izzy, Tuff Mr. Tee Race 10: Bigtime Shadow, Tap Out Reg, Thomas William Race 11: Kamada Park, Waitohi, Buddy Loaded, Big League Diva Race 12: Turanza’s Terror, Fusion Cronulla, Bigtime Levi LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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We currently have a position available in SUN CONTROL WINDOW our busy flooring and window furnishing TINTING - Vehicles-homesbusiness for a full-time curtain consultant. offices. Phone Craig Rogers 307 6347 - 027 258 0884 Key tasks would include: or 0800 TINTER. Member • Measuring for curtains/blinds of Master Tinters NZ. • Hanging curtains/blinds Follow us on facebook w w w. w i n d o w t i n t e r. c o . n z • Ordering fabric/blinds etc • Quoting and invoicing • In-home consultations and assisting RURAL TRADING POST CARAVANS, TRAILERS CARAVANS family sell: 21’6” MEADOW Good customers 2, 73 Burnett St, Ashburton | Members ofhay.

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9.30am - 10.30am DAYTIME NETBALL. $5 a game, first game free. EA Networks Centre, River Terrace (not school holidays).

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

TUESDAY 9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church.

48 Allens Road.

9.30am - 10.30am WALKING NETBALL Cost $2. EA Networks Centre, River Terrace (not school holidays).

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

10am NEWCOMERS SOCIAL GROUP. Weekly coffee morning, any enquiries to Merrill 307 6363. Nosh Cafe, West St. 10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160

August 26 & 27, 2019 10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years. For more information ring Age Concern 308 6817.

Seniors Centre, Cameron Street.

10am - 4pm HOSPICE MID CANTERBURY OP SHOP. Quality clothing and homewares.

Donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street.

10am - 4pm ST JOHN SHOP. Opportunity shop open daily, donations welcome. 129 Tancred Street.

10am - 4pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD EXHIBITION. Gathering of Stitches made by guild members items are on display daily from now until 22 September.

Ashburton Art Gallery, West Street.

11.45am PLAINS LADIES FRIENDSHIP CLUB. Birthday luncheon @ Garden Room, Hotel Ashburton.

12pm BAPTIST CHURCH FREE LUNCH. Weekly lunch, available at Baptist Church, Cass Street.

1pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Mahjong - counting, come and enjoy friendship and afternoon tea. $4.

Waireka Croquet Club, the domain, Philip Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of over 30 aircraft from the past to the future on display.

Open daily with extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome.

Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

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

7.30pm ASHBURTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Annual General Meeting, new members welcome. Domain Pavilion, Walnut Ave.

Main Street, Methven.

10am MSA TAI CHI. Weekly exercises and Tai Chi for arthritis. Meet MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street (excludes school holidays).

10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years. For more information ring Age Concern 308 6817.

Seniors Centre, Cameron Street.

10am - 4pm ST JOHN SHOP. Opportunity shop open daily, donations welcome. 129 Tancred Street.

10am - 4pm HOSPICE MID CANTERBURY OP SHOP. Quality clothing and homewares.

Donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street.

10am - 4pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD EXHIBITION. Gathering of Stitches made by guild members items are on display daily from now until 22 September.

Ashburton Art Gallery, West Street.

10.10am U3A HAKATERE-ASHBURTON. Speaker Peter Datlen, former Ashburton College student, now at Rocket Lab, Mahia Peninsula. Cuppa from 9.30pm. Visitors welcome $10. St David’s Union Church, 48 Allens Road.

10.30am AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome. Phone Age Concern 308 6817. All Saints Church. Methven.

1pm AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all

abilities welcome. Phone Age Concern 308 6817. Presbyterian Church, Rakaia.

1pm ASHBURTON MSA PETANQUE SECTION. Club day, new players welcome. boules supplied. 115 Racecourse Road, Ashburton.

1pm - 2.30pm R AND R LINEDANCING ASHBURTON. Absolute beginners line dance class.

Enquiries Rayma 0274 867 504. MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of over 30 aircraft from the past to the future on display.

Open daily with extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

3pm - 4.30pm

R AND R LINEDANCING ASHBURTON. Intermediate line dance class. Enquiries Rayma 0274 867 504. MSA Social hall, Havelock Street.

6pm sharp RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. Winter Series 3km or 6km. Group run or walk around the perimeter of the domain under lights. All abilities and fitness levels, all welcome, no charge.

Meet Walnut Avenue Pavilion.

7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Night time section, all welcome, rackets available. EA Networks Stadium, River Terrace, Ashburton.

7.30pm ASHBURTON TABLE TENNIS. Everyone welcome, every Tuesday, Tennis bats available. MSA Havelock St.

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Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): “Love me, love my dog,” the saying goes. The two, from different species, have different love requirements and it’s possible a person is capable of one love and not the other. The metaphor applies today.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Make no assumptions about what people can do just because they have done a thing before. The strength (or beauty or intent) exhibited in one area may not match abilities in another area.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You already know what you’re going to do. All the back and forth deliberation is a waste of energy. The real question is why must you pretend not to want what you want?

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You’re in the mood to take a risk but you have a healthy respect for the danger involved. Much will be accomplished here through deference and reverence, which seems like sublimation but is actually action.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Well, it turns out that people are much more complicated and mysterious than you thought. You’re a “people,” too, and your mysteries aren’t just for them to figure out; they are also for you to figure out.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Loved ones will need assurance of your loyalty. Loyalty is a hard thing to give, actually. Loyalty is always built on what stands before. Make sure what stands before is rock solid.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Jokes don’t come out of nowhere. There’s a basis and it’s worth looking into. Poke around at your humour as though it’s a clue to your deeper beliefs. It is.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Dominant forces are alive in your realm; they’re best observed as a fighter would observe the boxing ring of his future opponent. Sit back and learn about what you’ll deal with in the future.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Mood shifts don’t necessarily mean you’re moody. Today’s you’re emotionally intelligent and processing what’s happening instead of pretending you feel some way other than the way you feel.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): People may profess to prefer to be shown love in certain ways but they might not know themselves as much as they think they do. Give love the way you want to instead of catering your attention.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): The supermarket line with the fewest number of people isn’t always the shortest wait time. Complications can ensue and those take time to sort out. The best route today is the least complicated one.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): A better system will make you stronger. You’ll no longer waste your energy on the parts of a job that don’t pay you back.

You’ll spend time on the right things and build them up.

ACROSS 1. Textile dealer giving me backing of credit with some hesitancy (6) 8. Miller makes it blossom, one hears (5) 9. Marked and – on the outside – brought up (7) 11. Find lyre that could be something played for amusement (8) 12. Series that recurs, like a set of songs (5) 15. If compact, laser might play it (4) 16. Fight to get a loge in the opera house (3) 17. Plant nothing in the drink (4) 19. Section-leader having a row with a corpse (5) 21. It has characters of type one may tee off with (8) 24. Seeming bored in way that could turn out no good (7) 25. A self-reappraisal needed by those who are not true (5) 26. It boils up to be a fine mess of fish (6) DOWN 2. Is in good time to relay it like this (5) 3. Be unfortunately happening at the same time as war (8) 4. A knot that could wriggle free (4) 5. Proposal made, having removed top of chest (5) 6. Bit of lemon served in fish, chilled (4) 7. A brawl one can unravel the ends of (4) 10. Insect that is of grandly different form (9) 12. Secret language applied to a collection of laws (4) 13. It took a strict disciplinarian to train Met in such a way (8) 14. What one is is flesh, endlessly given over to this (4) 18. Rating joining Turkish governor at Westminster, perhaps (5) 20. Last round fan one made with lace top (5) 21. The present fruit is given up on time (4) 22. Madonna may be ill-disposed to 18, finally (4) 23. Absence that the South would first have made loose (4)

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YOUNG, Elizabeth Thomson ARTHUR, Bella – Passed away one year ago (Betty) – On August 23, 2019. Dearly today. loved mother and motherTime slips by in-law of Elizabeth and the and life goes on, late Maurice Rankin, and But from our heart grandmother of Bill, Andrew you're never gone. and Ian. We think about you always, We talk about you too.

YOUNG, Elizabeth Thomson We have so many memories, (Betty) – but we wish On August 23, 2019. Dearly we still had you. loved mother of the late Peter Young; and loved grandmother Much loved by Lynette, and great grandmother of Isabel, Jennifer, Tony and Bruce and Adrienne, Oliver, families.

Emily and James; also of Philip, Lisa, Jonathan, Hayden, Brodie, TeJay, Logan, FUNERAL Kyran and Hayze.

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YOUNG, Elizabeth Thomson (Betty) – On August 23, 2019. Dearly loved mother and motherin-law of Janet and Malcolm Olds; and grandmother of Karen and Alan Butterick, David, Kylee and Richard Olds; and great grandmother of Charlotte Olds and George and Jack Butterick.

YOUNG, Elizabeth Thomson (Betty) – On August 23, 2019. Dearly loved mother and mother-inlaw of John (Jock) and Karen Young; and grandmother and great grandmother of Tara Young and Maniti, Deana and Brodie Hartley; Sonia and Mark Etheridge, Jayden, Cody, Zander Etheridge; Nicky and Ethan Lamont, Taylor and Ashton Lamont.

YOUNG, Elizabeth Thomson (Betty) – On August 23, 2019.

Dearly loved mother and mother-in-law of Alison and Graeme Wakelin, and loved grandmother of Sam, Craig and Nicki, and Helen.

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Sth Ashburton at 2:00 pm, yesterday

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Waitaki Kurow at 3:04 pm, yesterday

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IN MEMORIAM

YOUNG, Elizabeth Thomson (Betty) – On Friday August 23, 2019, at Rosebank Resthome, Ashburton, in her 105th year.

Loved wife of the late John (Jack) Young. Dearly loved mother and mother-in-law of Elizabeth and the late Maurice Rankin, the late Peter Young, Janet and Malcolm Olds, John and Karen Young and Alison and Graeme Wakelin.

Messages to the Young family c/- PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A very special thanks to Sue Prowse and her staff at Rosebank Resthome for their compassionate care of Betty in her last five years. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Blind Foundation would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A service celebrating Betty’s life will be held at St David’s Union Church, Allens Road, Allenton, Ashburton on FRIDAY, August 30 commencing at 1.30pm, followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

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Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway. 2:30 Step Up 4 – Miami Heat PGVL 2012 Drama. Kathryn McCormick, Ryan Guzman. 4:10 Celeste And Jesse Forever 16LS 2012 Comedy Drama.

Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, Elijah Wood. 5:40 The Hobbit – The Battle Of The Five Armies MV 2015 Adventure.

Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman.

8pm In Bruges 16VLC 2008 Thriller. Two hit men are sent to Bruges to lie low, but it does not take them long to find their own kind of trouble.

Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson.

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11:20 Gravity MLC 2013 Drama. Sandra Bullock, George Clooney.

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5:30 Supercon 16VLSC 2018 Action.

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4:25 Step Up 4 – Miami Heat PGVL 2012 Drama.

11pm Senior Kapa Haka Regionals 3 Ngaa Pou o Taniwharau – Tainui.

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3am Rugby – Shute Shield (RPL) 5am Rugby Nation

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College dominate in final

Loss kicks off season

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The victorious Wakanui hockey team after claiming the Walker and Hall Shield with a win over Cambridge in Timaru on Saturday.

By Erin Tasker

erin.t@theguardian.co.nz

Last year it was devastation, but this year it was elation for Mid Canterbury’s two senior hockey sides on Hockey South Canterbury’s finals day.

The Wakanui men and the Hampstead women both took on Cambridge in their respective men’s and women’s division one finals and came out on top, with Wakanui winning 1-0 and Hampstead landing the winning goal in their 2-1 win just three minutes from the end.

Had that goal not come and the teams still been tied at the end, the game would have gone to a penalty shootout, which was exactly happened to Wakanui last year after letting a good lead slip.

Most of the players who had played in that game last year were on the turf again on Saturday, determined to put last year’s result behind them and make amends.

And that they did.

A first-half goal by Hayden Sinclair off a well worked penalty corner was enough for Wakanui to lift the Walker and Hall Shield, and player/coach Sam Moore was a happy man.

“It was probably a good thing we didn’t score another goal in certain respects because it made us maintain the same focus that we had through the game, where if we had got another couple of goals we could have lost our focus,” Moore said.

Cambridge definitely pushed hard, but Wakanui ensured when

they had the ball in their possession they were constructive with it, with memories of that penalty shootout loss from last year clear

“

It was a similar story for the Hampstead women.

Their loss in last year’s final was still clear in the minds of the play-

I don’t think we needed any more motivation than that, remembering how garbage it was

in their minds.

“I don’t think we needed any more motivation than that, remembering how garbage it was,” Moore said.

ers who were back in the side this season.

An early goal by each side on Saturday saw the game locked at 1-all for a long time, with Hamp-

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stead’s goal coming courtesy of Sam Dalzell. It looked like a penalty shootout could be required to decide it until – with just three minutes on the clock – a string of four passes down the middle of the turf found Shannon Thomson-Laing who put the ball into the back of the goal to seal it.

Hampstead coach Nicky Foden said Cambridge had been a tough opposition all season, and the final was no different.

She was incredibly proud of her team, after they went from bottom of the heap in round one, to finishing with four trophies in their possession – including the one they picked up on Saturday, the McLay Cup for being the champion of champion women’s division one side.

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