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LONG-LOST FRIEND RETURNS Mt Hutt Ski Area has celebrated the return of a feathery friend this week.

A kea paid a visit to the mountain for the first time in three years.

Once the scourge of skifield carparks, kea disappeared from the skifield but an extensive predator control programme and habitat management is being credited with encouraging the native alpine parrot back to the mountain.

“Seeing a kea back up here hopefully means our work is paying off,” ski area manager James McKenzie said.

“We’ll be keeping watch through the rest of the winter season to see if it hangs around or brings any friends.”

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Ashburton Guardian Wednesday, August 26, 2020

WEATHER

MOSQUE SHOOTINGS

Local Muslims back victims

By Susan Sandys susan.s@theguardian.co.nz

Ashburton Muslims say they feel safe, but are grateful for police looking out for them, as the sentencing of terrorist Brenton Tarrant is under way.

The offender has admitted 51 charges of murder, 40 of attempted murder and one of terrorism in relation to the March 15, 2019, attacks at Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch.

He also planned to attack the Ashburton Masjid and burn down all three houses of worship.

Ashburton Muslim Association president Mohamed Diab said he was pleased to see victims having their say as the four-day hearing began this week.

More than 60 victims are detailing their experiences in the four-day hearing, where Justice Cameron Mander is expected to hand down his sentence sometime tomorrow.

“We feel sorry for all these people,” Diab said.

“Hopefully in New Zealand it will not happen again, because we are a safe country.”

It was good to see the justice process under way, and Diab was also pleased with support from police that the association and its many members had received.

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CONTACTS Editor Matt Markham 03 307-7969 There is an additional police presence at the Ashburton Masjid this week as the hearing for accused terrorist Brenton Tarrant is under way.

PHOTO HEATHER MACKENZIE 250820-HM-1317 Ashburton senior sergeant Leigh Jenkins had visited him prior to the hearing, ensuring the Muslim community felt safe and supported. Additionally, the association was keeping in touch with its members at this difficult time.

There was an additional police presence at the Masjid while the hearing was underway, and Diab understood that the police had their job to do.

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“But for me, we feel safe,” he said.

A police spokesperson said police had an increased and highly visible presence in Canterbury during the sentencing of the offender convicted of the March 15 terror attacks.

“For operational reasons we are not in a position to provide further detail. This is for safety and security of everyone,” the spokesperson said.

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Ashburton the third target for gunman

By Matt Markham matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

The Ashburton Masjid was the third target for Brenton Tarrant on March 15 2019, it has been confirmed in the High Court this week.

Tarrant is being sentenced in the High Court at Christchurch for the murder of 51 worshippers at Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Mosque last year.

Monday’s first day of the hearing which is expected to run into Thursday was the first time the

summary of facts of how Tarrant carried out his crimes was heard.

The court heard that after carrying out significant surveillance work including using the internet to obtain information about mosques around New Zealand including detailed plans, interior pictures and details such as prayer times, Tarrant selected the two Christchurch Mosques and the one in Ashburton – which was his intended target after leaving the Linwood Islamic Centre.

He would instead be stopped

by two police officers in a patrol car after they rammed his vehicle and arrested him without resistance.

During his interview with police he admitted carrying out the attacks and said he went into both mosques with the intention of killing as many people as he could.

“He stated that he wanted to have shot more people than he did and was on the way to another mosque in Ashburton to carry out another attack when he was stopped,” the summary said.

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The 29-year-old Australian native sat quietly and emotionless throughout the reading of the summary of facts.

Since Monday morning the court has heard from a number of members of the Muslim community who have read, or had read, victim statements to the court with the world’s media zeroing in on proceedings.

A heavy security presence is active at the court with armed police, sniffer dogs and snipers patrolling outside as the hearing continues into today with sentencing due to finish tomorrow.

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Mid Cantabrians playing by the Covid rules reporter Susan Sandys and photographer Heather Mackenzie on the streets of Ashburton yesterday mostly had masks at home or in their bags, but were not wearing them.

Meanwhile, as most of New

Most Mid Cantabrians are abiding by Ministry of Health recommendations that all households should be prepared for community transmission of Covid-19 and have face masks at the ready.

Residents polled by Guardian

Zealand hovers at Alert Level 2, visitors to Ashburton and other Canterbury hospitals are being asked to wear face masks, but will not be turned away if they do not have one.

Acting Chief Medical Officer

Dr Richard French said a review of this advice would likely occur when the region’s alert level changes. “The wearing of face coverings by the public, such as a mask or scarf, is not required whilst in our DHB facilities, but it

is recommended,” he said.

However, it will be mandatory from 11.59pm this Sunday to wear a mask on any public transport.

Face coverings such as a bandana or a scarf can also be used if you don’t have a mask.

WORD ON THE STREET The question . . . Do you have a face mask?

HAYDEN BENBOW

No “They are a waste of time, to be honest. The only ones that are going to work are proper respirator masks.”

ARTHUR PAWSEY

Yes “I haven’t worn it yet, hopefully I won’t have to, but if they are going to protect us, why not?”

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Yes “I have got some at home, I do wear them sometimes, if it’s going to stop spreading things, I don’t see why not.”

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Yes “I think it’s right, purely because they are letting Auckland go to Level 2 and they are going to travel down, therefore we need to protect ourselves.”

CLAIRE SULLIVAN with daughter Elisabeth, 3

Yes “I have worn it, at the supermarket, I suppose, to keep myself a bit safer.”

Petition for Huber’s name change

By Susan Sandys susan.s@theguardian.co.nz

Signatures are climbing on an online petition calling for Mt Hutt Ski Area to remove any legacy to former Nazi soldier Willi Huber.

Mt Hutt Ski Area has a restaurant named Huber’s Hut and ski run named Huber’s Run, commemorating the former Austrian ski instructor’s contribution to establishing the ski area.

Ski area management have acknowledged protestations about the name, but have no plans to

change it, citing Huber’s mountaineering legacy and the inappropriateness of judging him now when New Zealand immigration made the decision to allow him into the country in the 1950s.

Debate over Huber’s name on Mt Hutt landmarks has erupted following him passing away this month in Geraldine.

The petition calling for a name change reached 2967 by 2.30pm yesterday.

Organiser Rob Berg of Auckland told the Guardian he would present it to Mt Hutt once it reached 3000.

Berg was himself Jewish, and he believed the high level of support on the petition showed many New Zealanders supported his view. He was pleased with how quickly the number of signatories had grown, considering he began it just six days ago.

He said the Waffen-SS, which Huber joined voluntarily at the age of 17, had been involved in many atrocities including the Liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto, supplying officers to concentration camps and the incident of burning alive men, women and children forced into a building in France.

The Waffen-SS could not claim they were merely foot soldiers, and the assertion Huber did not know anything about what was happening was “inconceivable”.

“I am not suggesting he was necessarily directly involved, but he was still proud of his (war) medals,” Berg said.

If Huber had remorse, he could have contacted the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand and visited schools talking about his experiences with Nazism and the dangers of discrimination.

However, those who knew Huber would disagree.

Ashburton resident Don Church was a friend of Huber’s going back to the 1970s when they were both early directors of the Mt Hutt Ski Company. Huber’s battle division endured severe hardship on the Russian front and was not involved in atrocities.

“Over the years Willi confided to me much about his wartime experiences and I believe his sincerity when he claims to have had no knowledge of such matters whilst serving in his division. Nor did he later ever seek to justify the horrors of the Holocaust,” Church said.

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In brief Thefts in Methven Police are investigating two reports of thefts from vehicles in Methven on Sunday night. One was a report of two vehicles being broken into and items stolen including electronics and clothing and the other is a report of a bus being broken into at a different address.

Car in ditch Emergency services in Methven were called out to a tricky situation on Saturday night after a car crashed into a creek at the intersection of Morgan and Alford Streets and Alford Forest Road shortly before 11am. The Methven Volunteer Fire Brigade and police attended the scene with no injuries reported.

Grant applications Celebrating the arrival of giant daffodils in Ashburton ahead of Friday’s Cancer Society appeal, are students from St Joseph’s School (from left) Jake Parsons, Catie Robinson, Lulu Kilworth, Josh King, Sabrina Cassineti and Ally Thomas.

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Making Daffodil Day smiles

By Sue Newman sue.n@theguardian.co.nz

Daffodils might signal that spring is just around the corner, but they also send a signal that the Cancer Society’s annual appeal day has arrived.

This year health promoter Mandy Casey wanted to do something special to signal the

annual appeal day, something that would create a light moment in people’s day. Not content with displays of traditional fieldgrown daffodils, Casey decided to create a few giant sized, statement making, specimens.

The challenge came to create her own field of daffodils without spending a cent. She achieved that – almost, with the donation of unwanted coreflute signs from

Property Brokers and Mitre 10 and buckets of paint from Placemakers. The only thing remaining was for Casey to find the time to create the flowers.

It took a few weeks but over the weekend, the completed flowers were ‘planted’ and she admits she’s pretty happy with the results.

“And what’s been really special is that people are saying they’ve

made them smile and that’s great, particularly at the moment,” she said.

Daffodils are a symbol of hope and in the current Covid-19 environment, it was good to have something to brighten people’s day, Casey said.

The Cancer Society’s annual appeal will follow its normal pattern, with collectors on streets around Ashburton on Friday.

The new community face of hospice

By Sue Newman sue.n@theguardian.co.nz

When your health is under fire, Belinda Brand knows how important it is to have a team of supporters walking alongside you.

As the new volunteers co-ordinator for Hospice Mid Canterbury, she understands just how important it is to match clients with a life limiting illness with volunteers who will give them valuable physical and emotional support.

Having the right person as part of their support network was invaluable, she said.

Brand has taken over the co-ordinator’s role from Christine Wilson, who had been with the organisation from day one. While she might be just three weeks into the role, she’s no stranger to the volunteer section, bringng with her a wealth of experience from a 10-year stint in a similar role with Ashburton’s IHC. She decided to call time on that job in February and since then had been looking for another role that fired her passion for finding the perfect match for clients needing a range of support from volunteers.

The hospice position met that and more, Brand said.

“This is a wonderful organisation. I was waiting for the right thing to come along and this was it.”

It’s a multi-pronged job where she will work with vol-

unteers, clients and service providers, but for the community it’s about being the front person for the organisation.

She’s the first person most people wanting information about the service will see. Behind her she has her own support team of hospice manager Debbie Mackle and the hospice board.

The hospice office is open from 9am to 1pm, Monday to Friday, and advice and information is also just a phone call away, Brand said.

Under Covid-19 Level 2, several group services such as exercises and arm chair travel are on hold, but most other hospice services are available still, she said.

Down the track she’s hoping to add new service options to the list.

For her, this is more than a job, it’s also an emotional investment in clients and their families.

“And that’s important because people need to feel comfortable and at ease when they’re dealing with hospice.”

One of the most important parts of the job was ensuring the match between client and volunteer was the right one, a relationship that gelled, she said.

Client numbers continue to grow as knowledge grows in the community about the services hospice offered, Brand said.

“The great thing about that is they’re all free.”

Local groups and organisations are encouraged to get their application in for Ashburton District Council grants. Applications for the second round of the council’s events and heritage grants, and the Creative New Zealand Creative Communities Scheme funding to go towards local arts and cultural projects in the district close at 5pm on September 1.

Rangitata intersection NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) will be activating an Intersection Speed Zone in South Canterbury’s Rangitata at the intersection of SH1 and SH79 from September 9.

Installed in June, the Intersection Speed Zone uses electronic signs to detect when someone is turning into or out of SH79 and will temporarily reduce the speed limit on SH1 from 100km/h to 60km/h. The improvements to the SH1/SH79 intersection are part of NZTA’s Safe Network Programme.

It has involved widening the road shoulder on SH1 around the intersection, installation of an escape bay near the level crossing and removal of power poles.

Sneak preview movies Ashburton might be off the movie mainstream when it comes to premier screenings, but this weekend movie fans will be able to have a sneak preview of Bill and Ted - Face the Music, not scheduled for its official New Zealand opening until September 3. It is the sequel to the 1989 cult classic Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Last weekend Christopher Nolan’s movie Tenet screened at the Regent Cinema ahead of its official launch. This movie came with subtitles for the hearing impaired.

Covid-19 testing The Ministry Of Health continues to encourage members of the public with any symptoms of Covid-19 to be tested. Testing is available by contacting your GP or attending the Covid-19 testing centre at the Ashburton Hospital on Thursday and Saturday from 10am until 2pm.

Only those displaying symptoms will be tested.

Seven new cases

As the new volunteers co-ordinator for Hospice Mid Canterbury, Belinda Brand has become the front person for the organisation.

There are seven new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand, all linked to the latest Auckland cluster, Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says. He says two of the cases are linked to a church and two are household contacts.

One previously reported case has recovered, so the total number of active cases in New Zealand is 129, he said.

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Long-awaited return of the kea

By Jonathan Leask jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

Staff at Mt Hutt Skifield are crowing about the return of a feathered friend to the mountain.

It has been three years since the native alpine parrot has been spotted on Mt Hutt but a solitary kea, believed to be a juvenile male, surprised staff on Sunday in a fitting end to Conservation Week.

Chris ‘Badger’ Green from the Mt Hutt roads crew spotted the cheeky bird while he was out monitoring the road on Sunday and called it in to the rest of the team over the radio.

Ski area manager James McKenzie said watching the staff react to the news was a special moment to witness.

“As soon as the call went out on the radio our whole team started celebrating.

“People were whooping and cheering.

“It was all anyone could talk about for the rest of the afternoon, we were all very stoked.

“We have been talking about it and it has been part of our mission for a few years now so it was a nice feeling that we were making some headway.”

It has been three years since they saw the last pair of kea on the skifield, McKenzie said.

“My first season here in 2007 there was at least 15-20 kea at times.

“Over 10 years those numbers went into decline and we saw fewer and fewer until 2017 was the last year we saw them.”

There had been reported sightings last season, but McKenzie believed those were mostly likely hawks off in the distance.

There was no mistaking Sunday’s encounter with the kea returning again on Monday.

“It’s just the one at this stage but we are really hopeful that it is just the start.

“We are equally cautious that we are on a knife’s edge so can’t afford to let up our efforts on our predator control and re-vegetation work.

“If it’s a fleeting visit or something more permanent we don’t know, but it has certainly spurred us on to continue the programme.”

The kea disappearance has

Above – This kea, believed to be a juvenile male, was spotted on the weekend checking out the Mt Hutt landscape.

Left – Chris ‘Badger’ Green gets up close and personal with Mt Hutt’s latest cheeky visitor.

Below – Kendall Sparrow working last year on the restoration of the landscape on Mt Hutt.

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been put down to an increase of predators in the nesting areas, so Mt Hutt did some work with the Department of Conservation (DOC) and introduced a trapping programme.

“We set up a pretty extensive trapping perimeter around the area we suspected that keas went to nest on Mt Hutt.”

Since the introduction of the trap lines, McKenzie said they had humanely killed around 450 predators – mainly stoats, possums and hedgehogs.

Mt Hutt marketing manager, Richie Owen, checks the trap lines over summer, alongside John Hooker and Rob Teasdale, and said he was pleased to see the hard work paying off.

“To see a kea come back into the area is pretty positive.”

The hope is the kea becomes a permanent resident and attracts some friends to the area.

“We’ll be keeping watch through the rest of the winter season to see if it hangs around or brings any friends,” McKenzie said.

As well as the trapping, the skifield has focused on habitat management.

McKenzie said the planting was as much about the restoration of the landscape as it is

about offsetting carbon emissions the skifield produces each winter.

“We calculated our footprint and effectively we need to plant around 3000 native trees each spring to offset our operations from the previous winter.”

Over 1200 native manuka and totara trees were planted along the access road last spring and McKenzie said a further 2000 were set to be in the ground this spring with a view to planting 3000 in 2021.

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Magical day for mums back on

By Heather Mackenzie heather.m@theguardian.co.nz

At the beginning of the year Covid-19 wove its way around New Zealand, forcing service groups up and down the country to abandon or postpone their community support plans.

Among those sending out ‘due to lockdown we will have to postpone,’ emails was Suan Bowler from Altrusa International of Ashburton, lockdown had claimed another victim, the Altrusa annual Magic Mums Day. Knowing how deserving the 12 mums of disabled children are, the group chose to bide their time and set a new date as soon as the all-clear was given.

Saturday is the day, meeting at 9am, the group will take to the skies in a scenic flight over Mid Canterbury, followed by a day of pampering and goodie bags, then returning home at 10pm feeling relaxed and refreshed.

Two mothers from the original group cannot make the new date, but Bowler said they are top of the list for next time.

The two empty spots were filled from the waiting list.

Magic Mum Yendis Albert said she must be doing something right as a mum to prompt special educational needs co-ordinator, Andrea from Hampstead School to put her name forward.

“I was stunned and flattered when Andrea informed me. I said: ‘Yup, for sure, I would love

to’.” Albert said, like all parenting, having a special needs child also comes with good and bad moments, but the mother of one wouldn’t have it any other way.

“To be recognised in this way is just unbelievable. What a treat over and beyond. Let’s celebrate together with other parents [who] strive to achieve the best job we can for our future.”

One of the charms of the day is that the mums have little idea of what is instore for them.

Details of times and venues, the Ashburton Airport, Bellissimo and the Lake House, were emailed out by committee member Joan Lawn, correspondence that was big on support, but light on details.

Bowler said it wasn’t too hard to pick up the reins again. “We are running with the same programme as the original date, and thankfully all those businesses who offered help last time can be on board this time too.”

Lending a helping hand on Saturday alongside the local businesses are Altrusa Club members.

“They will be providing morning tea and lunch, as well as being on hand throughout the day,” Bowler said.

The cost of the day is totally covered for the deserving nominees.

Bowler said the club did some fundraising themselves, businesses have also chipped in and The Lion Foundation grant of $800 was very much appreciated.

Magic Mum, Yendis Albert can’t wait to be a part of this year’s event hosted by Altrusa.

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Revamp for Baring Square east

By Sue Newman sue.n@theguardian.co.nz

Ashburton District Council’s new community services group manager, Steve Fabish.

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Fresh face in control of community facilities

By Jonathan Leask jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

There is a new man in charge of the district’s key assets.

Steve Fabish has joined the Ashburton District Council as the community services group manager which has him in charge of the community facilities and activities.

That includes the EA Networks Centre, Ashburton Public Library, Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre, customer services, parks and open spaces, economic development, and liaison with district halls and reserves.

Fabish considers the role a career move.

“By stepping up into a bigger council, larger team, modern

community facilities – including the EA Network Centre and Ashburton Domain – strong economic development, and the existing new projects of Civic Centre Library, and programme of CBD revitalisation.

“The district has and is experiencing strong growth, both in population and industry, which brings additional challenges for my role and the wider community.

He looks forward to “working within a progressive district with community facilities that are not often seen in communities the size of Ashburton District”.

“Focusing on bringing together all community services activities together in a co-ordinated way for the wider community benefits.”

Fabish has previously worked at the Hauraki District Council, as the community services and development group manager, and the Matamata-Piako District Council, as its community facilities manager and community facilities parks officer.

His role in Ashburton is similar with regards to community activities he said, “but with larger, more modern facilities and higher level of service delivery”.

Prior to his council roles he operated his own landscaping company for 13 years.

He has also been the Midlands branch president of the Society of Local Government Managers (SOLGM) and has been on the national executive since 2018.

Council chief executive Hamish Riach said Fabish’s appointment

completes the council’s restructuring process with a focus on the delivery of community services.

“We are very pleased to welcome Steve to the council and our community,” Riach said.

“Steve brings with him a wealth of local government and community services experience, and I’m sure he will make a great contribution to the management of our important front-facing services and facilities.”

Fabish started in the role last week.

“For the week we have been here, we have been made to feel very welcome,” he said.

One of his first assignments is working through the process to appoint a new EA Networks Centre manager after Steve Prescott moved on last week.

Baring Square east might be one of Ashburton’s treasured green spaces, but it’s a space that time appears to have passed by.

With a new $51.6 million civic centre and library soon to become its neighbour, the Ashburton District Council has decided the square needs a revamp, redesign and rejuvenation. A preliminary plan has been drawn, but what stays and what goes is now in the hands of the community.

There are, however, some features that are unlikely to be touched – the John Grigg statue, Boer War memorial and the clock tower that was originally part of the town’s Post Office. This was restored and the clock tower built as part of the Ashburton County Council’s centennial celebrations in 1976.

In rejuvenating the square the council is aiming to create a public space that is visually linked to the new civic centre and library on its eastern side. It is proposing to create a civic plaza that links to the library and civic centre entrance and to create unity in paving surfaces and simplify plantings.

The redevelopment is also about creating a better public space that will be well used by pedestrians, mayor Neil Brown said.

“We want to make sure the square is appropriately integrated with the new development in a way that celebrates our past with some additional contemporary elements,” he said.

The road on Baring Square east is proposed to become one-way, with pedestrian-friendly access and short term parking.

Consultation on the Baring Square rejuvenation project is open until September 16. Submissions can be made in writing and details of the proposed plans can be found on ashburtondc. govt.nz/haveyoursay.

Luxton signs stolen in ‘targeted’ attack

By Jonathan Leask jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

Labour candidate Jo Luxton feels personally attacked after her campaign signs in Tinwald were stolen in the early hours of Sunday morning.

All 10 of Luxton’s campaign signs on fences along Archibald Street State/Highway 1 in Tinwald have been removed, as well as one from a private residence on Grove Street.

Luxton said the “really bizarre” incident felt personal as only her billboards were targeted.

“We had signs either side of another party’s hoardings and theirs were fine, so it’s quite targeted.

“They have just been ripped off.”

Only Luxton’s signs in Tinwald were taken, and there were no reports of other signs anywhere in the district being taken or dam-

aged. A police spokesperson said that police were aware of a number of reports of political billboards having been intentionally

damaged over the weekend in Tinwald.

“Apparently it was a group of males who were seen or heard outside a property,” Luxton said.

“My understanding is that the police were phoned but they must have heard the homeowner open a window to see what was going on and scarpered.”

When the police arrived, at around 1.30am, Luxton said that only a couple of her signs were gone but then the offenders returned later to remove the rest.

The sign on Grove Street was inside the property boundary, Luxton said, so the offenders have entered the property to rip it out.

One had been found, damaged and discarded down a hole, by contractors.

Luxton said there had previ-

ously been incidents of graffiti and some minor damage in the past, and even a couple go missing, “which was all to be expected”, but for 10 of one particular candidate to be stolen was unprecedented, she said.

“It is vandalism, it is an offence and people just need to think before they act.

“It’s disappointing and I know other parties have had stuff happen around the electorate.

“For anyone considering targeting any political party signs is just not appropriate and there are other ways to voice their opinions.”

The cost to replace any stolen signs, that cost around $25 each and are paid for through volunteer fundraising efforts, will go on her campaign expenses budget.

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Goldberg made sure to pop by and pay a visit.

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Out and about at winter market

Level 2 restrictions didn’t halt a steady stream of visitors to the Winter Farmers’ Market on East Street on Saturday morning.

With a wide variety of stalls and options on offer there was something for everyone. Robyn Hood popped along to see who was out and about.

Peter and Michelle Rumping, along with Colleen Lindsay were on the hunt for good shopping.

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Jenny Edirisinghe.

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Lakmal Wickramage.

Monique Smith and her daughter Ruby (6).

Ruby Smith, Kora Matthews and Isla Smith.

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Maurice Reid managed to find himself some eggs to take home.

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Wearing masks in public too little too late

By Sue Newman sue.n@theguardian.co.nz

G

et the feeling Kiwis are running out of patience with this Covid-19 busi-

ness?

Yes, we know we’re in the midst of a pandemic and we’re committed to getting the bug out of Godzone, but it feels like we’re all running a bit low on patience, tolerance and it feels like every day is ground hog day.

We could be forgiven for feeling we’ve done our bit, done our best and made the sacrifices needed. And we had and we did but still it came back. And that’s the problem.

It’s not back down here in the south – but it could be. And all of that means we can never be sure it will ever be gone for good.

Who’d want to be in the shoes of the decision makers on the big alert level calls.

First time round the team of 5 million were pretty okay with making whatever sacrifices were needed, but this time round, not quite so. We all just want to be able to get on with life as we knew it, all those months ago.

But it’s unlikely we’ll get back to what we once thought was normal for a very long time.

Covid-19 will be the bug that just keeps on taking – if not lives, then livelihoods, lifestyles and jobs.

If you live in the Auckland area, then you’re likely to be feeling pretty hard done by today. Level 3, even if for a few more days, is still a huge ask.

And if you live anywhere else in the country, then Level 2 might not be such an imposition, but bigger picture, it’s almost as tough if you’re trying to plan anything further than a week out.

Take air travel. It’s restricted with Air New Zealand. Non-existent with Jetstar. The cost of putting planes in the air with social distancing in place is simply too high.

And that’s where number one mistake has been made in pandemic round two. Maskwearing should have been compulsory on every form of public transport from day one, not a couple of weeks after the fact.

That may not have lessened the impact for Aucklanders, but it would certainly have kept more planes in the air and the rest of the country moving.

At this rate, the airlines have become one of New Zealand’s biggest banks.

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Acting quickly to stamp out Covid-19 A

s you will be aware, new cases of Covid-19 have been detected in Auck-

land.

Here in Mid Canterbury we have moved into Alert Level 2. I have been particularly impressed with the way that local businesses have moved quickly to implement the necessary protocols of social distancing and tracing.

The Government’s focus right now is on keeping New Zealanders safe from Covid-19, while minimising the ongoing economic impact of the virus – not on electioneering.

Last week Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the election date is now October 17.

Moving an election date, especially this late in the electoral cycle is a significant decision.

In the end what matters most is what is in the best interests of voters and our democracy.

We will face this together.

We’ve done it before and we’ll do it again.

Our strong systems have kept

services. At lower alert levels we advise their use in places where social distancing can be difficult.

We have all the tools at our disposal to combat any potential spread of Covid-19. We need tough rules to win the battle ahead.

You will see and hear from the Government daily as we move cautiously through this period.

What we do in the coming days will determine what the coming months look like for us.

My message to all New Zealanders is to be calm, kind and supportive.

As a team of five million, we’ve done it before, and together we’ll do it again.

By Jo Luxton Labour List MP

us Covid-free almost longer than anywhere else. We had more than 100 days without community transmission, in which time we were able to learn from incidents of resurgence in other countries.

But there was always a chance the virus would reappear here.

That’s why we developed a plan for dealing with it. This was based on lessons from overseas and we activated it immediately.

We said from the start that the best economic response was a strong health response.

And so we are prepared to go hard now with our plan, in the knowledge that this can save lives in the short term and soften the economic blow in the long term.

Our plan has been activated and it is a rapid response to break the chain of transmission.

The aim now is to quickly identify cases and stamp them out.

Practising good hygiene, keeping track of where you go, and staying home if you feel sick are all still among the best ways to stop the spread of Covid-19.

If you haven’t already, please take this opportunity to download the NZ Covid Tracer app. It will give the Ministry of Health

your contact details, so if they need to get in touch with you for contact tracing purposes, they can do so quickly.

We know now that masks can be effective in stopping the spread, too. At higher alert levels we ask that you use a mask when accessing essential

Jo Luxton is a Labour list MP. The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof

Will going sugar-free save my life?

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ugar is evil. Sugar makes your body fat.

I am addicted to sugar. I need to go low-carb to fix it.

If you ever said any of these out loud, you need to read this all the way through.

People around the world are getting bigger, fatter, and sicker every day as we speak.

Our medical system is the best it has ever been and we have new ways of treating our sick bodies so we can live longer.

But the fact is that we are not living longer, we are dying longer.

This is caused by the food we consume, the way we live and the way we treat our body.

And I’ve got to break it to you but going low carb or sugar-free

By Vera Prazak Holistically speaking

won’t make you slim or healthy.

There was an era when we all went fat-free, yes the 80s and 90s. Now, we all blame sugar for making us fat and sick, so we are banning it from our lives.

But the fact is that we are consuming more sugar every day without even knowing it.

Sugar is addictive. It creates the same reaction in our brain as cocaine.

That’s why sugar is now added to many foods, just to make them more appealing to your taste buds and hook you up to buy more.

Sugar, as glucose, is everywhere. In table sugar, fruit, pas-

tries, cakes, vegetables, legumes and even protein. We need glucose to live and our brain to function properly.

So we need to eat carbs to be healthy, to have balanced blood sugar levels, to support our brain function and to balance out hormones, especially for women.

Going sugar-free can cause more problems for your body than eating the right amount of sugar.

The key is being sugar-wise.

To eat carbohydrates that your body recognises, are sourced from nature and in the right amounts.

This will help you to lose weight without feeling tired, having constant cravings or symptoms of sugar withdrawal.

How to be sugar-wise ■■ Read the labels and know what you are buying. Do you think there should be sugar in your ham?

■■ Choose food in its natural form. Instead of opting for fruit juice or dried fruit where the sugar content is very high, choose food in its natural form.

■■ Eat complex carbohydrates with each meal. I am talking about whole grains, brown rice, oats, quinoa, buckwheat, legumes, etc. They will provide your body with a long-lasting source of energy and the right amount of glucose.

■■ Pair your carbohydrates with protein and fat. Always. If you eat a muffin, your body will ask for more food pretty soon.

Add a tub of yoghurt or nuts and you will be satisfied for longer.

■■ Eat green vegetables. Not just because of their benefits to the body, but because they slowly change your taste buds and you will no longer find highly concentrated sugary food so appealing.

Vera Prazak is a holistic nutritionist and runs the growing Food Freedom for Women group on Facebook.

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A helping hand for cystic fibrosis

By Heather Mackenzie heather.m@theguardian.co.nz

Handing over money to a charity is a great feeling, add in personal connections, and the giving goes to the next level.

Local business, Seales Winslow are good at giving, every time they meet their quarterly health and safety key performance indicators (KPI) they give $500 to a charity to celebrate.

Operations support Kathryn Barr was especially touched when the guys at their weekly tool box meeting chose cystic fibrosis this time round.

Barr said her son Ryan Hamilton, who was first diagnosed with the disease at birth, fought courageously until his body finally gave out just after his 21st birthday, eight years ago.

“It is so good to be able to give something back to them after all their help,” she said.

Barr was not the only one to be moved by the staff choice, South Island regional manager and national operations manager Tyler Stuthridge, who is also based out at Hinds, was Hamilton’s best friend.

“We are very very happy to do it,” said Stuthridge, who went on to add that the company-wide initiative is a great way to keep health and safety compliance at the front of their staff’s minds.

“It helps to drive a safe culture here and when the staff have a connection to the charity, it drives them too.”

Melissa Skene, Canterbury Cystic Fibrosis chair, said she was thrilled to accept the money on behalf of the charity. There are a lot of people out there needing help at the moment so Skene said the money will go towards welfare based costs.

“We have many families who find the financial burden of getting to hospital appointments or covering food costs, so we will be able to help out with petrol vouchers or food parcels,” she said.

Melissa Skene, Canterbury Cystic Fibrosis chair (middle), was thrilled to accept a $500 donation from the staff at Seales Winslow Hinds this week. On her right is Seales Winslow operations support Kathryn Barr, whose son died from the disease eight years ago.

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By Heather Chalmers heather.m@theguardian.co.nz

A farm on the edge of Mid Canterbury appears to have stumbled upon the magic formula for growing the highest value wagyu cattle in the country, on grass.

This season, Evan and Clare Chapman of Rockburn Farming, in Geraldine, have routinely produced huge 800kg-plus wagyu steers, and impressive marble scores, off their property near Geraldine.

First Light – the co-operative of farmers that the Chapmans belong to – processed the biggest animal the business has seen in recent memory, at a whopping 946kg.

Now, First Light is auctioning for charity one of the whole, marble score 7+ ribeyes the Chapmans have produced, with all proceeds going to KidsCan. The ribeye comes from a sibling to the wagyu steer that delivered First Light’s World Steak Award gold medal win in 2019.

First Light managing director Gerard Hickey said the Chapmans – whose farm celebrated its centenary in January – were clearly doing something right.

“This isn’t a one-off. In the last month, Rockburn has sent us some of the highest yielding animals we can remember. This is the wagyu beef dreams are made of – beautiful meat, incredible intra-muscular marbling, and a generous pay-day for the Chapmans, who have made it happen for us.”

First Light’s farming model offers a guaranteed per-kilogram contract on each animal, so that farmers are able to forecast payments 12 months in advance and budget accordingly. On top of the base price, farmers attract premiums for marbled meat – the higher the marble score, the better the financial return.

What Rockburn Farming (who were named First Light’s Finisher of the Year in 2019) have achieved this season is nothing short of extraordinary.

“The meat they’ve produced is outstanding – tender wagyu beef, fantastic marbling – the sort of grass-fed meat that is extremely highly prized in our discerning offshore markets.”

One Rockburn ribeye has been held back from its scheduled shipment, sliced into steaks and will be auctioned for KidsCan, a charity supporting New Zealand children.

Hickey estimates the beef, weighing about 6.8kg, would have sold to a United States restaurant for a minimum $500.

“We call these sorts of steaks ‘unicorns’ because to get anything above a marble score 7 is rare, and very much sought after. We’re keen to see this remarkable meat go to a wagyu enthusiast here in New Zealand – and to support a charity doing important work in our schools and early childhood education sector at the same time.”

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Left – This season Evan and Clare Chapman of Rockburn Farming have routinely produced huge 800kg-plus wagyu steers, and impressive marble scores, off their property near Geraldine.

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Locals in the winners’ circle

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There was plenty of local racing success on the weekend to celebrate including a double for talented hoop, Jason Laking who book-ended the programme at the Gore meeting on Friday.

Laking picked up his first winner in the saddle for the new season when he won the opening race of the day at Gore last Friday with Beeslaststing. He then doubled his win tally when he won the last race of the day at the same meeting with Field Of Fire.

From 20 rides for the month so far, Laking has the two winners and two placegetters.

A day earlier, John Morrison kept up his good run of form when he won with Rydgemont Milly at Winton.

Morrison, last season’s premiership-winning junior driver has made a strong start to shooting for three premierships in a row and now has four wins

He’s scored more games of cricket than anyone can actually remember, but last week renowned cricket scorer, Bob Bruhns was given the highest honour by his ‘home’ club. While deeply aligned with all things Mid Canterbury Cricket, Bruhns has also shown a real passion for the Allenton Cricket Club, having been their official scorer since the early 80s.

So, to mark such an extensive period of dedication and giving to the club, he was awarded Life Membership. The club said that games of cricket just wouldn’t be the same without Bruhns keeping a track of what had happened.

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Nationals beckoning INDOOR BOWLS

By Matt Markham matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

A shot at national glory awaits local bowler, Ken Mackenzie.

In a red-hot run of form, the Willowby indoor bowler snared himself a shot at taking out one of the major prizes in the sport nationally by winning the zone play-off for the hotly contested Henselite Singles in Ashburton on the weekend.

And then, within an hour, he went very close to doing it all again.

Some of the best players in the greater Canterbury region converged on the McNally Street stadium on Saturday for the play-offs, both in the Henselite Singles and also in the Mixed Pairs with the win-

ners of each booking a trip to Masterton next month for the national final.

Mackenzie had double the reason to build himself up because as well as playing the singles, he and wife Rowena also represented Ashburton in the Mixed Pairs.

A former South Island representative, Mackenzie had the arduous task of taking on two players of similar ilk in the singles.

He picked up his first win of the day easily, beating South Canterbury’s Derek Cooper 134.

Sitting out the middle game, he watched Cooper beat Canterbury’s Dave Philpott which meant a win for Mackenzie

against the Cantab would be enough to claim the title.

It was a hard-fought battle, but Mackenzie was able to do enough to hold off the challenge and won the match 11-9 to book his trip north next month.

In the Mixed Pairs, the Canterbury pairing of Gary Ashby and Kylie Gould made a strong start, easily accounting for South Canterbury and when they were able to beat the Mackenzie duo in the second game, the round robin was able to finish early.

With two wins, the Canterbury pair couldn’t be caught and therefore earned the right to represent the zone in the national final.

Right – Ken Mackenzie won the Zone Playoff for the Henselite singles on the weekend.

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from 36 drives with five thirds, and sets the early pace on the win tally.

He added his fourth winner on Sunday when roughie, Time In A Bottle, strode clear at the top of the straight for Geraldine trainer, John Mounce to win impressively.

Also tasting success over the weekend was Ashburton Racecourse trainer, Brent White.

He trekked down to Winton on Thursday as well and was successful with smart pacer Burlington.

Fresh up from a spell, the big pacer found the lead early and then trailed for driver Stephen McNally, before scooting up the passing lane to win impressively.

Gerard O’Reilly was also in the winners’ circle over the weekend when winning with the Geoff and James Dunntrained Laver at Addington on Friday night.

The win takes O’Reilly to within 15 of 600 career driving wins.

Jason Laking scored a double at Gore last week.

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Crunch time on court

By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

If Hampstead’s place at the top of the heap remains unequivocal, a question mark hangs over who their nearest challengers are.

As the championship round reaches the midway point, the outcome of tomorrow night’s premier 1 fixtures will go a long way to painting the finals picture.

Arguably the match of the round will be the third and final pairing on court, when Celtic A takes on Methven.

Celtic probably still has the inside running for “best of the rest” despite not commanding the competition like it has in previous seasons.

However Methven has enough potency in their arsenal to unsettle in what should be a closely-fought encounter.

Celtic claimed an eight point win in the sides’ earlier season meeting, in what was a highly defensive-orientated affair, and it will be no surprise if it is just as tough going, with crucial competition points on the line.

The return bout between College A and United will also be a fascinating toss-of-thecoin duel.

All square on four championship points, United and College played out a 26-all draw during the first phase of the competition.

College have to brush themselves off quickly after being taken apart by Hampstead last week, while United are coming off a six-goal defeat to Celtic A. Hampstead and Celtic B are first on court where the unbeaten frontrunners will be heavily favoured to add to their points tally, despite Celtic proving worthy premier 1 opposition after two games in the number one grade.

An extension to Alert Level 2 restrictions means it is another week of topflight netball with no spectators.

Methven take on Celtic A in an all-important premier 1 clash tomorrow night.

OPINION

Sport NZ has a lot to answer for in NZSC deal

By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

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aking a position on such an intricate issue is a particularly challenging, when the issue at hand is so murky.

The nature of negotiations between Sky Sport, Rob Waddell’s New Zealand Sports Collective (NZSC) and Sport New Zealand around establishing exclusive broadcast licences for secondary school sport has caused such heated reaction.

The issue is so multi-faceted

that it is difficult to establish an out and out position on it.

Firstly, let’s not pretend that secondary school sport is not already being televised to ever growing fanfare, and has been for several years.

Land Rover and Sky have front footed 1st XV rugby coverage for several years, yet why the outrage now?

If anything it has probably served as an exemplar during these discussions.

Take scenes from the Christ’s College v Christchurch Boys’ televised UC Championship game a few weeks back.

Tryscorers being mobbed by

their ravenous supporter groups.

Some of the coverage of schoolboy rugby has been nothing short of spectacular.

Will the wider broadcasting of secondary school sport open it up to further monopolisation of the sector, where the elite schools cash in and the lower socio-decile schools act as talent feeders.

Is that not already happening in schoolboy rugby?

Naturally this is a highly emotive issue for parents, when terms like “commercialisation” and “commodification” are placed in the same sentence as secondary school pupils.

Some school principals have called out the lack of consultation.

Alongside the lack of transparency around the flow of money, the support of Sport New Zealand behind the NZSC plans is a curious one.

Earlier this year, Sport New Zealand rolled out a campaign when it comes to youth sport with an emphasis on participation numbers or as the organisation put it a focus on “fun and skill development to keep young people in sport and enable them to reach their full potential”.

There were several issues the

organisation identified which informed the campaign.

Sport New Zealand have since said it would continue a close watching brief, mindful of the fact too many young people were dropping out of sport, in part because the enjoyment had been lost as the pressure came on at youth level.

Reports this week have since indicated that the toothless organisation is not willing to press the NZSC harder on these issues for fear of getting on the wrong side of Waddell.

Of such a knotty issue, this is probably the most alarming detail of all.

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Coaches try new approach it a bit more of a collective effort between everyone.

“We all want the representative side to do well, so it makes sense.”

After this weekend’s camp, Rickard and Palmer will be sitting down and having a good look at finalising a squad for the competition – but the possibility of using a large amount of the initial squad is very much a potential reality.

If there is a concern, ahead of next week’s match, it’s a lack of actual game time.

With the Watters Cup finishing at the end of last month, there will have been a significant lull for most players, while other regions are just reaching finals weekend now.

“It’s a good thing in the sense that we’ve been together and will know what we’re doing, but not having had that edge of game fitness might make the opening match a little bit tough on the body.”

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They might have thrown the traditional coaching manuals out the window and opted for something a little more from outside of left field, but it’s a case of so far so good.

And when the Mid Canterbury Hammers run out onto Alpine Energy Stadium next weekend to take on South Canterbury in the first game of a truncated representative season, they’ll be as ready as they can be for the battle ahead.

A power of work has been done in the background over the past few weeks to knock the 43-strong squad into shape for the fourweek competition against South Canterbury, North Otago and Buller and a day-time training session at Allenton last weekend gave coaches Jason Rickard and Dale Palmer a chance to see their charges in action in daylight, as opposed to the night-time trainings during the week.

“It was really good to have a bit of a run around with the sun on our backs for a change,” Palmer said.

“Unfortunately, it wasn’t what we’d planned for.

“We were supposed to be playing a bit of a trial game, but like everyone with everything that has been going on lately, we’ve just had to adapt.”

With no Heartland season, which was cancelled this year due to Covid-19, the introduction of a mini-series gives Rickard and Palmer the opportunity to build for the future and with a young squad, one featuring plenty of new faces, they’ve been

Dale Palmer. pleased by the way it’s been received.

“It’s a great group of players.

“They’re really settling into all the tasks that we are putting in front of them and building things up with a view to next week’s game.”

On Saturday, 22 members of the group converged at the Allenton grounds, where they were put through their paces with a real focus on the team’s game philosophy and what they want to achieve.

“We had a few guys unavailable due to work and other commitments, but it was a really good session all round.”

The squad will converge for an-

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other session this weekend, this time in Methven, but they will also train on Tuesday and Thursday night.

Palmer said one of the real focuses of this year was getting the clubs involved in the entire process.

“We’re trying to reconnect with our clubs and have them alongside us and offering their thoughts and observations.

“We’re still learning about this job and some of the ideas that are coming up have been really beneficial.

“By going out and spending time with some of these club people and having them see what we do, the intention is that it makes

Jason Rickard.

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Locals feature in Canterbury squad

By Matt Markham matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

Provincial rugby in New Zealand’s showpiece prize, the Ranfurly Shield, goes on the line on Friday when Canterbury take on North Otago, and two players well known in these parts will be doing their best to defend it.

Former Mount Hutt College student Dallas McLeod and former Mid Canterbury Heartland player Dan Fransen have both been named in the Canterbury squad for the match on Friday, which will be played at Christchurch’s Rugby Park.

McLeod, a member of this year’s Crusaders squad, made his Canterbury debut last season, playing nine matches and was rewarded for his efforts in the midfield by being named joint First Year Player at the Canterbury Rugby Awards, alongside loose forward, Cullen Grace.

With a season under the belt, McLeod could be expected to be a strong presence in the red and black jersey this season for coaches

Mark Brown and Reuben Thorne.

Both are excited to get into the provincial season and potentially highlight some untapped talent.

“It is an exciting opportunity for some of our most promising players from our local club teams to get exposure to a higher level of rugby alongside some proven Super Rugby and M10 performers,” Thorne said.

“We are excited to see what this group can bring and get our lead-in to the M10 Cup under way.

“The Shield is always special to Canterbury rugby, and this game against North Otago will be no exception.”

Fransen, a former Canterbury 7s player of the year, wore the green and gold for Mid Canterbury in 2017 and 2018, has been in red hot form in the Christchurch Metro competition.

He was the competition’s leading try scorer, playing out of the Sydenham club.

The full squad for the Mitre 10 Cup will be named today.

Friday’s match kicks off at 2.05pm, with the match shown live on Sky Sport.

Dallas McLeod at Crusaders training.

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RUGBY

Second half blitz sinks Combined

By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

A second half surge by Shirley Boys’ helped overpower Mid Canterbury Combined during their UC Championship clash in Ashburton at the weekend.

The Christchurch school ran out 43-7 winners after scoring 26 unanswered points in the second spell, as their big boys proceeded to dominate the physical battle.

“We ended up again letting the floodgates open to a very big and hard-hitting team,” head coach Shane Enright said in his postmatch assessment.

Combined, backing up from an impressive performance against St Andrews a week earlier, were competitive in several areas, particularly at scrum time.

The team scrambled well on defence in the first half, and were immersed at the breakdown as they were able to operate with plenty of front foot ball.

However the home team struggled to go with Shirley as the game wore on, as the visitors found another gear to run in seven tries in the game, which was again played behind closed doors.

Again the team’s playing stocks were tested with Alex Barnaby, Sam Ree and Cade Whittaker unavailable for selection due to injury.

Shirley drew first blood after seven minutes, when halfback Sam Nicholls scored in the corner following a breakout from about halfway.

The lead extended to 10-0 when first five Jordan Soli broke the last line of defence in midfield, following a string of penalties and a concerted period on attack.

Mid Canterbury Combined however is a markedly improved outfit compared to earlier in the season, and were rewarded with a try after Michael Hennings went blind from an attacking position to send an inside ball to Alex Roderick, who dived over near the left-hand upright.

At 10-7, the battle for field position ensued, again an indication of the gains Combined have made by forcing the opposition

Mid Canterbury Combined’s Alex Roderick crashes over for the side’s only try against Shirley Boys’ High. into a more circumspect mode in attack.

Shirley’s set piece clicked into gear as halftime approached when they rumbled over from a lineout drive, making it 17-7 at halftime after the referee mistakenly went beyond the allotted 35 minute mark.

Combined continued to frustrate Shirley early in the second spell, often going on the charge through the middle of the visitors.

However Shirley went to their bench as they utilised their size advantage.

Replacement prop Jayden Horgan barged over as Combined struggled to keep the towering frontrower in check, and the gap opened up between the two sides.

“We were very much in the game, but the second half was a different story with them bringing their strong runners into play,” Enright said.

“The quick ball they produced, spinning it wide again caused us issues and allowed them some simple tries.”

With the game slipping away, unforced errors began to creep

in to Combined’s game as Shirley intensified the pressure around the breakdown.

Openside Brodie Barsby’s try for Shirley effectively killed the game off as the visitors streaked out to 31-7.

The Mid Cantabrians were not without opportunities, however were unable to finish.

Classy Shirley centre Ethan Faitua notched up a spectacular second half double – the first following a clever chip in behind the defenders and a superb ranging run from lock Fin Ocheduszko-Brown before receiving the

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inside ball, and his second was a blazing 40-metre breakaway, as he outpaced Combined’s weary cover defence right in the shadows of full time.

“We were beaten by a better team, but we are learning and having a look at the squad,” Enright said.

“The silver lining this week was the chance to blood three more under-16 players.”

It gets no easier for the Spartans this weekend as they face the competition’s second-placed Christchurch Boys’ High in Christchurch.

Colts struggle to make the numbers It will be an all Mid Canterbury affair this weekend for the Combined Colts bowl final.

Methven/Rakaia will host Celtic/Southern at the Rakaia Domain in a makeshift final showdown, as squad availability becomes a precarious matter as the curtains draw near.

Only one Colts semi-final was played at the weekend, with Celtic/Southern going down 24-14 to the HSOB Colts Reserves.

Methven/Rakaia were scheduled to face the Christchurch Red Socks, with the Mid Cantabrians winning by default.

It is understood some of the

other Colts teams in the region are struggling to field full teams.

In the teenage grades, the Mid Canterbury Alps went down 48-29 to Prebbleton/ West Melton under-18s in a high-scoring contest.

The under-16 Mid Canterbury Alps won by default over Saracens, while the Mid Canterbury Plains were edged 3329 by West Melton’s under-16s.

The Plains ran riot in the under-14.5 grade with a 5719 hammering of Prebbleton/ Rolleston, while the Alps were overpowered 48-22 by West Melton.

Jack Soal gathers the ball for the Mid Canterbury under-18 Alps team against Prebbleton/West Melton on Saturday.

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FOOTBALL

HIGH FLYER

Mid Canterbury Combined’s Jamie Smitheram gets airborne against Parklands at the Ashburton Domain on Saturday.

By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

A chance to make further advancements on the table has gone begging for Mid Canterbury United after falling to Parklands.

A late goal by Luke Martin was not enough for the Mid Cantabrians, going down 2-1 at the Ashburton Domain on Saturday.

The Christchurch club claimed a 1-0 halftime lead courtesy of an accurate Kane Kilbride strike in added time.

Parklands’ Miles Gruschow added to the tally in the 65th minute, before Martin got one back four minutes from time.

The hosts had their chances but could not add to the one goal scored by their player/coach.

United were striving for their third win on the trot; instead the defeat sends the club back down to seventh spot on the Mainland Canterbury Championship League ladder, with a tough road trip awaiting them this weekend.

The club face top-of-the-table Halswell in Christchurch on Saturday.

Despite the disappointment at senior level, there were plenty of reasons for the club to celebrate.

The reserves clinched their first win of the season off the back of a stunning four-goal performance from Ben Sutton.

The 4-2 win lifts United off the bottom of the CCL Reserves table.

United were also 4-2 winners at division 4 level, as the side bounced back from their first loss of the season the week before with victory at Middleton Park.

The side rediscovered their attacking clout with a double from Nic Ross, while Ben Chute and midfield taskmaster Jaime Pitt-MacKay also chipped in with a goal apiece.

The team now sits third on the division 4 championship round ladder.

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Heading back to the top After consecutive defeats, Mid Canterbury Combined’s 15th grade team responded with an impressive 3-2 win over Cashmere Tech at the Ashburton Domain on Saturday.

The home team got the better of the previously unbeaten Christchurch club as they fell to their first defeat of the competition.

United’s team of youngsters now sit third on the 15th grade ladder behind Coastal Spirit and Cashmere.

Lachie Gardner (right) makes a header during Saturday’s game.

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Methven get the points by default Methven FC’s top team banked three points at the weekend after their game with FC Twenty 11 was shelved.

The teams were scheduled to meet at Avonhead Park on Saturday for their Mainland senior men’s division 2 encounter, however the Christchurch club pulled the pin.

A Methven FC spokesman said despite best efforts to reschedule the game for later in the season, Methven were granted the win by default.

The club remain in second spot on the division 2 ladder, three points behind Ferrymead Bays’ Baby Blues.

Methven is set to host the sixthplaced Ferrymead Bays’ Keen Lads at the Methven Domain this weekend.

In division 7, Methven went down 3-2 to Papanui-Redwood at the Methven Domain.

The team travels north this weekend to face Parklands.

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■■ Bridge

Ashburton Bridge Club

Monday Evening August 17, Duplicate: N/S 1st Bruce Leighton & Joyce Johnson, 2nd Bruce & Heather Sim, 3rd George Brown & David Fisher. E/W 1st Bernie Jopson & Colin Clemens, 2nd Sue Smith & Sheryl Reid, 3rd Anne Gilbert & Bev Blair.

Tuesday Evening – August 18th, A Ladder: N/S 1ST Trish & Peter Downward, 2nd Kay Robb & Rosemary McLaughlin, 3rd Mike Holmes & Linda Baker. E/W 1st Pat Jordan & Ian Doel, 2nd Audrey Rooney & Maureen Kolkman, 3rd Alan Wright & David Sewell.

Wednesday Afternoon August 19, Valetta Trophy: 1st Rewa Kyle & Trish Downward, 2nd Sue Rosevear & Kay Robb, 3rd Rosemary McLaughlin & Judith Edmond, 4th Bev Macaulay & John Irwin, 5th= Paul & Pauline Fergus and Mary Buckland & Peter Downward, 6th David Sewell & Debbie Seddon-Sewell.

Thursday Evening – August 20, 3 rds, diff ptr: 1st Mike Holdaway & Jim Rooney, 2ndShirley Harris & Peter Downward, 3rd Trish Downward & Lois Rose, 4th David Sewell & Debbie Seddon-Sewell, 5th Judith Edmond & Pauline Fergus, 6th Sue Rosevear & John Fechney.

■■ Cycling

Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers

2020 Winter Series Training Ride No 9. 31 Riders. 22 August. Home First Michael Gallagher 23m 41s. 2nd Larry Neal 23m 42s.

3rd Rob Redmond 24m 38s. 4th Don Sutton 25m 29s. 5th Kyle Gray 24m 39s. 6th Rob Hooper 23m 45s. 7th Ross Templeton 25m 30s. 8th Michelle Knight 25m 31s. 9th Kristine Marriott 23m 46s. 10th Don Morrison 25m 31s.

11th Mike Hansen 25m 31s. 12th Marcel Smithers 25m 32s. 13th Roger Wilson 27m 42s.

14th Steven Hands 22m 19s. F/T. 15th Wayne Clements 22m 20s 2f/t. 16th Michael Templeton 22m 21s 3f/t. 17th Tony Ward 22m 21s. 4f/t. 18th John Uden 25m 59s. 19th Nick Grijns 25m 56s. 20th Chris Reid 25m 57s. 21st Doug Coley 25m 58s. 22nd Kerry Clough 31m 39s. 23rd Debbie Skinner 31m 39s. 24th Matt Marshall 26m 42s. 25th Rachel Reid 29m 48s. 26th Colin Teahan 29m 49s. 27th Brian Ellis 29m 49s. 28th Janette Hooper 32m 09s. 29th Ron Kennedy 32m 36s. 30th Liz Wylie 31m 30s. 31st Brent Hudson 32m 21s.

Tinwald Cycling U17 Development

August 23, 20. 3km Time Trial. 1st. Oli Nicholls 6m 20s. 2nd Amwolf Artz 6m 39s.

3rd Ryan Gallagher 6m 44s. 4th Tineke Artz 7m 07s. 5th Konrad Artz 7m 16s. 6th Zoe Nicholls 7m 36s. 7th Eliza McKenzie 7m 42s. 8th Charlotte Neal 7m 54s.

Graded Results. A. Oli Nicholls, Amwolf Artz, Ryan Gallagher .B. Konrad Artz, Zoe Nicholls, C. Tineke Artz, Eliza McKenzie, Charlotte Neal.

Teams Race. Winning Team 11km. Drop one each round. Eliza McKenzie, Tineke Artz, Konrad Artz, Oli Nicholls, Time 13m 11s.

Runner-up Charlotte Neal, Zoe Nicholls, Ryan Gallagher, Amwolf Artz. Time 14m 10s. Race Three 50m around the Cone. 1st Ryan Gallagher 10.28s. 2nd Amwolf Artz 10.38s. 3rd Tineke Artz 11.13s. 4th Konrade Artz 11.40s. 5th Charlotte Neal 13.01s. 6th Eliza McKenzie 13.50s.

Grade placings A. Ryan Gallagher, Amwolf Artz. B. Konrad Artz. C. Tineke Artz, Charlotte Neal, Eliza McKenzie. Great racing Next Week North Ind.

SPORTS DRAWS

■■ Golf

Ashburton Golf Club

Saturday August 29: Matt Davis will be running a Pro Shop tournament, entry $10.

Starting Times: Morning 8.00 (frost dependent) and afternoon report at 11.30 for a 12.00pm start. Nine-hole golfers from 12.30.

■■ Hockey

Mid Canterbury Hockey

Mid Canterbury Hockey NBS Turf is currently operating under Level 2 Covid-19 restructions – please ensure you are familiar with & comply with the guidelines as currently advertised on the Mid Canterbury Hockey website: www.mchockey. co.nz/Covid-19.

Small Sticks Duty Club: Allenton Friday August 28 Kiwi Sticks [Yr 5] 3.45pm Methven v Allenton Yr 5 [Turf a] H Kidd, S Greeson Wakanui Black v Tinwald [Turf b] G Muir, R Kidd 4.30pm Tinwald Foothills v Wakanui Blue [Turf a] G Muir, H Kidd Tinwald Foothills v Wakanui [Turf b] R Kidd S, Greeson Rakaia Yr 5 [BYE].

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ven Foursquare Second Best Nett: Peter Kemp 68. Bar Voucher Best Gross : Frikkie Greybie 79 by lot. Closest to the Pins-Aqua Japanese No 4: Matt Duncan. Bar Voucher No 6: Frank Sandys. Ski Time No 13: Geoff Kelk. Green Parrot No 17: Gavin Murray.

Hunters Wines No 14: Steve Schwass.

Next Week August 29: 1st Round Flights Blue Tees.

Ashburton Golf Club

Saturday August 22 The best gross score over qualifying went to Owen Miller with 136 and the best nett to Steve McCloy with 138. The Radius Care player of the day and winner over the field was Eric Parr 87-23=64nett.

Other winning scores: Robert Pawsey 66; Philip McGrath 67; Neil MacDonald 68; David Morrison, Sean Strange, Gaby Jansen, Matt Tait, Peter Wright and David Robertson 69; Greig Sparrow and Chris Lovelock 70; Peter Walker, Charlie Alexander, Hiro Kekada, Paul Greer, Terry Molloy, Chris Robertson and Bill Hetrick 71.

Twos: Owen Miller, Charlie Alexander, Dylan Stoddart and Terry Kingsbury.

Nearest The Pins: Braided Rivers: Chris Lovelock; Docks Bar and Seafood Grill: Brenda Fechney; Value Plus Processing: Charlie Alexander; South Island Seeds: Terry Kingsbury; Property Brokers #6: Chris Lovelock; Ton’s Thai Longest Putt #9: Jason Overend; Tinwald Tavern Spot Prize: Paddy Bradford.

Net Eagles Jackpot Hole: #3. Birdie Jackpot Hole # won by Hamish Niles Nine Hole Results The Harvey Bakehouse winner was: Elaine King with 22pts.

Other winning scores were: Peter Stetchman 21, Gavin Johnstone and Dick Hansen 20, Maryanne Urquhart 19.

Ashburton 9 Hole Golf

On Thursday August 20, 37 players participated in the Netherby Pharmacy Mixed Round in beautiful sunny weather.

The winner, with the best nett score, was Peter Woods on countback from Peter Greening, both on 30, followed by Joy Nicholas (31) and André Van Rooyen, Dick Hansen and Muriel Morgan on 32.

For putting, the winner with 14 putts was Helen Argyle, on countback from Tonee Hurley and André Van Rooyen, also with 14 putts. They were closely followed by eight players with 16 putts each.

Congratulations to the golfers who have qualified to play in the club championships.

Men: Sam Prince, Eric Weir, Antony White, Gavin Johnston, Stewart Bennett, Terry O’Reilly, Peter Woods and Murray Lister.

Ladies: Tonee Hurley, Robynne Nicoll, Helen Argyle and Kate White. The men’s first round will be played on August 27. On the same day, the rest of us will play a stroke round sponsored by Accountantz.

In September, we will be starting earlier, meeting at 9:15 am for 9:30 am tee off. On September 3, we’ll play a stableford round sponsored by Flowers @the Gate by Tone’e.

Ashburton Ladies County Vets

Results of Eclectic round played at Mayfield 21st August. 1st Val Fleming 29, 2nd Lucy Tait 31, 3rd Allison Vessey 31.5. N/P #2 Lucy Tait, #5 Mara Kennedy, #11 Lucy Tait, #14 Christine Ross. 9 Holers Putting Janice Dunlop 14.

Mayfield Golf Club

August 22 – Club Champs Mayfield Club Championships played on Saturday.

Ladies: Club Champion Winner: Christine Ross, Runner-Up Jan Clucas. Bronze 1 Winner: Judith Webb, Runner-Up Helen Rapsey. Bronze 2 Winner: Margaret Read, Runner-Up Sue Graham.

Mens: Club Champion Senior Winner Andrew Peck, Runner Up Harley Davies. Plate Winner Alan Dixon. Intermediate Winner Charlie Rapsey, Runner Up Murray Keir.

Kiwi Sticks [Yr 6]: 5.00pm Methven Black v Methven White [Mt Hutt] Coaches 5.15 pm Collegians D & E v Allenton Yr 6 [Turf a] L Marshall, M Marshall Rakaia Yr 6 v Tinwald [Turf b] L Lansdown, J Ellis.

1st Grade Women 6.15pm Wakanui v Hampstead Blue [Hampstead, Methven] 7.30pm Hampstead v Methven [Wakanui, Hampstead Blue] Just Hockey SSL Div 1 Boys Nga Puna Wai 1 5.00 pm St Andrew’s College 2nd XI v Ashburton College 1st XI [Umpires supplied] Small Sticks Duty Club: Allenton Saturday August 29 Mini Sticks 10.15am Tinwald Foothills v Hampstead [Turf a] Coaches Allenton v Wakanui Black [Turf b] Coaches Methven Yr 4 v Tinwald [Turf c] Coaches Methven Yr 3 v Wakanui Blue [Turf d] Coaches.

Fun Sticks 11.00am Draws made on the day [Coaches].

Senior Women No play.

Senior Men No play Sunday 30 August 2nd Grade Girls – No games for top four.

1st Grade Men 4.00pm Tinwald Black v Hampstead/Wakanui [Wakanui, Allenton] 5.25pm Hampstead Lowcliffe v Tinwald Orange [Tinwald Black, Hampstead/ Wakanui] 6.50pm Wakanui v Allenton

Ben Kruger and Michael Hooper will be battling it out on Celtic’s courts this week.

Rakaia Golf Club

17 teams from Christchurch to Timaru and many places in between came to the Rakaia Golf Course on Friday 21 August to play in their Canadian Foursome Tournament. The weather unfortunately wasn’t playing its part but it didn’t dampen the spirits and it made for a very colourful display of umbrellas.

Scores: Best Gross: Jo Peacock and Sue Newman (Tinwald) 88, Best Nett: Teresa Booker and Val Sisson (Rakaia) 71.7, Runners-up Nett: Jodie Monk and Diane Annan (Hororata) 74.8, 3rd Nett: Glenda Frew and Ann Westgarth (Gleniti) 74.9, 4th Nett: Heather McKimmie and Sue Whelan (Ellesmere) 75.2, 5th Nett: Sally Lane and Di Bell (Tinwald) 76.3, 6th Nett: Sally Smith and Sandra Quinn (Rakaia) 76.4, 7th Nett: Frances Mulvey and Willie Powell (Temuka) 76.7, 8th Nett: Patricia Knight and Sue Esler (Gleniti) 77.4, 9th Nett: Val Prendergast and Maxine Whiting (Tinwald) 77.7. Closest to the pin #6: Vicki Moore (Ashburton), Closest to the pin #8 Barbara Roberts (Everglades), Closest to pin #15 Frances Mulvey (Temuka), Closest to pin #17 Glenda Frew (Gleniti).

Celtic seek their champions The Celtic Squash Club is holding their annual club championships this week, beginning tonight, with the finals scheduled around 7pm on Saturday evening.

There is extra interest in the club champs this year with the club’s usual Ray McBeth Open Tournament being cancelled due to the effects of Covid.

In the men’s A grade, long-time club member John McDonnell has had his name engraved on the trophy several times, but this year he has a huge obstacle in his way, with Lee Barker taking number one seeding.

Jason Feutz and Billy Nolan fill out the rest of the seedings in the top grade, with last year’s champion Kevin Milne not featuring this season.

Nolan, along with Jimmy Hunn, Chris O’Reilly and Scott Broker, took out the notoriously competitive Division 3 Midlands Interclub title recently, so should be in good form.

The B grade will be formed from the first-round losers in

the A grade, and will come from a group containing Ben Kruger, Mick Hooper, Chris O’Reilly, Chris Thompson, Jimmy Hunn, Tim Kuipers, Paul Cousins and Ron Carlson.

In the women’s grade, last year’s champion Julie Copland is also missing in action, leaving the field wide open.

Chris Lima takes up the top seeding, from Amy Muckle, Chrissie Stratford and Stacey Smith.

As is so often the case, the lower grades are expected to be desperately hard-fought affairs, and a full 16-grade will see the first-round losers head into the D grade.

While Craig Donaldson, Neil Keenan, Rob Giles and Shane Muckle head the seedings, there is massive scope for upsets all round in this grade, with the likes of Jordie Hooper, Brendan Clark, Riley Broker, Hamish Trott and club veteran Ian Dolden all quite capable of upsetting the big guns on their day.

Plate Winner Grant Early. Junior A Winner Ian Beach, Runner-Up Ian Hopping. Plate Winner Andrew Hart. Junior B Winner Greg Cook, Runner-Up Michael Salvesen. Grigg Trophy for the Most Improved: Jeffrey McNeilly reduced Handicap by 8 Shots.

Junior A: Jim Lattimore 93-20-73. Junior B: Peter Kemp 92-24-68 by lot.

Other Good Scores: 68 Russel Currie. 69 Gavin Murray. 71 John McGettigan, Gavin Santy. 72 Frank Sandys, Craig Middleton, Jimmy Anderson. 73 Neil McArther , Alan Smith. 74 Michael Kemp, Grant Hargraves, John Robinson. Twos: Michael Kemp, Alister Maxwell, John Robinson.

Dubliner Best Nett: Matt Duncan 67. Meth-

Methven Golf Club

Senior: Frikkie Greybie 79-10-69. Intermediate: Matt Duncan 79-12-67.

[Tinwald Orange, Hampstead Lowcliffe] Monday 31 August 2nd Grade Boys Tim TA 6.50pm Allenton v TBHS Cowboys [Umpires supplied] Tim AE 6.50pm Wakanui v St Kevin’s 1st XI [Umpires supplied] Tuesday September 1 Kwik Sticks [Yrs 7 & 8] 4.00pm Methven v Wakanui Black [M Wilson, B Greer] 5.15pm Allenton v Tinwald Orange [L Ellis, G Oates] 6.30pm Wakanui Blue/Collegians v Tinwald Foothills [A Mitchell, M Amos] Wednesday September 2 Just Hockey SSL Div 2 Girls Nunweek Park 3 7.15pm Ashburton College 1st XI v St Margaret’s College Red [Umpires supplied] Connetics SSP Boys No play

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Mid Canterbury Rugby

29 August 2020 Heartland: Camp Social Event – TBC 1st XV UC Championship: CBHS v MC Combined, Christchurch BHS1, 12:00pm Colts: Methven/Rakaia v Celtic/Southern, Rakaia1, 3.00pm S Bennett, M Tuilaepa, C Marshall Under 18 Combined: Waihora v MCRU Alps, Rhodes Park field2, 12:45pm Under 16 Combined - Playoffs 6 v 7: MCRU Alps V Prebbleton, Allenton1, 2:00pm K

Faalogo, MCRU Plains bye.

Under 14.5 Combined: Semi Final 2 v 3 MCRU Plains v Lincoln, Celtic 1, 1:30pm G Barr, Playoff 5 v 8 MCRU Alps v Leeston, Allenton 1, 12:00noon A McGirr.

Under 13 Friday 28 August: Allenton v Southern/Tinwald Howden AG, Hinds 2, 6:00pm J O’Connor Collegiate Ross Leadley Building v Celtic, Celtic 1, 6:00pm M Tuilaepa. Bye Methven.

Under 11.5: Celtic White v Celtic Green, Celtic2A, 1:00pm, Collegiate Cates Grain & Seed v Hampstead, Collegiate1, 1:15pm, Rakaia v Methven White, Rakaia1A, 1:15pm, Southern Coleman v Methven Black, Hinds2A, 12:00pm.

Under 10: Celtic Green v Methven White, Celtic2B, 1:00pm, Celtic White v Methven Red, Celtic1A, 12:00pm, Rakaia v Allenton Trembath Construction, Rakaia1B, 1:15pm, Southern Four Seasons Treecare v Methven Black, Hinds2A, 1:30pm, Tinwald ACE Automotive v Hampstead, Tinwald3, 12:30pm.

Under 9: Celtic v Allenton Engineering Solutions, Celtic1B, 12:00pm, Rakaia v Collegiate/Hampstead Regent Cinema, Rakaia2A, 1:15pm, Southern Hayden McKenzie Contracting v Methven, Hinds2B, 12:00pm, BYE Tinwald Moore Mechanical.

Tinwald Golf Club

Saturday August 22nd Stroke Leading scores in the stroke round and championship qualifier played on Saturday; - 12; Randell Feutz c/b Tetua Tuakeu, Brent Smith 74. 13-18; Michael Thomas 68, Wayne Mellish 69, Kevin Bishop 70, Brian Rouse 71.

19 Plus; John Moses 72, Neil Rayner 73, Clarrie Whiting, Lindsay Jackson 73. Women; (Bisque Par) Bronwyn Flannery 6 up, Jacqui Beardsley 5 up. Nearest the pin; Tinwald Liquorland # 2; Bronwyn Flannery.

Gluyas Ford # 6; John Moses. The Fine Lion # 12; Bronwyn Flannery. Ace Automotive # 16; Cameron Miller. G & R Seeds 2nd shot #11; Adam Lowe.

Two’s; Leen Bell. Eagle; Kevin Bishop # 14.Net Eagle; # 13 Michael Thomas.

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Celtic Squash Club

Results from last week’s round of the Celtic Squash Club’s winter league competition: Team 8 lost to Team 1 10-11: Paul Cousins lost to Jason Feutz 1-3, Harry Stanway beat Phil Andrew 3-0, Ian Dolden lost to Craig Donaldson 0-3, Guy Stanway beat Jayden Henshilwood 3-2, Chrissie Stratford beat Kate Williams 3-0.

Team 2 beat Team 7 14-10: Billy Nolan lost to John McDonnell 2-3, Brendan Clark beat Neil Keenan 3-1, Kirsty Clay beat Neil Keenan 3-2, Hayden Robinson beat Trudy Dalton 3-1, Megan Bell beat Tate Dryland 3-0.

Team 3 beat Team 6 12-8: Jason Feutz beat Chris O’Reilly 3-0, Rob Giles beat Chris Lima 3-1, Mike Keen beat Stacey Smith 3-0, Jan Lee lost to Riley Broker 0-3, Maggie Clark beat Jane Kingan 3-0.

Team 4 beat Team 5 14-13: Ben Kruger beat Mick Hooper 3-2, Harry Stanway beat Phil Andrew 3-2, Jordie Hooper lost to Shane Muckle 1-3, Hamish Trott beat Amy Muckle 3-1, Hamish O’Reilly beat Chrissie Stratford 3-2, Sian Hurley lost to Sarah Forbes 1-3.

Under 8: Allenton Alpine View v Methven/Mt Somers, Allenton2, 1:00pm, Celtic White v Rakaia, Celtic3B, 12:00pm, Southern Busch Joinery v Methven, Hinds2B, 1:30pm, Tinwald Gluyas Nissan v Celtic Green, Tinwald4, 12:30pm, BYE Collegiate/Hampstead Under 7: Celtic v Allenton Gold Young Electrical, Celtic3A, 12:00pm, Collegiate Ashburton Crane Hire v Tinwald Black NZ Livestock’s, Collegiate2, 12:30pm, Southern Blue James Doyle Contracting v Methven, Hinds5A, 1:30pm, Southern White Rivelea Ag v Methven/Mt Somers, Hinds5B, 1:30pm, Tinwald Orange Skip 2 it Flooring v Allenton Auto Maroon, Tinwald1A, 1:15pm, BYE Rakaia Under 6: Allenton Gold Ashburton Plumbing Services v Celtic Green, Allenton3, 1:00pm, Collegiate Cranfield Glass v Tinwald Orange Canvas, Collegiate3, 12:30pm, Hampstead v Tinwald Alluvial Black, Hampstead1A, 12:30pm, Rakaia v Allenton Maroon Sparrow Family, Rakaia2B, 1:15pm, Southern Blue Matt Wakelin Contracting v Methven White, Hinds5A, 12:00pm, Southern Red Harcourts Ashburton v Methven Black, Hinds4, 12:00pm, Southern White Agspread v Mt Somers, Hinds5B, 12:00pm, Tinwald Cranfield Glass Blue v Celtic White, Tinwald1B, 1:15pm.

Wednesday, August 26, 2020 Ashburton Guardian

CLUB NEWS 23

Ashburton Altrusa Club Report

Our monthly Business Meeting focused on Finance, Budgeting and Planning for the coming Altrusa year.

We had another successful Days for Girls project where we made 230 machine-sewn packs for feminine products.

This is part of a New Zealand-wide venture, so we must adhere to strict instructions regarding accuracy of the packs.

The national supervisor tells us we have surpassed our record for the number made, and with top quality adhered to. A satisfying day.

An Orientation morning tea was held for our latest member.

There are 12 Magic Mums for our special day for them on the September 5.

Our Accent, from the International Committee, reminded us about ‘compassion for others’.

We will run the annual Canterbury IFF Day (Information, Fun and Fellowship) on August 15.

Ashburton Combined Friendship Club

Ashburton Combined Friendship Club meeting August 2020 Club member Roberta Goodger spoke of her idyllic childhood on rural Otago Peninsula, attending a one-room school but later bussing to Anderson’s Bay. Nursing training was in Christchurch before marrying and raising her three children. She returned to work as a technician in the ECG department at Christchurch Hospital and eventually became its manager.

Roberta had a strong interest in music, dance, and community organisations, most notably the New Brighton Pier Trust. They retired to Bannockburn where vineyards and wineries were developing. Her husband started a retirement job and progressed to managing vineyards. Roberta did community work with COGS before she and her husband retired again, moving to Ashburton to be close to family.

Errol gave a presentation on the career of Jim Burrows, All Black, All Black Coach, secondary school teacher, WW2 Army Brigadier, secondary school principal, NZ Regular Army Officer commanding K-force in Korea and Japan, Commander of the Southern Military District and, on leaving the Army, Regional Commissioner for Civil Defence.

Main speaker Roger Paterson reminisced about life in Ashburton, growing up on Beach Road, attending Hampstead kindergarten, Hampstead School, and the Ashburton Technical College.

Roger remembers sheep being driven along Beach Road and Chalmers Ave to Fairton, spud picking in May and wars between the kids of Beach Road and Tancred Street.

His sporting memories included athletics, tennis, rugby and basketball, which became a lifelong passion. He played regularly for 48 years, was active in administration, and refereed to a high level including in America and Australia.

He was keen to join the police straight from school but was advised to do an apprenticeship first. He served his apprenticeship with renowned cabinet maker Arthur Stevens learning to design and make furniture and restore antiques. Employment as a casket maker led him into the Funeral Profession, and he started his own business in the 1980s. Later he became President of the NZ Funeral Directors Association. Roger told us about the many Ashburton community organisations that he has been involved with, including the many playhouses he has built for the Lions Club’s major raffle; tickets are easily sold to grandparents!

Meetings second Tuesday of month, Senior’s Centre 206 Cameron St, 9.30 am. Visitors welcome. Phone Andrew 308 5972. ashcomboclub@gmail.com

Ashburton Electronic Organ And Keyboard Club

Lovely crowd for Bernard to play in to.

He really got us going with the selection he chose on his trusty old keyboard. Thank you Bernard.

Our brand new President Bev Stevens welcomed guests and new members. Hope they enjoyed the evenings as much as I did.

On stage sported the Kawai organ’s replacement. It had done the job and was starting to let us down.

Want it anyone? Going for nought.

Bernard had been the custodian of Neville McKay’s lovely organ and as it had been in his home for the past 7 years and as he had one of his own, he offered it to us. So come on members get up there and teach it to speak it’s magic.

Karen Balderstone arranged the programme for the evening. A first-up for her, and what a night it turned out to be.

She asked the performers to perform items from different countries, and everyone came to the party, and Bernard’s play in keyboard was the only keyboard in sight.

The reason being that Robin, and Karen got some different groups together between them, plus the remaining items that were performed by our talented club, and there was a different feel to the evening in that variety, as well as the inclusion of different performers.

The Rakaia line dancing group (9 very fit ladies) chose the good old American line dance songs and walked and tapped them out in perfect unison.

Irene in her Scottish kilt then played some absolutely brilliant Scottish tunes. Her fingers literally fly.

Members of the Hinds Women’s Institute celebrating their 90th Birthday at the end of July.

Then Robin, (on ukulele) Karen, Margaret T and Margaret D for Hawaii, with Leis, colourful dress etc sang songs from the Islands, bracket after bracket.

So much music, and we have it in spades.

Then The Australian group of Ian, Colin, Lynette,Susie, Robin, Karen, Debbie, Iris,and Lorrainne Boud on piano. This group sported a Digderree-do, wobble board, mouth organ, ukuleles and bass uke. (think I saw a boomarang on the piano) (so much music to be found, distributed, and practised).

Then Karen, Irene and Allison (piano and accordions); they complemented one another so well. The choice of songs were just right.

Bev Stevens read a short story written by Karen, of her dear old lady friend, a piano, which she’s had for many years, and the history of its playing days.

Finally, Ann chose New Zealand as her choice, and did she bang it out.

I loved it. She had printed out sing-a-long sheets for us and those who could, sang with gusto.

Hogsnort Rupert’s Pretty Girl, Gumboot Song, Love In A Fowl House, Ten guitars and where on earth did she find the music to the Chesdale Cheese song? Finishing with that lovely Kiwi TV goodnight tune Te Harinui.

Well done Karen and I’d like to add: “Down with Covid, bring on the music”.

Ashburton Golf Club

A great gaggle of golfers gave it their best shot in trying to snaffle themselves a place in the Club Champs matchplay, with the fourth and final qualifying round being played last Saturday.

We had plenty of players jump up the rankings and we had plenty more slip down. A few clung on by the skin of their teeth, but at the end of the day, everyone scored whatever they hit, and if your 2 best rounds were good enough, then you got in and if they were not, then you didn’t.

We will have a good look at the knockout games next week, when the draw is finalised and the dust has settled.

Top qualifier and winner of the Patterson Trophy is Owen Miller with a combined gross score of 136 and the winner of the Captain’s Trophy for combined nett score and top seed in the Intermediate grade is Steve McCloy. Player of the day on Saturday was Eric Parr who shot a magnificent nett 64 to blitz the field, so well done to all our qualifiers and hard luck to those who missed out, but it was a very tough year for qualifying in the top three grades.

This Saturday Matt is holding one of his wonderful Pro shop days with great prizes on offer. He is also putting his reputation on the line, as he has set up an individual Irish stableford round and he is going to take part himself. The twist being that anyone who manages to score more points than the pro will pick up a prize. It should be a lot of fun, $10 entry, open to all players, other club members also very welcome.

Check the website for more details.

On Sunday we welcome our good friends from over the bridge to come and play in the annual Foodstuffs Trophy. This is always a great day, with plenty of bragging rights on the line. Ladies and Mens individual stableford, everyones score has to count and the best club average score picks up the tro-

phy, that seems to have grown roots at the Tinwald club. I reckon it needs a change of scenery.

See you all around the course.

Good golfing.

Ashburton Horticultural Society

President Trevor welcomed 11 members, and invited guest Councillor Diane Rawlinson to our 129th Annual General meeting.

Election of Officers: Patron: Graham Gunn, President: Joy Jaine, Vice President: Allan Johnstone, Secretary/Treasurer: Noella Talbot, Committee: Rex & Pat Tarbotton, Brian Glassey, Norman McDowell, Trevor & Anne Gamblin, John Hoogweg.

Table Show Awards: Trophies and certificates presented by Diane Rawlinson.

Lloyd Trophy - most points Vegetables & Fruit, Pat Tarbotton 67 points, Rosemary Case 39 points, John Hoogweg 8 points.

Williams Trophy – most points cut flowers: Joy Jaine 125 points, Pat Tarbotton 99 points, John Hoogweg 82 points.

Chrysanthemum Trophy – overall points: Pat Tarbotton 169 points, Joy Jaine 134 points, John Hoogweg 87 points.

Murdoch Trophy – Decorative: Joy Jaine 3 points, Rosemary Case 2 points.

Premier: Joy Jaine 9 points, Surrey Lamont 4 points, Pat Tarbotton & Brian Glassey 3 points.

Table show results: John Hoogweg: 6 firsts, 2 seconds 0 thirds, Joy Jaine: 5, 4, 3.

Pat Tarbotton: 2, 0, 0, Trevor Gamblin: 1, 1, 2, Anne Gamblin: 0, 1, 0, Premier Award: John Hoogweg – Rhodoendron Fireman Jeff, Raffle was won by Mary McCosker & Joy Jaine.

Next meeting on Monday 28th September @ 7:30 pm at the Sports Pavilion, Walnut Avenue New members and visitors most welcome.

Hinds Women’s Institute

It was Hinds WI’s 90th birthday so we celebrated at the home of Stuart and Betty Wilson, Tinwald.

There was a full attendance of our members plus three ladies from Mid Canterbury Executive, Mavis Wilkins, Jude Vaughan, and Joan Henderson.

Annette Simister extended a warm welcome to all, and following the Ode and Aspirations gave an account of life in New Zealand in the 1930s with a population with just one and half million souls.

Farmers and town people alike were feeling the impact of the Great Depression so the creation of institutes proved to be a godsend to many women, providing fellowship, education and outings.

Rosa Bennett then read the minutes of the first meeting held at the Oddfellows Lodge building in Gray Street Hinds, to gauge interest, the 23rd of July 1930 being a bit disappointing with the lack of numbers, just eight that day.

However, some planning of the programme went ahead with a variety of crafts, including passe patou, none of us knew what that was.

Also it was decided that Mesdames Barrett and Chisnall would be hostesses at the next meeting.

Coyla is the latest Mrs Chisnall to hold membership.

Ruth Sheppard then explained what was known of the banner created by a Mrs Mulligan of Maronan.

Also shown were some wooden carved plaques

created with his own home-made tools by the late Allan Elms a former Hinds Resident.

Ruth acknowledged the Ealing WI members who joined Hinds and have proved to be invaluable, then Jude and Mavis provided an up-date on the forthcoming big day of competitions, Quizco and celebrations for September 30 as well as what is currently being planned by National Executive and Conference in September.

Three members were presented with their fifty-year membership badges, Liz Bell, Betty Wilson and Ruth Sheppard.

This was followed by a range of stories on why members chose to join WI. Rosa then read a Link Letter from Marchwood UK, they are experiencing lock-down along with hot, dry weather.

Two poems were read, one The Farmer’s Wife contributed in 1885 and another commemorating a WI Birthday.

Afternoon tea of the dainty sort followed shortly after, Rona McConnell cut the cake, and following a time of fellowship and looking at photographs a vote of thanks was carried out by Valmai McKenzie.

In all, a lovely day.

Plains Ladies Friendship Club

Our New President, Joyce Watson welcomed members and visitors to our August Meeting held at the Ashburton Hotel.

Correspondence, apologies and the Treasures report was given.

Pearce Watson entertained us the piano.

Members enjoyed listening to his music which was so relaxing.

There was a reminder that the Annual sub of $50 is due.

After morning tea, we had Zack Simpson to talk to us about ‘Child rescue in the Philippines.’

Grew up in Christchurch, he wanted to be a Super Hero, then Police Officer. He went for a interview and found that his eyesight did not meet the requirements. He then worked in security and then child rescue. He went to Thailand and did his training. He has been unable to return to Philippines after his holiday due to Covid-19. It is a Non profiting Organisation worldwide that rescues children from Human Trafficking.

Life was very different for him and very hot.

His job is working as an undercover agent and works with cameras and police. There were 100 girls rescued in one raid. After they are rescued, they are taken to a care centre where they are cared for and retrained, then able to go back into the community and to their families.

There is about 85 perc ent that don’t go back to slavery. A three-year old girl was being sold to a New Zealander, but police and FBI were able to stop it happening and the man was dealt with.

His job when able to return is to take over the cyber side of the operation in the Philippines. Zack then was able to answer many questions.

Joyce thanked Zack for his time to come and speak to us.

Donations were welcomed as it is an unpaid job.

Meeting closed at 11.45am.

The next meeting is on September 28 2020.

24 PUZZLES Puzzles and horoscopes Ashburton Guardian Wednesday, August 26, 2020

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Smart people won’t have time to prove they are smart today because they will be too busy chasing their curiosity around. You can relate. Your interests will lead you to like minds.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): The novice is proud of and wants full recognition for talents and skills. The wise would rather go unlauded, realising the strategic advantage in being underestimated.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Human memory is flawed.

Even the best memories are unreliable and susceptible to corrosion over time.

Record things as you go. This is the most dependable way, and you’ll be glad you did.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You thought a thing ran its course. You thought you were done and wouldn’t return to it, but this business is, apparently, unfinished. Otherwise, it wouldn’t keep calling you back.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Today, you’ll tidy up a mess in your personal life. Don’t have a messy personal life? Consider adding more love to it. Love is, essentially, messy. All the best things in life are.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Modern society’s overemphasis on identity is as common as it is problematic. It’s useful to know what you want and what you like, but that shouldn’t be confused with who you are.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): It’s hard to notice any particular thing in a cluttered environment. But whatever you drop into a blank space will get all the attention. This is why you clear your mind before concentrating on what you love.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You’re not sure what you owe those around you. You’re not sure where you end and they begin. That you are willing to delve into such questions is evidence of your evolved soul. None of us stand alone.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You care deeply about an idea and will work to bring it into the real world. Because you can’t give this treatment to every idea, you’ll also be letting go of ideas you don’t think are very actionable.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): It’s a day to celebrate.

Celebrate small and privately, celebrate onblast, celebrate for obvious reasons and for no reason at all. What’s celebrated will grow.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): “Tell me something good,” sang Rufus, and Chaka Khan followed up with what has got to be top-of-list for most people, which is to say: “Tell me that you love me.” Don’t hold out with your heart. Express.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You have strong feelings. Don’t try and stop them; you’ll do well to direct them, for instance into work, sports or creative expression. Even anger can be made into something beautiful, powerful and rousing.

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9am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSUEM. Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

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1.30pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Euchre with prizes and raffles.

All welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, the domain, Philip Street.

6.30pm - 9pm THE MID CANTERBURY LINEDANCERS. 6.30pm - 7.30pm Beginners learn to line dance following onto easy intermediate level, 7.30pm - 9pm.

Instructor Annette Fyfe 0274 813 131.

Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7pm - 9pm ASHBURTON UKELELE CLUB. Weekly club night, Savage Club Hall, Cnr Cox streets and William Street.

River Terrace.

9.30am - 4pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. For men of all ages and abilities, join us for a cuppa. 8 William Street.

10am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit Kidz for pre-schoolers and caregivers. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10am - 4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall,

160 Main Street, Methven.

11am STEADY AS YOU GO FALL PREVENTION. Otago Medical School gentle exercises designed to strengthen muscles and improve balance in a supportive environment. Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817. Holy Spirit Church, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

1pm STEADY AS YOU GO FALL PREVENTION.

Otago Medical School gentle exercises designed to strengthen muscles and improve balance in a supportive environment. Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817. St Peters Church, Harrison Street, Allenton.

1pm STEADY AS YOU GO FALL PREVENTION. Otago Medical School gentle exercises designed to strengthen muscles and improve balance in a supportive environment. Age Concern Ashburton 308

6817. Buffalo Lodge Hall, Cox Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSUEM. Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

2pm RSA WOMENS SECTION. Social afternoon with entertainment and housie. RSA Cox Street.

Allens Road, Allenton.

10am - 4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street Methven.

10.30am COMMUNITY WALKING GROUP. Meet and walk from the Hockey Pavilion, Walnut Avenue.

10.30am ST STEPHEN’S PARISH CENTRE.

Seniors’ Coffee Club, held 2nd and 4th Friday of each month, all welcome. Park Street.

12pm - 2pm JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ASSOCIATION. Signing Service, no appointments necessary and no charge, available Tuesday and

Fridays. Community House, 44 Cass Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSUEM. Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

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Gordon Ramsay’s 24Hrs To Hell And Back, at 8:30pm

Wentworth, at 8:35pm

Emergency, at 8:30pm

Tough As Nails, at 7:30pm

Chasing Monsters, at 9:30pm

6am Breakfast 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3 0 10am Tipping Point 3 0 11am The Chase 3 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PG 0 1:30 Coronation Street PG 3 0 2pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3 0 3pm Tipping Point 3 0 4pm Te Karere 2 4:30 Fish The Dish 0 5pm The Chase 3 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Surveillance Oz PG 3 0 8pm Motorbike Cops 0 8:20 L Lotto The Lotto draw.

8:25 Motorbike Cops 3 Continued. 0 8:30 Gordon Ramsay’s 24Hrs To Hell And Back 16L Gordon revamps a Cuban-inspired restaurant in Tom’s River, New Jersey. 0 9:25 Coronation Street PG 0 9:55 The Posh Frock Shop Designer Ian Stuart and his team help women find their dream dresses at his opulent London boutique. 0 10:25 1 News Tonight 0 10:55 Manifest MV 3 0 11:50 Manifest MV 3 0

6:30 Book Hungry Bears 0 6:50 The Wiggles’ World 0 7:05 Teen Titans Go! 0 7:15 The Tom And Jerry Show 0 7:25 The Jungle Bunch To The Rescue! 3 0 7:35 Spongo, Fuzz, And Jalapena 3 0 7:50 Miraculous – Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir 0 8:15 Blaze And The Monster Machines 3 0 8:35 PJ Masks 3 0 9am Religious Programme 9:30 Infomercials 10am Neighbours PG 3 10:30 Murphy Brown PG 0 11am Grey’s Anatomy MC 3 0 11:55 MasterChef Australia – Back To Win 3 0 1:30 Judge Rinder PG 3 2:30 Home And Away 3 0 3pm Shortland Street PG 3 0 3:35 N Mystic 0 4:05 Brain Busters 0 4:35 Friends 3 0 5:05 The Simpsons 3 0 5:30 The Big Bang Theory PG 3 0 6pm Neighbours PG 0 6:30 Home And Away PG 0 7pm Shortland Street PG 0 7:30 MasterChef Australia – Back To Win 0 8:35 Wentworth 16VLC Judy makes an enemy of Ann Reynolds, but enables Ruby to get in touch with Rita. 0 9:40 Paranormal Caught On Camera M 0 10:35 Two And A Half Men PGC 3 0 11:05 2 Broke Girls M 3 0 11:30 Killing Eve 16V 3 0

6am The AM Show 9am The Café PG 10am Infomercials 11:35 Millionaire Hot Seat 3 0 12:35 Face The Truth PG 3 1:05 Dr Phil M 2:05 Big Brother Australia PG 3 0 3:30 Andy And Ben Eat The World PG 0 4pm Fishing Show Classics PG 0 4:30 NewsHub Live At 4:30pm 5pm Millionaire Hot Seat 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm The Project 7:30 Bondi Rescue 3 The lifeguards complete a practice rescue from the treacherous ‘twins’. 0 8pm Bondi Rescue 3 The lifeguards at Sydney’s Bondi Beach help a group of Chinese schoolchildren.

8:30 Emergency M Dr Mark must help a car-crash patient under police guard, but the man seems to be hiding something suspicious; Dr Miriam examines an 82-year-old biker with fractures. 0 9:25 Hawaii Five-0 M After fighting off an assassin in his home, McGarrett and Joe White go to Montana to prepare to deal with those taking revenge for a past Seal mission. 0 10:25 NewsHub Late 10:55 SVU 16 3 0 11:50 Infomercials

6am Jeopardy 3 6:25 Butterbean’s Café 0 6:50 Top Wing 0 7:15 Double Dare 0 7:40 Henry Danger 3 8:05 The Moe Show 3 0 8:30 Batman – The Animated Series 3 0 9am A Place In The Sun 3 10am The Doctors PGVC 11am The Seventies PGC 3 0 Noon Hot Bench PG 12:30 Seal Team PGV 3 1:30 Married…

With Children PGL 3 2pm The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PG 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3 3:30 Jeopardy 3 4pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 3 5pm Frasier 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm SkySpeed 6:30 Storage Hunters PG 3 0 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Tough As Nails PGC Teams Savage Crew and Dirty Hands compete to fill and seal large bags of sand; in the overtime challenge, two competitors much fill a huge hourglass. 0 8:30 Living With Tourette’s 16LC Leighton films a wedding, trying not to swear at the wrong time; Ryleigh hopes her Tourette’s will not stop her from getting a job at the local meat works. 0 9:30 Honey Wars PG 10pm Weediquette M 10:30 Pacific Brothers 11:35 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PG 12:35 Closedown

6am Found 7am Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals 7:30 Choccywoccydoodah 8am Secret Life Of The Kangaroo 9am Shane Delia Recipes For Life 9:30 Masters Of Taste With Gary Mehigan 10am Fish Of The Day 10:30 Mysteries At The Museum 11:30 Salvage Hunters 12:30 The Restoration Workshop 1:30 George Clarke’s Old House New Home 2:30 Property Brothers – Forever Home 3:30 Shark Squad 4:30 Gino’s Italian Coastal Escape 5pm Food Safari – Earth 5:30 Mysteries At The Museum 6:30 Salvage Hunters 7:30 The Curse Of Oak Island PGC Following a childhood dream, brothers Rick and Marty set out to find treasure on Oak Island, off the south shore of Nova Scotia, Canada.

8:30 High Arctic Haulers PGC 9:30 Chasing Monsters PGC Staying as far away from sharks’ jaws as possible is the normal thing to do, but this time, Cyril has no choice but to get close. 10:30 Salvage Hunters 11:30 Mysteries At The Museum Thursday 12:30 Gino’s Italian Coastal Escape 1am Food Safari – Earth 1:30 Shane Delia Recipes For Life 2am Paul Hollywood’s Pies And Puds 3am Shark Squad 4am High Arctic Haulers PGC 5am Mysteries At The Museum

Thursday

12:40 Te Karere 3 2 1:05 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

BRAVO 10am Judge Jerry 3 10:30 How Do I Look? 3 11:30 Snapped M 3 12:30 The Kelly Clarkson Show 1:35 The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills M 3 2:35 Below Deck – Mediterranean PG 3 3:35 Southern Charm PG 3 4:35 Child Genius USA 3 5:30 Keeping Up With The Kardashians PG 3 6:30 Four Weddings Australia 3 7:30 The Bachelor Australia 8:30 One Born Every Minute UK M With their first baby on the way, ‘the tattooed lady’ Sazzie and ‘scary biker’ boyfriend Adam hope they to be judged as parents, and not because of how they look.

9:30 999 – What’s Your Emergency? M An ambulance crew goes to the home of a 19-year-old girl who has attempted suicide, an increasingly common occurrence.

10:30 Snapped M 3 11:25 Snapped – She Made Me Do It PG 3 12:15 Infomercials

Thursday

12:25 Hell’s Kitchen USA 16L 3 0 1:15 Shortland Street PG 3 0 1:45 Infomercials 2:50 The Fosters PG 3 4:15 Will And Grace PG 3 0 4:40 Emmerdale PG 3 0 5:05 Neighbours PG 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

SKY 5 6am Jeopardy! 6:25 Wheel Of Fortune 6:45 The Simpsons PG 7:10 Pawn Stars PG 8am The Force MC 8:25 Storage Wars PG 8:50 Storage Wars PG 9:15 Hardcore Pawn PGL 9:40 NCIS – LA MV 10:25 SVU MV 11:10 Pawn Stars PG 11:35 Pawn Stars PG Noon Jeopardy!

12:25 Wheel Of Fortune 12:50 Truck Night In America PGL 1:40 The Cops MV 2:25 NCIS – LA MV 3:10 Pawn Stars PG 3:35 Pawn Stars PG 4pm The Simpsons PG 4:30 Jeopardy!

5pm Wheel Of Fortune 5:30 Hardcore Pawn PGL 6pm Storage Wars PG 6:30 Storage Wars PG 7pm The Force MC 7:30 NCIS – LA MV 8:30 FBI – Most Wanted MV 9:30 Shades Of Blue MVLSC 10:30 SVU MV 11:15 Storage Wars PG

Thursday

12:05 Pawn Stars PG 12:30 Pawn Stars PG 12:55 Wheel Of Fortune 1:20 Jeopardy! 1:40 The Force MC 2:05 Shades Of Blue MVLSC 2:50 FBI – Most Wanted MV 3:40 SVU MV 4:25 Hardcore Pawn PGL 4:50 NCIS – LA MV 5:35 The Simpsons PG

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREAtS

6:25 Yesterday MLSC 2019 Comedy. Himesh Patel, Lily James. 8:18 Luce 16LSC 2019 Drama.

Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer.

10:04 Hustlers 16LSC 2019 Comedy. Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez.

11:50 Deadly Flight M 2019 Thriller. Allison McAtee, Marc Herrmann. 1:15 The Poison Rose MVL 2019 Thriller. John Travolta, Morgan Freeman. 2:49 Joker 16VLC 2019 Thriller. 4:47 Five Feet Apart ML 2019 Drama.

6:40 The Hummingbird Project ML 2019 Drama.

Jesse Eisenberg, Salma Hayek.

8:30 Fantastic Beasts – The Crimes Of Grindelwald MV 2018 Adventure. To thwart Grindelwald’s nefarious plans, Albus Dumbledore enlists the help of a resourceful former student. Eddie Redmayne, Johnny Depp.

10:45 Terminator – Dark Fate 16VLC 2019 Action.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton.

Thursday 12:50 The Mule MLC 2018 Drama.

2:45 Joker 16VLC 2019 Thriller.

4:45 Elvis Goes There – Paul Feig MC 2019 Documentary.

5:35 Five Feet Apart ML 2019 Drama.

6:50 Law Abiding Citizen 18VC 2009 Crime.

Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler.

8:40 The Hunger Games – Catching Fire MV 2013 Action. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson. 11:05 The Equaliser 18VLS 2014 Action.

1:15 Jurassic World MV 2015 Action. 3:15 Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead 16VLSC 2007 Crime Drama. 5:10 Taking Lives 16VLS 2004 Crime Drama.

6:55 Legally Blonde PGS 2001 Comedy. Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson. 8:30 The Dark Knight MV 2008 Action.

Batman sets out to destroy organised crime in Gotham City for good, but soon finds himself prey to rising criminal mastermind, The Joker.

Christian Bale, Heath Ledger.

11:05 Eastern Promises 18VS 2007 Drama. Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen.

Thursday

12:45 Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead 16VLSC 2007 Crime Drama.

2:37 Taking Lives 16VLS 2004 Crime Drama. 4:17 Legally Blonde PGS 2001 Comedy.

5:50 The Dark Knight MV 2008 Action.

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UKtV

6:40 L Gallagher Premiership Bristol v Exeter.

From Ashton Gate, Bristol. 9am Gallagher Premiership (RPL) Saracens v Harlequins. 11am Guinness Pro14 (RPL) Leinster v Munster. 1pm Gallagher Premiership (HLS) Round 15. 2pm Guinness Pro14 Highlights Show 3pm Loosehead Footy 4pm The Breakdown 5pm First XV Rugby (RPL) St Paul’s Collegiate v St Peter’s School. 7pm First XV Rugby Revision 7:30 Skipper Cup (HLS) 8pm Pacific Brothers 9pm Loosehead Footy 10pm The Breakdown 11pm First XV Rugby Revision 11:30 Skipper Cup (HLS)

Thursday

Midnight Pacific Brothers 1am Gallagher Premiership (HLS) Round 15. 2am Guinness Pro14 Highlights Show 3am Super Rugby Australia (RPL) Brumbies v Waratahs.

4:55 L Gallagher Premiership Saracens v Gloucester. From Allianz Park, London.

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Ashburton Weather

Wednesday: Fine with a frosty start, then high cloud increasing from afternoon.

Northwesterlies.

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Wednesday: Fine with a frosty start, then cloud increasing from afternoon. Northwesterlies.

Thursday: Fine spells. Isolated afternoon showers.

Early frosts. Westerlies dying out in the afternoon.

Friday: Fine with high cloud. Northerlies developing.

A disturbed west to southwesterly flow covers the country. A trough moves over New Zealand on Thursday, followed by a brief ridge of high pressure.

Another front moves onto the South Island late Friday, then across the North Island on Saturday, followed by a westerly flow.

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6:30 Pipi Ma 6:35 Takaro Tribe 3 6:50 Kia Mau 3 7am Te Ao Tapatahi 8am Takoha 3 8:10 Te Nutube 8:20 ZooMoo 8:30 Darwin + Newts 3 8:40 Huritua 8:50 Paia 9am Traditional Kai 9:30 Opaki 3 10am Wairua 10:30 Tangaroa With Pio 11am Nga Tangata Taumata Rau 3 Noon Pukuhohe 3 12:30 Matau 3 1pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 1:30 Ako 3 2 2pm Toku Reo 3 2 3pm Korero Mai 3 3:30 Pukuhohe 3 4pm Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Pipi Ma 5:05 Takaro Tribe 3 5:20 Kia Mau 3 5:30 Takoha 3 5:40 Te Nutube 5:50 ZooMoo 6pm Kai Safari 6:30 Te Ao Marama 7:30 The Outliers Featuring – Eddie Osei-Nketia, the fastest person in Australasia; young Wellington city councillor Tamatha Paul; and Bangladeshi-born musician Abid Rahman.

8pm Ahikaroa M Friends and flatmates Smooch, Geo, and Hemi create a place for themselves as rangatahi in a new world chasing their dream.

8:30 Circuit M The Fraudster – Life and Crimes of a Million-Dollar Conwoman.

9:30 Taringa A weekly bilingual podcast to invigorate, inspire, and normalise the use of te reo Maori.

10:20 Senior Kapa Haka Regionals 10:50 Whakatauki 3 11:20 Te Kauta 3 11:50 Closedown

DISCOVERY

6:35 Hold The Sunset PG 7:05 The Graham Norton Show M 7:55 The Bill MVC 8:45 Inspector Morse MVC 10:30 Call The Midwife PG 11:25 Father Brown PG 12:10 Midsomer Murders M 1:45 The Bill MVC 2:35 The Good Karma Hospital MC 3:25 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown ML 4:20 The Graham Norton Show PG 5:15 Who Do You Think You Are? PG 6:20 Qi M 6:55 Hold The Sunset PG 7:30 Qi M 8pm Would I Lie To You? PG With guest panellists Alex Jones, Alexander Armstrong, Chris Tarrant, and Mel Giedroyc.

8:30 Death In Paradise PG 9:35 Holby City M 10:40 Keeping Up Appearances PG 11:15 Midsomer Murders M

6:35 Fast N’ Loud PG Ferrari Fix – Dead Head Bus. 7:30 Strange Evidence PG Night of the Chupacabra.

8:20 What On Earth? PG Bermuda Triangle of Space.

9:10 Mysteries Of The Deep PG 10am How Do They Do It? PG 10:25 How Do They Do It? PG 10:50 How It’s Made PG 11:15 How It’s Made PG 11:40 Aussie Mega Mechanics PG Shut Down.

12:30 Web Of Lies MVLSC 1:20 The Perfect Murder MVLSC The Last Blitz. 2:10 Top Gear 3pm Gold Rush – White Water PG Gold Strike.

3:50 Gold Rush PG Hazard Pay. 4:45 Fast N’ Loud PG 5:40 Aussie Mega Mechanics PG 6:35 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 Deadliest Catch PG 8:30 Aussie Lobster Men PG 9:25 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 10:15 Moonshiners MLC 11:05 Naked And Afraid XL MLC 11:55 How It’s Made PG

12:45 Qi M 1:15 Qi M 1:45 Would I Lie To You? PG 2:20 Who Do You Think You Are? PG 3:20 Death In Paradise PG 4:20 Holby City M 5:20 Keeping Up Appearances PG 5:55 Call The Midwife M

12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 Weather Top Tens PG 1:35 Gold Rush PG 2:25 Bering Sea Gold PG 3:15 Gold Rush – White Water PG 4:05 Strange Evidence PG 4:55 Naked And Afraid XL M 5:45 Gold Rush PG

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Wednesday: Fine with a frosty start, then high cloud increasing from afternoon. Rain about the divide at night, with snow to 900 metres.

Wind at 1000m: Southwest 30 km/h, turning northwest 50 km/h in the afternoon.

Wind at 2000m: Southwest 60 km/h.

Freezing level: 800 metres, rising to 1200 metres in the morning.

Ashburton Airport Temp °C Maximum 10.5 Minimum 7.6 Grass min 6.5 24hr Rain mm 2.8 23.0 Month to date S 52 Wind km/h Strongest gust 2:51pm Sun hrs on Mon 0.1 123.7 Month to date

Thursday: Areas of morning cloud then fine, but cloudy periods and isolated afternoon showers north of Mount Cook. Wind at 1000m: Westerly 50 km/h, easing to 30 km/h in the morning. Wind at 2000m: Westerly 60 km/h, easing to 40 km/h in the morning.

Freezing level: Around 1200 metres.

Tides, Sun and Moon

Friday: Cloud increasing, and rain developing about the divide, with snow to 1300 metres. Northwesterlies strengthening, rising to gale in exposed places later.

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DEATHS

DEATHS

DEATHS

CUTTLE, John Ross – On August 20, 2020.

Peacefully at home, in Nelson. Aged 88 years.

Loving husband of the late Pamelene and father of Andrea and Glenn Clarke (Whitsundays, QLD) Martin and Janet (Methven) and Nick and Ethel (Sydney).

Loved Grandad of Ashleigh, Kirby, and Mitchell; Heidi, and Sam; John, Jacob, and Tom. Loved brother-in-law of Joy and Murray Isaacs, Jean and Graham Richards, the late Robert, and Ann Woodham and a loved Uncle of all his nieces and nephews. Messages to the Cuttle family c/- M Cuttle, Mt Hutt, RD12, Rakaia 7782 or Andrea Clarke & Nick Cuttle c/- PO Box 896 Proserpine QLD 4800. A service to celebrate John’s life will be held at our Chapel, Cnr East and Cox streets, Ashburton on MONDAY, August 31, commencing at 11am.

Followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery. For anyone wishing to watch the livestream of the service, please go to our website www.patersonsfunerals.co.nz, go to funeral notices and click on CUTTLE John Ross notice for the link.

PITHIE, Laurence James (Laurie) – On August 23, 2020, peacefully at Ashburton Hospital, in his 89th year.

Dearly loved husband and best friend of Kathie. Much loved father, father-in-law and Grandad of Pam and Tim Eaden, Ashleigh and Darcy, and Brad; Leanne and Dennis Mably, Ben and Tania, and Mark and Ashley; Raewyn and Stu Gray, Todd, Cameron and Bailey; Kelvyn and Rachel, Hannah and Sam. He will be dearly missed. Thank you to Dr Sparks and the staff of AAU and Ward 1 of Ashburton Hospital for their loving care of Laurie. Messages to the Pithie Family, C/- PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. At Laurie’s request a private service has been held.

RANSON, Lois – On August 21, at Ashburton hospital.

Loved and respected sister-in-law of Maureen and Paul Thomas.

Loved aunty of Michelle, Sean and Louise Thomas, Jerry, Brent and Gail Thompson. Rest in Peace.

LYNN, Vicki Ann – On August 22, 2020.

Passed away peacefully at Ashburton, aged 62 years.

Much loved wife of Grant.

Dearly loved Mum of Stacey and John, Katrina and Cory, and Jonny. Loved sister of Bryan, and treasured Nana of all her grandchildren.

Messages to the Lynn Family, C/- PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. At Vicki’s request a private cremation has been held.

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Heading back to the top

MIDWEEK SPORT

Battle lines drawn

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By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

Eight games and counting.

Wakanui’s supremacy in senior women’s competition down the line continues to press on.

The team clinched their eighth win on the trot at the weekend with a commanding 6-1 win over Timaru Girls’ High School’s 1st XI in South Canterbury’s division one women’s grade.

A first half hat-trick by Samara Dalziel took Wakanui out to 3-0 by halftime.

The Mid Canterbury club pressed hard in the third quarter as Timaru Girls’ looked to stem the flow defensively.

Further goals were scored by Tanya Haw-

ley, Hannah Mowat and Maddy Wilson before Timaru clawed one back late.

Wakanui have won eight from eight this season and have opened up a 12-point gap between them and the rest of the competition.

Earlier in the day, the Wakanui senior men were beaten 4-1 by the Northern Hearts, after trailing 2-1 at the halftime break.

The Timaru club were particularly lethal from set play as Wakanui fell to their third loss of the competition.

Wakanui remain in second place on the ladder, six points adrift of Temuka.

Like their senior women’s contingent, Wakanui is also bossing the competition in the men’s first grade.

The club completed their ninth win of their campaign with a 4-1 win over Hamp-

stead/Wakanui, hitting back following their only season hiccup the previous week when kept to a draw by Tinwald Black.

Tinwald Orange is also well placed in second spot and were comprehensive again with a 6-1 defeat of Allenton.

The team has racked up a whopping 18 goals in their past two competition outings.

Tinwald Black edged Hampstead/Lowcliffe 2-1 in the other first grade men’s encounter.

Matters were generally more competitive in the women’s top grade.

Frontrunners Methven were made to work for their 2-1 win against fourthplaced Wakanui.

Hampstead prevailed over Hampstead Blue 2-0, as the teams continue to trade blows in the middle half of the table.

Hockey South Canterbury’s women’s di-

vision two competition entered its second round phase with Tinwald and Wakanui vying for places in next month’s top four finals.

Tinwald claimed a 2-1 victory over Wakanui in Ashburton on Sunday.

And it was mixed fortunes in boys’ division three, with Wakanui falling to a 7-3 defeat at the hands of the Timaru Boys’ High School Colts.

However, Allenton thumped Mackenzie 8-0 in Ashburton.

The Ashburton College boys’ 1st XI continues to impress in the Just Hockey SSL Div 1 Boys’ competition after a 5-1 win over Christchurch’s Boys’ High’s 2nd XI in Christchurch on Friday.

The unbeaten outfit has a four point lead at the top of the standings as they face St Andrew’s 2nd XI on Friday.

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